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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2093
To encourage the use of clean fuels, encourage the development of a clean
fuels refueling infrastructure, and reduce the dependency on foreign
oil, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 12, 1993
Mr. GALLO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To encourage the use of clean fuels, encourage the develop-
ment of a clean fuels refueling infrastructure, and reduce
the dependency on foreign oil, 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 Fuels Infra-
structure and Incentives Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) the United States continues to import vast
quantities of foreign oil;
(2) the supply of such imported oil may be in-
terrupted by international conflicts and such inter-
ruptions have an immediate, adverse effect on the
economic well-being of virtually all citizens of the
United States;
(3) the widespread use of petroleum-based
transportation fuels results in the emission of sig-
nificant quantities of harmful air pollutants;
(4) the increased use of alternative or clean
fuels will reduce the Nation’s dependency on foreign
oil and decrease the level of air pollution;
(5) the Congress has already determined, by the
passage of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990,
that the increased use of clean fuels is in the Na-
tion’s best interest;
(6) the use of clean fuels will be maximized if
a nationwide, publicly available refueling infrastruc-
ture is developed to service vehicles operating on
clean fuels; and
(7) it is in the Nation’s best interest for the
Federal Government to assist in the development
and construction of clean fuel refueling facilities that
will be available for use by the general public.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
For the purpose of this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘clean fuels’’ means natural gas,
liquefied petroleum, liquefied petroleum gas, hydro-
gen, electricity, and any fuel at least 85 percent of
which is one or more of the following: methanol, eth-
anol, any other alcohol, or ether;
(2) the term ‘‘clean fuels vehicle’’ means a vehi-
cle that operates exclusively on clean fuels; and
(3) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of Energy.
SEC. 4. CLEAN FUEL GRANTS TO STATES.
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall establish a
program for providing grants to eligible States to fund the
construction of clean fuel refueling facilities in ozone non-
attainment areas classified under subpart D of title I of
the Clean Air Act as Serious, Severe, or Extreme, that
will be available for use by the general public.
(b) AUTHORIZATIONS.—There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary $33,000,000 for fiscal year
1994; $33,000,000 for fiscal year 1995; and $34,000,000
for fiscal year 1996 for making the grants to States au-
thorized under subsection (a).
(c) ADMINISTRATION OF GRANTS TO STATES.—(1)
The Secretary shall distribute funds to States pursuant
to a formula based on the pro rata number of licensed
motor vehicles operating in each State.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
no State shall receive no more than $5,000,000 of the
funds appropriated each fiscal year pursuant to subsection
(b).
(3) Each State that receives funds under this section
shall be required to distribute at least 50 percent of such
funds to persons for the installation of clean fuel refueling
facilities in the private sector. The remaining funds shall
be used for the installation of clean fuel refueling facilities
for use by the State or any political subdivision thereof.
(d) ELIGIBLE STATES.—A State shall be eligible for
a grant under this section only if such State—
(1) has submitted a revision of the applicable
implementation plan pursuant to section 249(f)(2)
of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7589(f)(2)) express-
ing its intention to adopt the standards described in
such section 249; and
(2) has adopted such standards no later than
model year 1996.
(e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall, by
December 31, 1997, submit to Congress a report on the
implementation of this Act which includes—
(1) a listing of the location of each refueling fa-
cility receiving funds;
(2) an estimate of the increase in clean fuels re-
fueling capacity resulting from this Act;
(3) an estimate of the reduction in use of petro-
leum-based fuels resulting from this Act; and
(4) the Secretary’s plans to increase the avail-
ability of clean fuel refueling facilities.
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