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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1382 
To provide assistance for ultra efficient vehicles under the advanced 
technology vehicles manufacturing incentive program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2009 
Mr. BILBRAY (for himself, Mr. SCHIFF, Mrs. BONO MACK, Mrs. DAVIS of 
California, Mr. FILNER, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. ISSA, Mr. SHERMAN, and Mr. 
RADANOVICH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To provide assistance for ultra efficient vehicles under the 
advanced technology vehicles manufacturing incentive 
program. 
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 ‘‘Innovative Vehicle 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ULTRA EFFICIENT VEHICLES. 
Section 136 of the Energy Independence and Security 
Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17013) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘an 
ultra efficient vehicle or’’ after ‘‘means’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) ULTRA
EFFICIENT
VEHICLE.—The term 
‘ultra efficient vehicle’ means a fully closed compart-
ment vehicle designed to carry at least 2 adult pas-
sengers that achieves— 
‘‘(A) at least 75 miles per gallon while op-
erating on gasoline or diesel fuel; 
‘‘(B) at least 75 miles per gallon equiva-
lent while operating as a hybrid electric-gasoline 
or electric-diesel vehicle; or 
‘‘(C) at least 75 miles per gallon equivalent 
while operating as a fully electric vehicle.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, ultra efficient vehicle 
manufacturers,’’ after ‘‘automobile manufactur-
ers’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (A); 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 
subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘or’’; and 
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(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) ultra efficient vehicles; and’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, ultra 
efficient vehicles,’’ after ‘‘qualifying vehicles’’; 
(3) in subsection (g), by inserting ‘‘or are uti-
lized primarily for the manufacture of ultra efficient 
vehicles’’ after ‘‘20 years’’; and 
(4) in subsection (h)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘auto-
mobiles’’ and inserting ‘‘ultra efficient vehicles, auto-
mobiles,’’. 
SEC. 3. RECONSIDERATION OF PRIOR APPLICATIONS. 
The Secretary of Energy shall reconsider applications 
for assistance under section 136 of the Energy Independ-
ence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17013) that 
were— 
(1) timely filed under that section before Janu-
ary 1, 2009; 
(2) rejected on the basis that the vehicles to 
which the proposal related were not advanced tech-
nology vehicles; and 
(3) related to ultra efficient vehicles. 
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