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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3488 

To direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out the Clean Cities program, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 31, 2009 

Mr. ISRAEL (for himself, Mr. KIRK, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mrs. BONO MACK, Mr. 

BOREN, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. KLEIN of Florida, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. BARTLETT, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Ms. 

MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. HOLT, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. SIRES, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. WELCH, Mr. 

TONKO, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. MASSA, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, 

Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. ENGEL, and Mrs. CAPPS) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out the Clean 

Cities program, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Clean Cities Program 

5 Authorization Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) More than two-thirds of all petroleum used 

2 in the United States for transportation is imported 

3 petroleum. 

4 (2) In 1993, to make the United States eco5 nomically secure, to lessen petroleum dependence, 

6 and to reduce tailpipe and greenhouse gas emissions, 

7 the Department of Energy established the Clean Cit8 ies program. 

9 (3) The program, a partnership between public 

10 and private entities, is now the Department of Ener11 gy’s flagship transportation deployment and petro12 leum fuel reduction program. 

13 (4) The program is based on the concept that 

14 Federal support can empower local citizens and or15 ganizations to become the leaders of a national 

16 movement for change. 

17 (5) The program established a national network 

18 of nearly 90 coalitions comprised of local partner19 ships located in communities representing three20 quarters of the population of the United States, with 

21 nearly 5,700 stakeholders from local businesses, 

22 State and local governments, the transportation in23 dustry, community organizations, and alternative 

24 fuel providers. 


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1 (6) In the past 10 years, the program has pro2 vided $43,000,000 in competitive grant funds, which 

3 were leveraged into $214,000,000 in matching funds 

4 from other organizations, and the coalitions 

5 stretched these dollars even further by obtaining an 

6 additional $845,000,000 in funding since 1993. 

7 (7) Marking more than 15 years of progress, 

8 the Clean Cities program coalitions have reduced pe9 troleum use by more than 2,000,000,000 gallons, 

10 placed 500,000 alternative fuel vehicles on the road, 

11 established alternative fuel infrastructure in thou12 sands of strategic locations, and moved alternative 

13 fuel and advanced technology vehicles into the main14 stream. 

15 (8) The program is ideally positioned to lead 

16 the United States toward a clean, secure, and envi17 ronmentally friendly transportation future. 

18 SEC. 3. CLEAN CITIES PROGRAM. 

19 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of Energy shall 

20 carry out the Clean Cities program to encourage and ac21 celerate the use of non-petroleum based fuels, alternative 

22 fuel vehicles, and other advanced vehicle technologies and 

23 practices that achieve significant reduction in the overall 

24 use of petroleum in the transportation sector. Such proVerDate Nov 24 2008 00:29 Aug 04, 2009 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3488.IH H3488

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1 gram shall be a partnership between government and in2 dustry. 

3 (b) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—The program under 

4 subsection (a) shall— 

5 (1) promote the establishment of vehicle and in6 frastructure projects that incorporate petroleum re7 duction technologies, and include educational efforts 

8 to inform the public and government officials on the 

9 benefits and advantages of using alternative fuels 

10 and advanced technology vehicles technologies; 

11 (2) provide training, technical assistance, and 

12 tools to end-users that adopt petroleum reduction 

13 technologies; 

14 (3) collaborate with and train fire officials, 

15 emergency first responders, and safety code officials; 

16 (4) undertake coordinating efforts between Fed17 eral, local, and State agencies and the alternative 

18 fuel and advanced technology vehicle industry; 

19 (5) facilitate the development of necessary re20 fueling and service support infrastructure for petro21 leum reduction technologies; and 

22 (6) develop Internet-based tools and resources 

23 for the education and training of consumers and 

24 Clean Cities program stakeholders. 


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1 (c) ASSISTANCE AWARDS.—Under the program, the 

2 Secretary may provide direct financial assistance grants 

3 to local and State government agencies, nonprofit organi4 zations, and alternative fuel and advanced technology vehi5 cle stakeholders who are working with Clean Cities coali6 tions. These grants shall support the deployment and use 

7 of alternative fuels and petroleum reduction technologies 

8 in on-road vehicles. 

9 (d) COALITION FORMATION.—In carrying out the 

10 Clean Cities program the Secretary shall encourage and 

11 support the voluntary formation of local Clean Cities’ or12 ganizations around the country. These local organizations 

13 shall be made up of State and local government officials 

14 and also include vehicle owners and operators, fuel and 

15 service providers, automobile dealers, community service 

16 organizations, and other private and public stakeholders 

17 interested in pursuing aggressive petroleum reduction 

18 goals in the transportation sector. 

19 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

20 (1) ALTERNATIVE FUELS.—The term ‘‘alter21 native fuels’’ has the meaning given such term in 

22 section 301(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 

23 U.S.C. 13211(2)). 

24 (2) ALTERATIVE FUELED VEHICLES.—The 

25 term ‘‘alternative fueled vehicles’’ has the meaning 


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1 given such term in section 301(3) of the Energy Pol2 icy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13211(3)). 

3 (3) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘program’’ means 

4 the Clean Cities program. 

5 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 

6 purpose of carrying out this Act, there are authorized to 

7 be appropriated $125,000,000 for the 5-fiscal-year period 

8 beginning in fiscal year 2010. 

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