ing requirements relating to, such fuels’’ after
‘‘fueled vehicles’’; and
(C) in subparagraph (G)—
(i) 
by 
redesignating 
clauses 
(i)
through (iii) as clauses (ii) through (iv),
respectively; and
(ii) by inserting before clause (ii), as
so redesignated, the following new clause:
‘‘(i) alternative fuels;’’.
(b) FEDERAL ASSISTANCE
TO STATES.—Section
409(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C.
13235(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking
‘‘and’’ at the end;
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the
period at the end and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(D) grants of Federal financial assistance for
the incremental purchase cost of alternative fuels.’’;
(2) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting ‘‘and the
volume of alternative fuel likely to be consumed’’
after ‘‘be introduced’’; and
(3) in paragraph (3)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘alternative fuels and’’
after ‘‘in procuring’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘fuels and’’ after ‘‘of
such’’.
(c) GENERAL PROVISIONS.—Section 409(c)(2)(A) of
the 
Energy 
Policy 
Act 
of 
1992 
(42 
U.S.C.
13235(c)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and volume of
alternative fuel consumed’’ after ‘‘alternative fueled vehi-
cles in use’’.
SEC. 202. ALTERNATIVE FUEL BUS PROGRAM.
Section 410(c) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42
U.S.C. 13236(c)) is amended in the second sentence by
striking ‘‘and the conversion of school buses to dedicated
vehicles’’ and inserting ‘‘the incremental cost of alter-
native fuels used in dual fueled school buses, and the con-
version of school buses to alternative fueled vehicles’’.
SEC. 203. ALTERNATIVE FUEL USE IN NONROAD VEHICLES
AND ENGINES.
Section 412 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42
U.S.C. 13238) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘a
study’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘stud-
ies’’; and
(ii) in the second sentence—
(I) by striking ‘‘study’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘studies’’; and
(II) by striking ‘‘2 years’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘6 and 10
years’’;
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by striking ‘‘study’’ each place it
appears and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘studies’’; and
(ii) in the second sentence, by insert-
ing ‘‘and engines’’ after ‘‘such vehicles’’;
and
(C) in paragraph (3)—
(i) by striking ‘‘report’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘reports’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘shall’’;
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘marine ves-
sels,’’ after ‘‘vehicles or engines used for marine pur-
poses,’’; and
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘study’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘studies’’.
TITLE 
III—AVAILABILITY 
AND
USE 
OF 
REPLACEMENT
FUELS, ALTERNATIVE FUELS,
AND ALTERNATIVE FUELED
PRIVATE VEHICLES
SEC. 301. MODIFICATION OF GOALS; ADDITIONAL RULE-
MAKING AUTHORITY.
Section 504(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42
U.S.C. 13254(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘Within 3 years
after the date of enactment of this Act, and periodically
thereafter’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Before October
1, 1998, and before October 1, 2003’’.
SEC. 302. CREDITS.
Section 508 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42
U.S.C. 13258) is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing new subsection:
‘‘(e) ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE CREDITS.—Any ac-
tion which is considered or credited as an acquisition of
an alternative fueled vehicle under section 312 shall be
eligible for a credit under this section as if it were such
an acquisition.’’.
SEC. 303. SECRETARY’S RECOMMENDATION TO CONGRESS.
Section 509(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42
U.S.C. 13259(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘, including through con-
version and warranty,’’ after ‘‘public alternative
fueled vehicles’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;
(2) in paragraph (3) by striking the comma at
the end and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding after paragraph (3) the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(4) exempting replacement fuels from taxes
levied on nonreplacement fuels,’’.
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