I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4645 
To authorize any office of the Federal Government which owns or operates 
a parking area for the use of its employees to install, construct, operate, 
and maintain a battery recharging station in the area, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 9, 2014 
Ms. LOFGREN (for herself, Mr. MASSIE, Ms. ESHOO, and Mr. WOODALL) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To authorize any office of the Federal Government which 
owns or operates a parking area for the use of its em-
ployees to install, construct, operate, and maintain a 
battery recharging station in the area, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Electric Vehicle Charg-
ing Offers Modern Utility Terminals for Employees Act’’ 
or the ‘‘EV–COMUTE Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. OPERATION OF BATTERY RECHARGING STATIONS 
IN PARKING AREAS USED BY FEDERAL EM-
PLOYEES. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of any office of 
the Federal Government which owns or operates a 
parking area for the use of its employees (either di-
rectly or indirectly through a contractor) may in-
stall, construct, operate, and maintain on a reim-
bursable basis a battery recharging station in such 
area for the use of privately owned vehicles of em-
ployees of the office and others who are authorized 
to park in such area. 
(2) USE OF VENDORS.—The head of an office 
may carry out paragraph (1) through a contract 
with a vendor, under such terms and conditions (in-
cluding terms relating to the allocation between the 
office and the vendor of the costs of carrying out the 
contract) as the head of the office and the vendor 
may agree to. 
(b) IMPOSITION OF FEES TO COVER COSTS.— 
(1) FEES.—The head of an office of the Fed-
eral Government which operates and maintains a 
battery recharging station under this Act shall 
charge fees to the individuals who use the station in 
such amount as is necessary to ensure that office re-
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covers all of the costs it incurs in installing, con-
structing, operating, and maintaining the station. 
(2) DEPOSIT
AND
AVAILABILITY
OF
FEES.— 
Any fees collected by the head of an office under this 
subsection shall be— 
(A) deposited in the Treasury to the credit 
of the appropriations account for salaries and 
expenses of the office; and 
(B) available for obligation without further 
appropriation during— 
(i) the fiscal year collected; and 
(ii) the fiscal year following the fiscal 
year collected. 
(c) NO
EFFECT
ON
EXISTING
PROGRAMS
FOR 
HOUSE AND SENATE.—Nothing in this Act may be con-
strued to affect the installation, construction, operation, 
or maintenance of battery recharging stations by the Ar-
chitect of the Capitol— 
(1) under Public Law 112–170 (2 U.S.C. 
2171), relating to employees of the House of Rep-
resentatives and individuals authorized to park in 
any parking area under the jurisdiction of the House 
of Representatives on the Capitol Grounds; or 
(2) under Public Law 112–167 (2 U.S.C. 
2170), relating to employees of the Senate and indi-
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viduals authorized to park in any parking area 
under the jurisdiction of the Senate on the Capitol 
Grounds. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2015 
and each succeeding fiscal year. 
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