(ii) up to 15 percent of the price of
the natural gas buses acquired, for nec-
essary natural gas infrastructure if the in-
frastructure will be available to the grant
recipient and to other bus fleets.
(3) The grant recipient shall be required to
provide—
(A) in the case of a replacement bus ac-
quired as described in subsection (f)(2)(A) to
replace a bus manufactured before model year
1977, 10 percent of the total cost of the bus,
but not more than $10,000;
(B) in the case of a replacement bus ac-
quired as described in subsection (f)(2)(B)(ii)
to replace a diesel-powered bus manufactured
before model year 1991 for exchange for a bus
manufactured before model year 1977, 10 per-
cent of the total cost of the bus, but not more
than $10,000; and
(C) in the case of a replacement bus ac-
quired as described in subsection (f)(2)(B)(i) to
replace a diesel-powered bus manufactured be-
fore model year 1991, 25 percent of the total
cost of the bus, but not more than $25,000.
(h) BUSES.—Funding under a grant made under this
section may be used to acquire only new airport buses—
(1) with a gross vehicle weight of greater than
14,000 pounds;
(2) that are powered by a heavy duty engine;
(3) that emit not more than—
(A) for buses manufactured in model years
2001 and 2002, 2.5 grams per brake horse-
power-hour of nonmethane hydrocarbons and
oxides of nitrogen and .01 grams per brake
horsepower-hour of particulate matter; and
(B) for buses manufactured in model years
2003 through 2006, 1.8 grams per brake horse-
power-hour of nonmethane hydrocarbons and
oxides of nitrogen and .01 grams per brake
horsepower-hour of particulate matter; and
(4) that are powered substantially by electricity
(including electricity supplied by a fuel cell), or by
liquefied natural gas, compressed natural gas, lique-
fied petroleum gas, hydrogen, propane, or methanol
or ethanol at no less than 85 percent by volume.
(i) DEPLOYMENT
AND DISTRIBUTION.—The Sec-
retary shall seek to the maximum extent practicable to
achieve nationwide deployment of natural gas airport
buses through the program under this section, and shall
ensure a broad geographic distribution of grant awards,
with a goal of no State receiving more than 10 percent
of the grant funding made available under this section for
a fiscal year.
SEC. 3. FUEL CELL BUS DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRA-
TION PROGRAM.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary
of Transportation shall establish a program for entering
into cooperative agreements with private sector fuel cell
bus developers for the development of fuel cell-powered
airport buses, and subsequently with not less than 2 public
agencies using natural gas-powered airport buses and such
private sector fuel cell bus developers to demonstrate the
use of fuel cell-powered airport buses.
(b) COST SHARING.—The non-Federal contribution
for activities funded under this section shall be not less
than—
(1) 20 percent for fuel infrastructure develop-
ment activities; and
(2) 50 percent for demonstration activities and
for development activities not described in paragraph
(1).
(c) FUNDING.—No more than $25,000,000 of the
amounts authorized under section 4 may be used for car-
rying out this section for the period encompassing fiscal
years 2002 through 2006.
(d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—
(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 3 years
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall transmit to Congress a report that—
(A) evaluates the process of converting
natural gas infrastructure to accommodate fuel
cell-powered airport buses; and
(B) assesses the results of the development
and demonstration program under this section.
(2) UPDATED REPORT.—Not later than October
1, 2006, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a
updated version of the report transmitted under
paragraph (1).
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act, the following definitions apply:
(1) AIRPORT
BUS.—The term ‘‘airport bus’’
means a bus operated by a public agency to provide
transportation between the facilities of a public air-
port.
(2) PUBLIC AIRPORT.—The term ‘‘public air-
port’’ has the meaning such term has under section
47102 of title 49, United States Code.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of Transportation for carrying out this Act—
(1) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
(2) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
(3) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
(4) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; and
(5) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.
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