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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3973 
To establish the Clean School Bus Grant Program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2019 
Mrs. HAYES (for herself, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. COSTA, Mr. 
GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. HIMES, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. LARSON of Con-
necticut, and Mr. LEVIN of California) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To establish the Clean School Bus Grant Program, 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 ‘‘Clean School Bus Act 
of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. CLEAN SCHOOL BUS GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS.—The term ‘‘elec-
tric school bus’’ means a school bus that is pro-
pelled— 
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(A) to a significant extent by an electric 
motor that— 
(i) draws electricity from a battery; 
and 
(ii) is capable of being recharged from 
an external source of electricity; or 
(B) by 1 or more hydrogen fuel cells. 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means— 
(A) 1 or more local, regional, or State gov-
ernmental entities responsible for— 
(i) providing school bus service to 1 or 
more public school systems; or 
(ii) purchasing school buses for use by 
1 or more public school systems; 
(B) a nonprofit school transportation asso-
ciation; or 
(C) a tribally controlled school (as defined 
in section 5212 of the Tribally Controlled 
Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2511)). 
(3) FUEL CELL.—The term ‘‘fuel cell’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 803 of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16152). 
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(4) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘program’’ means 
the Clean School Bus Grant Program established 
under subsection (b)(1). 
(5) SCHOOL BUS.—The term ‘‘school bus’’ has 
the meaning given the term ‘‘schoolbus’’ in section 
30125(a) of title 49, United States Code. 
(6) SCRAP.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘scrap’’ 
means, with respect to a school bus engine re-
placed using funds awarded under the program, 
to recycle, crush, or shred the engine within 
such period and in such manner as determined 
by the Secretary. 
(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘scrap’’ does 
not include selling, leasing, exchanging, or oth-
erwise disposing of an engine described in sub-
paragraph (A) for use in another motor vehicle 
in any location. 
(7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
(b) CLEAN SCHOOL BUS GRANT PROGRAM.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Re-
newable Energy of the Department of Energy a pro-
gram, to be known as the ‘‘Clean School Bus Grant 
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Program’’, for awarding grants on a competitive 
basis to eligible entities for the replacement of cer-
tain existing school buses. 
(2) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under the program, an eligible entity shall 
submit to the Secretary an application at such time, 
in such manner, and containing such information as 
the Secretary shall require, including— 
(A) a certification that no public work or 
service normally performed by a public em-
ployee will be privatized or subcontracted in 
carrying out a project under the grant; and 
(B) to ensure a fair assessment of total 
workforce impact, a detailed accounting of the 
workforce of the eligible entity at the time of 
application, including— 
(i) the number of employees, orga-
nized by salary; 
(ii) the bargaining unit status of each 
employee; 
(iii) the full- or part-time status of 
each employee; and 
(iv) the job title of each employee. 
(3) PRIORITY OF GRANT APPLICATIONS.— 
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