publicly available electric drive vehicle charging in-
frastructure, where appropriate. 
(8) Mechanisms to increase individual consumer 
benefits consistent with subsection (h). 
(9) A description of the extent to which electric 
utilities in the deployment community have or plan 
to update policies— 
(A) that— 
(i) reflect rate structures that benefit 
consumers who charge electric drive vehi-
cles off-peak; or 
(ii) with respect to any deployment 
community with a competitive retail regu-
latory regime, will make electric drive vehi-
cle charging services available to con-
sumers; 
(B) that take into account potential im-
pacts to the local electric distribution system or 
the electric grid from the incremental electric 
energy used to charge electric drive vehicles; 
(C) that utilize information technologies to 
minimize effects of charging electric drive vehi-
cles on the local electric distribution system or 
electric grid; 
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(D) that relate to Smart Grid technologies 
for electric drive vehicle charging purposes, in-
cluding those that allow 2-way communication 
of electric energy movement (to prepare for ve-
hicle-to-grid applications); and 
(E) that encourage electric energy con-
servation and reduction in peak demand by 
making consumer electric energy or charging 
service price and usage information available to 
consumers. 
(g) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall give preference 
to applications for financial assistance under subsection 
(c) that— 
(1) are jointly sponsored by entities that share 
interest in the deployment of electric drive vehicles; 
(2) project the greatest reduction in dependency 
on petroleum as fuel and carbon dioxide emissions, 
in proportion to the amount of petroleum used as 
fuel and carbon dioxide emitted by the proposed de-
ployment community; 
(3) for at least 1 deployment community, in-
clude a demonstration of the deployment of heavy- 
duty electric drive vehicles; 
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(4) include a plan to provide additional State, 
Indian tribe, local governmental, or private incen-
tives for the deployment of electric drive vehicles; 
(5) best demonstrate the ability of the deploy-
ment community to deploy the targeted number of 
electric drive vehicles; 
(6) are most likely to yield information that in-
forms and assists with the large-scale deployment of 
electric drive vehicles in different regions and regu-
latory regimes of the United States, including, as 
appropriate, information regarding the utilization of 
emerging technologies or practices; and 
(7) are submitted for deployment communities 
that are located in proximity to other areas to which 
electric drive vehicle deployment could be expanded. 
(h) CONSUMER BENEFITS.—As part of the amounts 
authorized under subsection (k), the Secretary shall en-
sure that each recipient of financial assistance for a de-
ployment community provides a minimum of $2,000 in 
benefits to each of the first 50,000 consumers who reside 
in the deployment community who purchase electric drive 
vehicles. Such benefits may not be used to offset the costs 
of any other benefit in effect in the deployment community 
as of the date of enactment of this Act, and may include— 
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(1) rebates of portions of the costs of pur-
chasing electric drive vehicles; 
(2) rebates of portions of the costs of permit-
ting, purchasing, or installing home electric drive ve-
hicle charging stations; 
(3) rebates of State or local sales taxes for pur-
chasing electric drive vehicles; 
(4) rebates of the incremental electric energy 
costs associated with charging electric drive vehicles; 
(5) rebates of the costs of State or local toll 
road access charges; 
(6) rebates of the costs of parking electric drive 
vehicles; and 
(7) any other benefit that the Secretary deter-
mines is appropriate and likely to incentivize the 
purchase of electric drive vehicles. 
(i) INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE.—The Secretary 
shall, as part of the program established pursuant to sub-
section (a)(1), collect and, as promptly as practicable, 
make available to the public information regarding the 
cost, performance, and other technical data regarding the 
deployment and integration of electric drive vehicles. 
(j) REPORTS.— 
(1) PHASE 1 UPDATE AND PHASE 2 PLAN.—Not 
later than 4 years after the date of enactment of 
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this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
report— 
(A) describing the status of the deployment 
communities for which financial assistance is 
provided under the program established under 
subsection (a)(1); 
(B) describing, analyzing, and evaluating 
the data collected under the first phase of the 
program established under subsection (a)(1); 
(C) assessing the first phase of the pro-
gram established under subsection (a)(1); and 
(D) describing a plan for the second phase 
of the program established under subsection 
(a)(1), including— 
(i) how many additional deployment 
communities should be selected for further 
deployment activities and incentives; 
(ii) how criteria for selection of de-
ployment communities should be updated; 
(iii) how incentive structures for the 
deployment of electric drive vehicles should 
be changed; and 
(iv) a request for funding to imple-
ment such second phase. 
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(2) PHASE 1 RESULTS.—Not later than 6 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit to Congress a report assessing 
the first phase of the program established under 
subsection (a)(1). 
(k) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this section $300,000,000 for each 
recipient of financial assistance for a deployment commu-
nity, to be expended within 5 years of the date of the re-
ceipt of funds. 
SEC. 4. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 
competitive program to provide financial assistance to mu-
nicipalities that have not been selected to receive financial 
assistance under the program established under section 
3(a)(1) for purposes of assisting with the deployment of 
electric drive vehicles, including the evaluation of the feasi-
bility of large-scale deployment of electric drive vehicles 
and the installation of publicly available electric drive vehi-
cle charging infrastructure in the municipality. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this section $120,000,000 for each 
of the 5 fiscal years after the date of enactment of this 
Act, to provide up to $10,000,000 for each recipient of 
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financial assistance for a municipality to be expended 
within 2 years of the date of the receipt of funds. 
SEC. 5. MODIFICATION OF CREDIT FOR ALTERNATIVE 
FUEL VEHICLE REFUELING PROPERTY FOR 
VEHICLES POWERED BY ELECTRICITY. 
(a) SPECIAL RULES
FOR PROPERTY PLACED
IN 
SERVICE BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2017.—Subsection (e) of 
section 30C of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(7) PROPERTY
FOR
RECHARGING
VEHICLES 
POWERED BY ELECTRICITY.—In the case of property 
placed in service after December 31, 2011, and be-
fore January 1, 2017, which relates to electricity— 
‘‘(A) subsection (a) shall be applied by 
substituting ‘50 percent’ for ‘30 percent’, 
‘‘(B) subsection (b)(1) shall be applied by 
substituting ‘$50,000’ for ‘$30,000’, and 
‘‘(C) subsection (b)(2) shall be applied by 
substituting ‘$2,000’ for ‘$1,000’.’’. 
(b) INSTALLATION COSTS.—Subsection (e) of section 
30C of such Code, as amended by subsection (a), is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) INSTALLATION COSTS.—The cost of any 
qualified alternative fuel vehicle refueling property 
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which relates to electricity shall include the cost of 
the original installation of such property.’’. 
(c) TERMINATION OF CREDIT.—Subsection (g) of 
section 30C of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end of paragraph (1), by redesignating paragraph 
(2) as paragraph (3), and by inserting after paragraph 
(1) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) in the case of property relating to elec-
tricity, after December 31, 2014, and’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to property placed in service after 
December 31, 2011. 
SEC. 6. ELECTRIC VEHICLE REFUELING PROPERTY TAX 
CREDIT BONDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 54A(d) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (D), by inserting 
‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (E), and by inserting 
after subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) a qualified electric vehicle refueling 
property bond,’’. 
(b) QUALIFIED PURPOSE.—Subparagraph (C) of sec-
tion 54A(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (iv), 
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(2) by striking the period at the end of clause 
(v) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(vi) in the case of a qualified electric 
vehicle refueling property bond, a purpose 
specified in section 54G(a)(1).’’. 
(c) BONDS ALLOWED.—Subpart I of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 54G. QUALIFIED ELECTRIC VEHICLE REFUELING 
PROPERTY BONDS. 
‘‘(a) QUALIFIED ELECTRIC VEHICLE REFUELING 
PROPERTY BOND.—For purposes of this subpart, the 
term ‘qualified electric vehicle refueling property bond’ 
means any bond issued as part of an issue if— 
‘‘(1) 100 percent of the available project pro-
ceeds of such issue are to be used for capital expend-
itures incurred by a qualified issuer for 1 or more 
qualified electric vehicle refueling properties, 
‘‘(2) the bond is issued by a qualified issuer, 
and 
‘‘(3) the issuer designates such bond for pur-
poses of this section. 
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‘‘(b) REDUCED CREDIT AMOUNT.—Notwithstanding 
paragraph (2) of section 54A(b), the annual credit deter-
mined with respect to any qualified electric vehicle refuel-
ing property bond is 70 percent of the amount which 
would (but for this subsection) otherwise be determined 
under such paragraph with respect to such bond. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION
ON AMOUNT
OF BONDS DES-
IGNATED.—The maximum aggregate face amount of 
bonds which may be designated under subsection (a) by 
any issuer shall not exceed the limitation amount allocated 
to such issuer under subsection (e). 
‘‘(d) NATIONAL LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF BONDS 
DESIGNATED.—There is a national qualified electric vehi-
cle refueling property bond limitation of $100,000,000. 
‘‘(e) ALLOCATIONS.—The Secretary shall make allo-
cations of the amount of the national qualified electric ve-
hicle refueling property bond limitation described in sub-
section (d) among purposes described in subsection (a)(1) 
in such manner as the Secretary determines appropriate. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) QUALIFIED ELECTRIC VEHICLE REFUEL-
ING PROPERTY.—The term ‘qualified electric vehicle 
refueling property’ means any qualified alternative 
fuel vehicle refueling property (within the meaning 
of section 30C) which relates to electricity. 
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‘‘(2) QUALIFIED ISSUER.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified 
issuer’ means a public power provider, a cooper-
ative electric company, or a governmental body. 
‘‘(B) GOVERNMENTAL
BODY.—The term 
‘governmental body’ means any State or Indian 
tribal government, or any political subdivision 
thereof. 
‘‘(C) PUBLIC
POWER
PROVIDER.—The 
term ‘public power provider’ means a State util-
ity that has a service obligation to end-users or 
to a distribution utility (within the meaning of 
section 217 of the Federal Power Act, as in ef-
fect on the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion). 
‘‘(D) COOPERATIVE ELECTRIC COMPANY.— 
The term ‘cooperative electric company’ means 
a mutual or cooperative electric company de-
scribed in section 501(c)(12) or an organization 
described in section 1381(a)(2)(C).’’. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for subpart I of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 54G. Qualified electric vehicle refueling property bonds.’’. 
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(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to obligations issued after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 7. ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE 
PLANNING. 
(a) AMENDMENT OF PURPA.—Section 111(d) of the 
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 
2621(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(20) ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE INFRASTRUC-
TURE.— 
‘‘(A) UTILITY
PLAN
FOR
INFRASTRUC-
TURE.—Each electric utility shall develop a 
plan to support the use of electric drive vehi-
cles, including heavy-duty electric drive vehicles. 
Each such plan shall provide for the deploy-
ment of the charging infrastructure or other in-
frastructure necessary to adequately support 
the use of electric drive vehicles, and shall pro-
vide for, as appropriate, the support needed to 
enable the competitive installation, operation, or 
provision of electric drive vehicle charging serv-
ices. The plan may provide for deployment of 
electric drive vehicle charging stations in public 
or private locations, including street parking, 
parking garages, parking lots, homes, gas sta-
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is interoperable with the applicable prod-
ucts of all auto manufacturers, to the ex-
tent possible; 
‘‘(ii) consider adopting minimum re-
quirements for deployment of electric drive 
vehicle charging infrastructure and other 
appropriate requirements necessary to sup-
port the use of electric drive vehicles; and 
‘‘(iii) assess the system benefits of 
widespread deployment of electric drive ve-
hicles associated with predominantly off- 
peak electric drive vehicle charging. 
‘‘(C) COST RECOVERY.—Each State regu-
latory authority (in the case of each electric 
utility for which it has ratemaking authority) 
and each utility (in the case of a nonregulated 
utility) shall consider whether, and to what ex-
tent, to allow cost recovery for plans under sub-
paragraph (A) and implementation of such 
plans. 
‘‘(D) SMART
GRID
INTEGRATION.—Each 
State regulatory authority (in the case of each 
electric utility for which it has ratemaking au-
thority) and each utility (in the case of a non-
regulated utility) shall, in accordance with ac-
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tions taken by the Commission pursuant to sec-
tion 1305(d) of the Energy Independence and 
Security Act of 2007— 
‘‘(i) establish any appropriate proto-
cols and standards for integrating electric 
drive vehicles into an electric distribution 
system, including smart grid systems and 
devices as described in title XIII of the 
Energy Independence and Security Act of 
2007; 
‘‘(ii) provide for, to the extent fea-
sible, the ability for each electric drive ve-
hicle to be identified individually and to be 
associated with its owner’s electric utility 
account, regardless of the location that the 
vehicle is plugged in, for purposes of ap-
propriate billing for any electric energy re-
quired to charge the vehicle’s batteries as 
well as any crediting for electric energy 
provided to the electric utility from the ve-
hicle’s batteries; and 
‘‘(iii) review the determination made 
in response to paragraph (14) of this sub-
section in light of this paragraph, including 
whether time-of-use pricing should be em-
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ployed to enable the use of electric drive 
vehicles to contribute to meeting peak-load 
and ancillary service power needs. 
‘‘(E) DEFINITION OF ELECTRIC DRIVE VE-
HICLE.—For purposes of this paragraph, the 
term ‘electric drive vehicle’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 2(3) of the Electric 
Drive Vehicle Deployment Act of 2011.’’. 
(b) COMPLIANCE.— 
(1) TIME LIMITATIONS.—Section 112(b) of the 
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 
U.S.C. 2622(b)) is amended by adding the following 
at the end thereof: 
‘‘(7)(A) Not later than 3 years after the date 
of enactment of this paragraph, each State regu-
latory authority (with respect to each electric utility 
for which it has ratemaking authority) and each 
nonregulated utility shall commence the consider-
ation referred to in section 111, or set a hearing 
date for consideration, with respect to the standards 
established by paragraph (20) of section 111(d). 
‘‘(B) Not later than 4 years after the date of 
enactment of the this paragraph, each State regu-
latory authority (with respect to each electric utility 
for which it has ratemaking authority), and each 
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nonregulated electric utility, shall complete the con-
sideration, and shall make the determination, re-
ferred to in section 111 with respect to each stand-
ard established by paragraph (20) of section 
111(d).’’. 
(2) FAILURE TO COMPLY.—Section 112(c) of 
the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 
(16 U.S.C. 2622(c)) is amended by adding the fol-
lowing at the end: ‘‘In the case of the standards es-
tablished by paragraph (20) of section 111(d), the 
reference contained in this subsection to the date of 
enactment of this Act shall be deemed to be a ref-
erence to the date of enactment of such paragraph.’’. 
(3) PRIOR STATE ACTIONS.—Section 112(d) of 
the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 
(16 U.S.C. 2622(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘(19)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(20)’’ before ‘‘of section 111(d)’’. 
SEC. 8. ELECTRIC DRIVE COMPONENT AND INFRASTRUC-
TURE MANUFACTURING LOAN PROGRAM. 
(a) DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and subject to the 
availability of appropriated funds, the Secretary 
shall carry out a program to provide a total of not 
more than $1,000,000,000 in loans to eligible indi-
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viduals and entities (as determined by the Secretary 
and including qualified electric drive vehicle compo-
nent suppliers and qualified electric drive vehicle in-
frastructure suppliers) for the costs of activities de-
scribed in subsection (b). The loans shall be made 
through the Federal Financing Bank, with the full 
faith and credit of the United States Government on 
the principal and interest. The full credit subsidy 
shall be paid by the Secretary using appropriated 
funds. 
(2) APPLICATION.—An applicant for a loan 
under this subsection shall submit to the Secretary 
an application at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Secretary may 
require, including a written assurance that— 
(A) all laborers and mechanics employed 
by contractors or subcontractors during con-
struction, alteration, or repair that is financed, 
in whole or in part, by a loan under this section 
shall be paid wages at rates not less than those 
prevailing on similar construction in the local-
ity, as determined by the Secretary of Labor in 
accordance with sections 3141 through 3144, 
3146, and 3147 of title 40, United States Code; 
and 
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(B) the Secretary of Labor shall, with re-
spect to the labor standards described in this 
paragraph, have the authority and functions set 
forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 
1950 (5 U.S.C. App.) and section 3145 of title 
40, United States Code. 
(3) SELECTION OF ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—The 
Secretary shall select eligible projects to receive 
loans under this subsection in cases in which, as de-
termined by the Secretary, the loan recipient— 
(A) is financially viable without the receipt 
of additional Federal funding associated with 
the proposed project; 
(B) will provide sufficient information to 
the Secretary for the Secretary to ensure that 
the funds are expended efficiently and effec-
tively; and 
(C) has met such other criteria as may be 
established and published by the Secretary. 
(4) RATES, 
TERMS, 
AND
REPAYMENT
OF 
LOANS.—A loan provided under this subsection— 
(A) shall have an interest rate that, as of 
the date on which the loan is made, is equal to 
the cost of funds to the Department of the 
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Treasury for obligations of comparable matu-
rity; 
(B) shall have a term equal to the lesser 
of— 
(i) the projected life, in years, of the 
eligible project to be carried out using 
funds from the loan, as determined by the 
Secretary; or 
(ii) 25 years; 
(C) may be subject to a deferral in repay-
ment for not more than 5 years after the date 
on which the eligible project carried out using 
funds from the loan first begins operations, as 
determined by the Secretary; and 
(D) shall be made by the Federal Financ-
ing Bank. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—A loan provided under sub-
section (a) may be used by the loan recipient to pay the 
costs of— 
(1) reequipping, expanding, or establishing a 
manufacturing facility in the United States to 
produce— 
(A) qualified electric drive vehicle infra-
structure; or 
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(B) qualified electric drive vehicle compo-
nents; and 
(2) engineering integration performed in the 
United States of qualified electric drive vehicle com-
ponents. 
(c) FEES.—Administrative costs shall be no more 
than $100,000 or 10 basis points of the loan. 
(d) PRIORITY.— 
(1) CRITERIA.—In selecting loan recipients 
from among eligible applicants, the Secretary shall 
give preference to proposals that— 
(A) are most likely to be successful; and 
(B) are located in local markets that have 
the greatest need for the manufacturing facility. 
(2) 
EXISTING
FACILITIES.—The 
Secretary 
shall, in making loans to manufacturers that have 
existing facilities, give priority to those facilities that 
are oldest or have been in existence for at least 20 
years. Such facilities may currently be sitting idle. 
(e) SET ASIDE FOR SMALL MANUFACTURERS AND 
COMPONENT SUPPLIERS.— 
(1) DEFINITION OF COVERED FIRM.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘‘covered firm’’ means a firm 
that— 
(A) employs less than 500 individuals; and 
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(B) manufactures qualified electric drive 
vehicle infrastructure or qualified electric drive 
vehicle components. 
(2) SET ASIDE.—Of the amount of funds that 
are used to make loans for each fiscal year under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall use not less than 
25 percent to make loans to covered firms or con-
sortia led by a covered firm. 
(f) APPOINTMENT AND PAY OF PERSONNEL.— 
(1) The Secretary may use direct hiring author-
ity pursuant to section 3304(a)(3) of title 5, United 
States Code, to appoint such professional and ad-
ministrative personnel as the Secretary determines 
necessary to the discharge of the Secretary’s func-
tions under this section. 
(2) The rate of pay for a person appointed pur-
suant to paragraph (1) shall not exceed the max-
imum rate payable for GS–15 of the General Sched-
ule under chapter 53 of such title. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 
2012 through 2017. 
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SEC. 9. LOAN GUARANTEES FOR ADVANCED BATTERY PUR-
CHASES FOR USE IN STATIONARY APPLICA-
TIONS. 
Subtitle B of title I of the Energy Independence and 
Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17011 et seq.) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 137. LOAN GUARANTEES FOR ADVANCED BATTERY 
PURCHASES. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) QUALIFIED AUTOMOTIVE BATTERY.—The 
term ‘qualified automotive battery’ means a battery 
that— 
‘‘(A) has at least 5 kilowatt-hours of trac-
tion battery capacity; and 
‘‘(B) is designed for use in electric drive 
vehicles but is purchased for nonautomotive and 
dual-purpose applications. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means— 
‘‘(A) an original equipment manufacturer; 
‘‘(B) an electric utility; 
‘‘(C) any provider of qualified electric drive 
vehicle infrastructure (as such term is defined 
in section 2(8) of the Electric Drive Vehicle De-
ployment Act of 2011); or 
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‘‘(D) any other qualified entity, as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(b) LOAN GUARANTEES.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish a program to provide guarantees of loans made to 
eligible entities by private institutions for the purchase, 
by such an eligible entity, of at least 500 qualified auto-
motive batteries in a calendar year that use advanced bat-
tery technology. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary may provide a 
loan guarantee under subsection (b) to an applicant if— 
‘‘(1) without a loan guarantee, credit is not 
available to the applicant under reasonable terms or 
conditions sufficient to finance the purchase of 
qualified automotive batteries described in sub-
section (b); 
‘‘(2) the prospective earning power of the appli-
cant and the character and value of the security 
pledged provide a reasonable assurance of repayment 
of the loan to be guaranteed in accordance with the 
terms of the loan; and 
‘‘(3) the loan bears interest at a rate deter-
mined by the Secretary to be reasonable, taking into 
account the current average yield on outstanding ob-
ligations of the United States with remaining peri-
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ods of maturity comparable to the maturity of the 
loan. 
‘‘(d) MATURITY.—A loan guaranteed under sub-
section (b) shall have a maturity of not more than 20 
years. 
‘‘(e) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The loan agreement 
for a loan guaranteed under subsection (b) shall provide 
that no provision of the loan agreement may be amended 
or waived without the consent of the Secretary. 
‘‘(f) ASSURANCE
OF REPAYMENT.—The Secretary 
shall require that an applicant for a loan guarantee under 
subsection (b) provide an assurance of repayment in the 
form of a performance bond, insurance, collateral, or other 
means acceptable to the Secretary in an amount equal to 
not less than 20 percent of the amount of the loan. 
‘‘(g) GUARANTEE FEE.—The recipient of a loan 
guarantee under subsection (b) shall pay the Secretary an 
amount determined by the Secretary to be sufficient to 
cover the administrative costs of the Secretary relating to 
the loan guarantee. 
‘‘(h) FULL FAITH AND CREDIT.—The full faith and 
credit of the United States is pledged to the payment of 
all guarantees made under this section. Any such guar-
antee made by the Secretary shall be conclusive evidence 
of the eligibility of the loan for the guarantee with respect 
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to principal and interest. The validity of the guarantee 
shall be incontestable in the hands of a holder of the guar-
anteed loan. 
‘‘(i) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall promulgate 
such regulations as are necessary to carry out this section. 
‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$300,000,000 for fiscal years 2012 through 2016.’’. 
SEC. 10. FEDERAL FLEETS. 
(a) ELECTRIC ENERGY.—For purposes of Federal 
agency reporting requirements, electric energy consumed 
by Federal agencies to fuel electric drive vehicles— 
(1) is alternative fuel (as defined in section 301 
of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 
13211)); and 
(2) shall be accounted for under Federal fleet 
management reporting requirements, not under Fed-
eral building management reporting requirements. 
(b) ASSESSMENT AND REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of Gen-
eral Services, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Energy, shall complete an assessment of motor vehi-
cle fleets operated by Federal agencies and submit 
a report to Congress that includes each of the fol-
lowing: 
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(A) For each Federal agency, the types of 
vehicles the agency uses that may or may not 
be suitable for near-term and medium-term re-
placement with commercially available electric 
drive vehicles, taking into account the types of 
vehicles for which electric drive vehicles could 
provide comparable functionality and lifecycle 
costs. 
(B) The number of electric drive vehicles 
that could be deployed by each Federal agency 
in 5 years and in 10 years, assuming that elec-
tric drive vehicles are available and are pur-
chased when new vehicles are needed or existing 
vehicles are replaced. 
(C) The estimated cost to the Federal Gov-
ernment for vehicle purchases described under 
paragraph (2) for each fiscal year. 
(2) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.— 
(A) FIRST REPORT.—The first report de-
scribed under paragraph (1) shall be submitted 
not later than 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
(B) SECOND REPORT.—The second report 
described under paragraph (1) shall be sub-
mitted at the completion of phase 1 of the pro-
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gram established under section 3(a)(1) and 
shall include each of the following: 
(i) A description of the status of elec-
tric drive vehicles in the motor vehicle pool. 
(ii) An analysis of the data collected, 
if any, pursuant to subsection (d)(3). 
(c) BUDGET CONTENTS.—Subsection (a) of section 
1105 of title 31, United States Code— 
(1) is amended by redesignating the second 
paragraph 37 as paragraph 39; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(40) Information about electric drive vehicle 
purchases, including a separate statement, by agen-
cy, of the number of vehicles to be acquired and the 
amounts proposed in the budget for acquisition of 
electric drive vehicles and qualified electric drive ve-
hicle infrastructure (as such term is defined in the 
Electric Drive Vehicle Deployment Act of 2011).’’. 
(d) PILOT PROGRAM TO DEPLOY ELECTRIC DRIVE 
VEHICLES IN THE FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE FLEET.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to 
be appropriated to the Acquisition Services Fund, 
established under section 321 of title 40, United 
States Code, $45,000,000, to remain available until 
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expended for purposes of a pilot program whereby, 
not later than 3 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and notwithstanding section 1343(c) of 
title 31, United States Code, the Administrator of 
General Services shall acquire, to the maximum ex-
tent practicable, 1,000 commercially available elec-
tric drive vehicles and the necessary qualified electric 
drive vehicle infrastructure. 
(2) SETTING PRICES TO RECOVER COSTS.—The 
Administrator of General Services shall set prices for 
furnishing electric drive vehicles, necessary qualified 
electric drive vehicle infrastructure, and related serv-
ices under section 602 of title 40, United States 
Code, to recover, so far as practicable, all costs of 
carrying out this subsection consistent with section 
605 of title 40, United States Code. 
(3) DATA COLLECTION.—The Administrator of 
General Services shall, upon the acquisition of elec-
tric drive vehicles and necessary qualified electric 
drive vehicle infrastructure described under para-
graph (1), collect data on each of the following: 
(A) The cost, performance, and use of elec-
tric drive vehicles in the motor vehicle pool. 
(B) The deployment and integration of 
electric drive vehicles in the motor vehicle pool. 
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(C) The contribution of electric drive vehi-
cles in the motor vehicle pool toward reducing 
the use of fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emis-
sions. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) FEDERAL
AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal 
agency’’ has the meaning given that term under sec-
tion 102 of title 40, United States Code. 
(2) MOTOR VEHICLE POOL.—The term ‘‘motor 
vehicle pool’’ means the motor vehicle pool estab-
lished under subchapter VI of chapter 5 of subtitle 
I of title 40, United States Code, and operated by 
the Administrator of General Services. 
Æ 
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