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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2093

To encourage the use of clean fuels, encourage the development of a clean

fuels refueling infrastructure, and reduce the dependency on foreign

oil, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 12, 1993

Mr. GALLO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To encourage the use of clean fuels, encourage the development of a clean fuels refueling infrastructure, and reduce

the dependency on foreign oil, 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 Fuels Infra5 structure and Incentives Act of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 The Congress finds that—

8 (1) the United States continues to import vast

9 quantities of foreign oil;
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1 (2) the supply of such imported oil may be in2 terrupted by international conflicts and such inter3 ruptions have an immediate, adverse effect on the

4 economic well-being of virtually all citizens of the

5 United States;

6 (3) the widespread use of petroleum-based

7 transportation fuels results in the emission of sig8 nificant quantities of harmful air pollutants;

9 (4) the increased use of alternative or clean

10 fuels will reduce the Nation’s dependency on foreign

11 oil and decrease the level of air pollution;

12 (5) the Congress has already determined, by the

13 passage of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990,

14 that the increased use of clean fuels is in the Na15 tion’s best interest;

16 (6) the use of clean fuels will be maximized if

17 a nationwide, publicly available refueling infrastruc18 ture is developed to service vehicles operating on

19 clean fuels; and

20 (7) it is in the Nation’s best interest for the

21 Federal Government to assist in the development

22 and construction of clean fuel refueling facilities that

23 will be available for use by the general public.

24 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

25 For the purpose of this Act—
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1 (1) the term ‘‘clean fuels’’ means natural gas,

2 liquefied petroleum, liquefied petroleum gas, hydro3 gen, electricity, and any fuel at least 85 percent of

4 which is one or more of the following: methanol, eth5 anol, any other alcohol, or ether;

6 (2) the term ‘‘clean fuels vehicle’’ means a vehi7 cle that operates exclusively on clean fuels; and

8 (3) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary

9 of Energy.

10 SEC. 4. CLEAN FUEL GRANTS TO STATES.

11 (a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall establish a

12 program for providing grants to eligible States to fund the

13 construction of clean fuel refueling facilities in ozone non14 attainment areas classified under subpart D of title I of

15 the Clean Air Act as Serious, Severe, or Extreme, that

16 will be available for use by the general public.

17 (b) AUTHORIZATIONS.—There are authorized to be

18 appropriated to the Secretary $33,000,000 for fiscal year

19 1994; $33,000,000 for fiscal year 1995; and $34,000,000

20 for fiscal year 1996 for making the grants to States au21 thorized under subsection (a).

22 (c) ADMINISTRATION OF GRANTS TO STATES.—(1)

23 The Secretary shall distribute funds to States pursuant

24 to a formula based on the pro rata number of licensed

25 motor vehicles operating in each State.
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1 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,

2 no State shall receive no more than $5,000,000 of the

3 funds appropriated each fiscal year pursuant to subsection

4 (b).

5 (3) Each State that receives funds under this section

6 shall be required to distribute at least 50 percent of such

7 funds to persons for the installation of clean fuel refueling

8 facilities in the private sector. The remaining funds shall

9 be used for the installation of clean fuel refueling facilities

10 for use by the State or any political subdivision thereof.

11 (d) ELIGIBLE STATES.—A State shall be eligible for

12 a grant under this section only if such State—

13 (1) has submitted a revision of the applicable

14 implementation plan pursuant to section 249(f)(2)

15 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7589(f)(2)) express16 ing its intention to adopt the standards described in

17 such section 249; and

18 (2) has adopted such standards no later than

19 model year 1996.

20 (e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall, by

21 December 31, 1997, submit to Congress a report on the

22 implementation of this Act which includes—

23 (1) a listing of the location of each refueling fa24 cility receiving funds;
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1 (2) an estimate of the increase in clean fuels re2 fueling capacity resulting from this Act;

3 (3) an estimate of the reduction in use of petro4 leum-based fuels resulting from this Act; and

5 (4) the Secretary’s plans to increase the avail6 ability of clean fuel refueling facilities.

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