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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3347 

To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a program relating 

to the acquisition or leasing of zero emission buses or bus facility improvements, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 19, 2021 

Mr. LARSEN of Washington (for himself, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. KILMER, and 

Mr. GALLEGO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a program relating to the acquisition or leasing of zero emission buses or bus facility improvements, 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 ‘‘Generating Reduced 

5 Emissions by Electrifying New Buses Act’’ or the 

6 ‘‘GREEN Buses Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ZERO EMISSION BUS GRANTS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5339(c) of title 49, 

3 United States Code, is amended— 

4 (1) in the heading by striking ‘‘LOW OR NO

5 EMISSION GRANTS’’ and inserting ‘‘ZERO EMISSION

6 GRANTS’’; 

7 (2) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (A) in subparagraph (B)— 

9 (i) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘low or no 

10 emission’’ and inserting ‘‘zero emission’’; 

11 (ii) in clause (ii) by striking ‘‘low or 

12 no emission’’ and inserting ‘‘zero emis13 sion’’; 

14 (iii) in clause (iii) by striking ‘‘low or 

15 no emission’’ and inserting ‘‘zero emis16 sion’’; 

17 (iv) in clause (iv) by striking ‘‘facili18 ties and related equipment for low or no 

19 emission’’ and inserting ‘‘related equip20 ment for zero emission’’; 

21 (v) in clause (v) by striking ‘‘facilities 

22 and related equipment for low or no emis23 sion vehicles;’’ and inserting ‘‘related 

24 equipment for zero emission vehicles; or’’; 


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1 (vi) in clause (vii) by striking ‘‘low or 

2 no emission’’ and inserting ‘‘zero emis3 sion’’; 

4 (vii) by striking clause (vi); and 

5 (viii) by redesignating clause (vii) as 

6 clause (vi); 

7 (B) by striking subparagraph (D) and in8 serting the following: 

9 ‘‘(D) the term ‘zero emission bus’ means a 

10 bus that is a zero emission vehicle;’’; 

11 (C) by striking subparagraph (E) and in12 serting the following: 

13 ‘‘(E) the term ‘zero emission vehicle’ 

14 means a vehicle used to provide public transpor15 tation that produces no carbon dioxide or par16 ticulate matter;’’; 

17 (D) in subparagraph (F) by striking ‘‘and’’ 

18 at the end; 

19 (E) by striking subparagraph (G) and in20 serting the following: 

21 ‘‘(G) the term ‘eligible area’ means an area 

22 that is— 

23 ‘‘(i) designated as a nonattainment 

24 area for ozone or particulate matter under 


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1 section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act (42 

2 U.S.C. 7407(d)); 

3 ‘‘(ii) a maintenance area, as such 

4 term is defined in section 5303, for ozone 

5 or particulate matter; or 

6 ‘‘(iii) in a State that has enacted a 

7 statewide zero emission bus transition re8 quirement, as determined by the Secretary; 

9 and’’; and 

10 (F) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(H) the term ‘low-income community’ 

12 means any population census tract if— 

13 ‘‘(i) the poverty rate for such tract is 

14 at least 20 percent; or 

15 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a tract— 

16 ‘‘(I) not located within a metro17 politan area, the median family in18 come for such tract does not exceed 

19 80 percent of statewide median family 

20 income; or 

21 ‘‘(II) located within a metropoli22 tan area, the median family income 

23 for such tract does not exceed 80 per24 cent of the greater statewide median 


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1 family income or the metropolitan 

2 area median family income.’’; 

3 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as 

4 paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively; and 

5 (4) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(5) GRANT ELIGIBILITY.—In awarding grants 

8 under this subsection, the Secretary shall make 

9 grants to eligible projects relating to the acquisition 

10 or leasing of zero emission buses or bus facility im11 provements— 

12 ‘‘(A) that procure— 

13 ‘‘(i) at least 10 zero emission buses; 

14 ‘‘(ii) if the recipient operates less than 

15 50 buses in peak service, at least 5 zero 

16 emission buses; or 

17 ‘‘(iii) hydrogen buses; 

18 ‘‘(B) for which the recipient’s board of di19 rectors has approved a long-term integrated 

20 fleet management plan that— 

21 ‘‘(i) establishes a goal by a set date to 

22 convert the entire bus fleet to zero emis23 sion buses; or 

24 ‘‘(ii) establishes a goal that within 10 

25 years from the date of approval of such 


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1 plan the recipient will convert a set per2 centage of the total bus fleet of such re3 cipient to zero emission buses; and 

4 ‘‘(C) for which the recipient has performed 

5 a fleet transition study that includes optimal 

6 route planning and an analysis of how utility 

7 rates may impact the recipient’s operations and 

8 maintenance budget. 

9 ‘‘(6) LOW AND MODERATE COMMUNITY

10 GRANTS.—Not less than 10 percent of the amounts 

11 made available under this subsection in a fiscal year 

12 shall be distributed to projects serving predomi13 nantly low-income communities.’’. 

14 (b) METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.— 

15 Section 5303(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amend16 ed by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(8) MAINTENANCE AREA.—The term ‘mainte18 nance area’ has the meaning given the term in sec19 tions 171(2) and 175A of the Clean Air Act (42 

20 U.S.C. 7501(2); 7505a).’’. 

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