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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5531 
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to require the Federal Government 
to acquire not fewer than 50,000 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 6, 2006 
Mr. ISRAEL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to require the 
Federal Government to acquire not fewer than 50,000 
plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) In the State of the Union Address, the 
President said that the Nation is ‘‘addicted to oil’’. 
(2) According to the Energy Information Ad-
ministration, the transportation sector consumed 67 
percent of all petroleum used in the United States 
in 2004. 
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(3) According to the Department of Energy, hy-
brid vehicles can be driven 40 to 70 miles per gallon 
of gasoline and produce fewer greenhouse emissions 
than conventional vehicles. 
(4) Significant strides have been made in the 
research and development of plug-in hybrid electric 
vehicles. 
(5) Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles can achieve 
better gas mileage than standard hybrid vehicles 
through the use of a larger battery that can be re-
charged by plugging the battery into a standard 
home electrical outlet. 
(6) At least one United States automobile man-
ufacturer is currently producing prototype plug-in 
hybrid electric vans. 
SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHI-
CLES IN FEDERAL FLEET REQUIREMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 303(b) of the Energy Pol-
icy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13212(b)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) In meeting the requirements of paragraph 
(1)(D), the Secretary, with the cooperation of the heads 
of other appropriate agencies, shall ensure that the Fed-
eral Government acquires not fewer than 50,000 plug-in 
hybrid electric vehicles manufactured in the United States 
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by entities incorporated or organized under the laws of 
the United States. The Federal government shall acquire 
such vehicles during the 5-fiscal-year period beginning 
after the date on which the Secretary determines that such 
vehicles are commercially available.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION OF PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VE-
HICLE.—Section 301 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 
(42 U.S.C. 13211) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(13); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (14) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(15) the term ‘plug-in hybrid electric vehicle’ 
means a light duty vehicle propelled by an internal 
combustion engine or heat engine using— 
‘‘(A) a combustible fuel; 
‘‘(B) an on-board, rechargeable storage de-
vice; and 
‘‘(C) a device that collects electricity from 
an off-board source.’’. 
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