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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2560

To establish a program in the Department of Defense to promote and demonstrate electric vehicle and infrastructure development for military and

civilian use.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 29, 1993

Mr. FAZIO (for himself and Ms. HARMAN) introduced the following bill; which

was referred jointly to the Committees on Armed Services and Science,

Space, and Technology

A BILL

To establish a program in the Department of Defense to

promote and demonstrate electric vehicle and infrastructure development for military and civilian use.

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

3 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.

4 For purposes of this Act:

5 (1) The term ‘‘electric vehicle and infrastruc6 ture demonstration’’ and ‘‘demonstration’’ mean a

7 demonstration project established pursuant to sec8 tion 3.
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1 (2) The term ‘‘infrastructure and support sys2 tems’’, has the meaning given such term in section

3 601(7) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Public

4 Law 102–486).

5 (3) The term ‘‘electric motor vehicle’’ means a

6 motor vehicle manufactured primarily for use on

7 public streets, roads, and highways (not including a

8 vehicle operated exclusively on a rail or rails) which

9 is primarily powered by an electric motor that draws

10 current from rechargeable storage batteries, fuel

11 cells, photovoltaic arrays or other sources of elec12 trical current and may include an electric hybrid ve13 hicle as that term is defined in section 601(5) of the

14 Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–486):

15 Provided however, That the term shall include vehi16 cles designed for low/moderate speed road use.

17 (4) The term ‘‘eligible metropolitan area’’

18 means any Metropolitan Area (as such term is de19 fined by the Office of Management and Budget pur20 suant to section 3504 of title 44, United States

21 Code) with a 1980 population of two hundred and

22 fifty thousand or more that has been designated by

23 a proposer and the Secretary for a demonstration

24 project under this Act.

25 (5) The term ‘‘manufacturer’’ means—
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1 (A) an original equipment manufacturer

2 which is substantially involved in the production

3 of motor vehicles for sale in the United States;

4 (B) a person manufacturing in the United

5 States an electric motor vehicle; or

6 (C) a person converting a vehicle to use

7 electricity if after conversion, the original equip8 ment manufacturer’s warranty continues to

9 apply to such vehicle, pursuant to an agreement

10 between the original equipment manufacturer

11 and the person performing the conversion, or

12 the person performing the conversion provides a

13 warranty for the vehicle equivalent to the war14 ranty of the original equipment manufacturer.

15 (6) The term ‘‘person’’ means—

16 (A) an individual possessing United States

17 citizenship;

18 (B) a corporation incorporated under the

19 laws of a State; or

20 (C) a joint venture or partnership orga21 nized under the laws of a State, each partici22 pant of which is an individual or corporation

23 described in subparagraph (A) or (B).
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1 (7) The term ‘‘non-Federal person’’ has the

2 meaning given such term in section 601(9) of the

3 Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–486).

4 (8) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary

5 of Defense.

6 SEC. 2. ELECTRIC VEHICLE PROGRAM.

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary

8 shall carry out a program to demonstrate, for military and

9 civilian use, electric motor vehicles and associated infra10 structure and support systems for such vehicles in one or

11 more eligible metropolitan areas. Such demonstrations

12 shall be designed to demonstrate——

13 (1) the performance of electric motor vehicles in

14 field operations, including fleet operations;

15 (2) the infrastructure necessary to support the

16 operation and maintenance of a wide range of types

17 of electric motor vehicles; or

18 (3) both such vehicles and the associated infra19 structure and support systems.

20 (b) LOCATION OF DEMONSTRATIONS.—Subject to the

21 special considerations specified in section 4(b), the dem22 onstrations shall be geographically dispersed in eligible

23 metropolitan areas of the United States.

24 (c) OVERSIGHT AND COORDINATION.—The Secretary

25 shall assign oversight and coordination of the demonstra-
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1 tion program authorized by this Act to the Advanced

2 Research Projects Agency.

3 (d) TERM OF DEMONSTRATION.—A demonstration

4 established under this section may receive financial assist5 ance from the Secretary for not more than four years. A

6 single demonstration may not receive more than 25 per

7 centum of the funds appropriated pursuant to the author8 ization of appropriations contained in section 5.

9 SEC. 3. APPLICATIONS.

10 (a) SOLICITATION.—Not later than May 1, 1994, the

11 Secretary shall request proposals for electric vehicle and

12 infrastructure demonstrations, and such proposals are to

13 be submitted to the Secretary by no later than September

14 1, 1994.

15 (b) CONTENT OF PROPOSAL.—A proposal submitted

16 under subsection (a) shall contain such information as the

17 Secretary may require, including a description of—

18 (1) the person or non-Federal person submit19 ting the proposal and the qualifications and capabili20 ties of such proposer, directly or indirectly, to insure

21 that electric motor vehicles, if any, included in the

22 demonstration are serviced and maintained in order

23 for such vehicles to operate as proposed for the du24 ration of the demonstration;
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1 (2) manufacturers of the electric motor vehicles

2 to be involved with the demonstration;

3 (3) the proposed users;

4 (4) the type of infrastructure and support sys5 tems development to be undertaken and dem6 onstrated;

7 (5) the number of electric motor vehicles, which

8 shall be no fewer than fifty, to be demonstrated and

9 their type, characteristics, and costs; and

10 (6) the eligible metropolitan area where the

11 demonstration is to be conducted.

12 (c) COST SHARE.—To be eligible for selection, the

13 person or non-Federal person submitting a proposal shall

14 agree to make non-Federal contributions, directly or indi15 rectly, equal to at least 50 per centum of the costs associ16 ated with the demonstration: Provided, That the proposer

17 shall seek no greater than $10,000 per vehicle cost share

18 from the Secretary except that such cost-share limitation

19 is not applicable in that instance where the gross vehicle

20 weight rating of the electric motor vehicle exceeds eight

21 thousand five hundred pounds: Provided further, That

22 such cost-share requirement shall be no greater than 20

23 per centum of the cost associated with that portion of any

24 demonstration that includes research and development, as

25 described in section 4(b)(5).
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1 SEC. 4. SELECTION OF PROPOSALS.

2 (a) SELECTION.—Not later than December 1, 1994,

3 the Secretary shall select at least one, but not more than

4 ten, proposals submitted under section 3 to receive finan5 cial assistance under this Act. The proposals shall be se6 lected by the Secretary on a competitive basis after con7 sulting with the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of

8 Transportation, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Ad9 ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

10 (b) SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS.—In selecting dem11 onstrations to be established, the Secretary shall give spe12 cial consideration to proposals that—

13 (1) include the participation of providers of

14 electricity;

15 (2) include the participation of State or local

16 governments or other governmental entities;

17 (3) provide for infrastructure and support sys18 tems development during fiscal years 1994 through

19 1997 to support electric motor vehicles, if any, to be

20 included in such demonstrations and that permit for

21 the continued development and application on a na22 tionwide basis of such infrastructure and support

23 systems;

24 (4) provide for the demonstration of more than

25 fifty electric motor vehicles during fiscal years 1994

26 through 1997; and
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1 (5) would be located in areas that are likely to

2 suffer economic hardship as a result of reductions in

3 defense spending or the closure of one or more mili4 tary installations and are in need of redirecting and

5 retraining defense, aerospace and land systems in6 dustry workers;

7 (6) would utilize aerospace, land systems and

8 defense technology bases as well as the technical ex9 pertise of the aerospace, land systems and defense

10 industry and personnel of the Department of De11 fense; or

12 (7) would support the further research and de13 velopment, a part of the demonstration, of electrical

14 storage devices, power generation devices, light

15 weight or composite materials, or systems control

16 devices for application with electric motor vehicles to

17 be used for military applications as well as civilian

18 applications.

19 (c) OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.—The Secretary shall

20 also consider—

21 (1) the adaptability and suitability to a wide

22 range and variety of electric motor vehicles of the re23 lated infrastructure, goods, materials or manufac24 tured products, know-how or support services in25 tended to support the operation and maintenance of
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1 electric motor vehicles proposed to be included in the

2 demonstration;

3 (2) the ability of the manufacturer, directly, in4 directly, or in combination with the person submit5 ting the proposal, for a period of no less than four

6 years after the demonstration has commenced, to de7 velop, assist in the demonstration of, manufacture,

8 distribute, sell, service, and ensure the continued

9 availability of parts for electric motor vehicles that

10 are proposed to be included in the demonstration;

11 and

12 (3) other criteria as the Secretary considers ap13 propriate.

14 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

15 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out

16 this Act for fiscal year 1994 $90,000,000, to remain avail17 able until expended.

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