I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6482 
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize and modify provisions 
relating to the diesel emissions reduction program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 2, 2010 
Ms. RICHARDSON (for herself and Ms. MATSUI) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize 
and modify provisions relating to the diesel emissions 
reduction program. 
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 ‘‘Diesel Emissions Re-
duction Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. DIESEL EMISSIONS REDUCTION PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 791 of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16131) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3)— 
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(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) any private individual or entity 
that— 
‘‘(i) is the owner of record of a diesel 
vehicle or fleet operated pursuant to a con-
tract, license, or lease with a Federal de-
partment or agency or an entity described 
in subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(ii) meets such timely and appro-
priate requirements as the Administrator 
may establish for vehicle use and for notice 
to and approval by the Federal department 
or agency or entity described in subpara-
graph (A) with respect to which the owner 
has entered into a contract, license, or 
lease as described in clause (i).’’; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘currently, or 
has not been previously,’’ after ‘‘that is not’’; 
(3) by striking paragraph (9); 
(4) by redesignating paragraph (8) as para-
graph (9); 
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(5) in paragraph (9) (as so redesignated), in 
the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘, advanced truckstop electrification system,’’; and 
(6) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(8) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means the sev-
eral States, the District of Columbia, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Vir-
gin Islands, American Samoa, and the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.’’. 
(b) NATIONAL GRANT, REBATE, AND LOAN PRO-
GRAMS.—Section 792 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
(42 U.S.C. 16132) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘, RE-
BATE,’’ after ‘‘GRANT’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘to provide grants and low-cost re-
volving loans, as determined by the Adminis-
trator, on a competitive basis, to eligible enti-
ties’’ and inserting ‘‘to provide grants, rebates, 
or low-cost revolving loans, as determined by 
the Administrator, on a competitive basis, to el-
igible entities, including through contracts en-
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