by the membership. The chairperson shall serve for 
a term of 1 year. 
(b) PURPOSE AND DUTIES.— 
(1) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Interagency 
Working Group is to ensure Federal agencies’ work 
to research and develop advanced fuel technology is 
coordinated and concerted in order to increase vehi-
cle fuel efficiency and reduce emissions. 
(2) DUTIES.—The Interagency Working Group 
established under subsection (a)(1) shall— 
(A) meet not less than 4 times annually to 
examine the status of efforts by auto companies 
to meet the corporate automobile fuel economy 
standards required under section 32902 of title 
49, United States Code; 
(B) propose policy recommendations for 
solutions to meet such standards; 
(C) formulate a recommended budget for 
all Federal spending on research and develop-
ment of advanced fuel technologies and submit 
such recommended budget to the President and 
to Congress; 
(D) review agency priorities and technical 
issues for Federally funded technology research 
and development; 
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(E) promote communications among the 
government, private sector, and academia on re-
search and development requirements and pro-
grams; and 
(F) submit a report of its activities to Con-
gress annually. 
SEC. 
6. 
HARMONIZATION 
OF 
BIOFUELS 
PRODUCTION 
STANDARDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency shall work with national and 
international standard setting organizations, along with 
other government organizations, to harmonize standards 
for the production of biofuels from a variety of feedstocks 
and the blending of such fuels with petroleum-based fuels 
at various concentrations. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy shall transmit to the Congress a report on progress 
made under subsection (a). 
SEC. 7. HYDROGEN FUELING PUMPS. 
(a) GRANT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall establish a program for making grants with 
the goal of establishing at least 100 publicly available hy-
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drogen fueling pumps at retail gas stations by 2013 in 
at least 2 selected regions. 
(b) REQUIRED CONTRIBUTION.—As a condition of 
receiving a grant under subsection (a), the owner or oper-
ator of a gas station shall be required to contribute, or 
obtain funding from a State or local government entity 
for, at least 10 percent of the cost of the hydrogen fueling 
pump. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
Transportation for carrying out this section $50,000,000 
for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2013. 
SEC. 8. FEDERAL ACQUISITION OF HYDROGEN FUEL CELL 
VEHICLES. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Ad-
ministrator of the General Services Administration for the 
acquisition of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles for use by Federal 
agencies $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2012 
through 2014. 
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