I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2386 
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to include American Samoa, Guam, 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and 
the Virgin Islands in certain efforts to reduce diesel emissions. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 13, 2009 
Mr. SABLAN
(for himself, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. 
FALEOMAVAEGA, and Mr. PIERLUISI) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to include Amer-
ican Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands 
in certain efforts to reduce diesel emissions. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DIESEL EMISSIONS REDUCTION. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Subtitle G of title VII of the En-
ergy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16131 et seq.) is 
amended— 
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(1) in the matter preceding clause (i) in section 
791(3)(B), by inserting ‘‘in any State’’ after ‘‘non-
profit organization or institution’’; 
(2) in section 791(9), by striking ‘‘The term 
‘State’ includes the District of Columbia.’’ and in-
serting ‘‘The term ‘State’ includes the District of 
Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto 
Rico, and the Virgin Islands.’’; and 
(3) in section 793(c)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘51 
States’’ and inserting ‘‘56 States’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘1.96 
percent’’ and inserting ‘‘1.785 percent’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘51 
States’’ and inserting ‘‘56 States’’; 
(D) in paragraph (2)(B), by amending 
clause (ii) to read as follows: 
‘‘(ii) the amount of funds remaining 
after each State described in paragraph (1) 
receives the 1.785-percent allocation under 
this paragraph.’’; and 
(E) by amending paragraph (4) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(4) UNCLAIMED FUNDS.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any funds that are 
not claimed by a State for a fiscal year under 
this subsection shall be used to carry out sec-
tion 792. 
‘‘(B) 
REALLOCATION
AMONG
TERRI-
TORIES.—Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), 
any funds that are not claimed by a grantee or 
loan recipient listed in subparagraph (C) for a 
fiscal year may be reallocated by the Adminis-
trator among the grantees and loan recipients 
listed in subparagraph (C) that have claimed all 
funds allocated for such fiscal year. Any funds 
so reallocated shall be for use in accordance 
with this section. 
‘‘(C) LIST.—For purposes of subparagraph 
(B), the grantees and loan recipients listed in 
this subparagraph are American Samoa, Guam, 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION.—Irrespective of the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the amendments made by this section 
apply with respect to funding for fiscal year 2010 and 
each subsequent fiscal year. 
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