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‘‘(B) in the case of a heavy duty vehicle, 
has a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 
14,000 pounds;’’. 
SEC. 9406. INCLUSION OF ELECTRIC DRIVE IN ENERGY 
POLICY ACT OF 1992. 
Section 508 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 
U.S.C. 13258) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ in subsection 
(a) and inserting ‘‘(1) The Secretary’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end of subsection (a) the 
following: 
‘‘(2) Not later than January 31, 2009, the Secretary 
shall allocate credit in an amount to be determined by the 
Secretary for acquisition of— 
‘‘(A) a hybrid electric vehicle; 
‘‘(B) a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle; 
‘‘(C) a fuel cell electric vehicle; 
‘‘(D) a neighborhood electric vehicle; or 
‘‘(E) a medium-duty or heavy-duty electric, hy-
brid electric, hybrid hydraulic, or plug-in hybrid elec-
tric vehicle.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) FUEL
CELL
ELECTRIC
VEHICLE.—The 
term ‘fuel cell electric vehicle’ means an on-road or 
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nonroad vehicle that uses a fuel cell (as defined in 
section 803 of the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen 
Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 
2005 (42 U.S.C. 16152). 
‘‘(2) HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE.—The term 
‘hybrid electric vehicle’ means a new qualified hybrid 
motor vehicle (as defined in section 30B(d)(3) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986). 
‘‘(3) MEDIUM-DUTY OR HEAVY-DUTY ELECTRIC, 
HYBRID ELECTRIC, OR PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC 
VEHICLE.—The term ‘medium-duty or heavy-duty 
electric, hybrid electric, or plug-in hybrid electric ve-
hicle’ is an electric, hybrid electric, or plug-in hybrid 
electric motor vehicle greater than 8,501 pounds 
gross vehicle rating. 
‘‘(4) NEIGHBORHOOD
ELECTRIC
VEHICLE.— 
The term ‘neighborhood electric vehicle’ means a 4- 
wheeled on-road or nonroad vehicle, with a top at-
tainable speed in 1 mile of more than 20 mph and 
not more than 25 mph on a paved level surface, that 
is propelled by an electric motor and on board, re-
chargeable energy storage system that is recharge-
able using an off-board source of electricity. 
‘‘(5) PLUG-IN
HYBRID
ELECTRIC
VEHICLE.— 
The term ‘plug-in hybrid electric vehicle’ means a 
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light-duty, medium-duty, or heavy-duty on-road or 
nonroad vehicle that is propelled by any combination 
of— 
‘‘(A) an electric motor and on-board, re-
chargeable energy storage system capable of op-
erating the vehicle in intermittent or continuous 
all-electric mode and which is rechargeable 
using an off-board source of electricity; and 
‘‘(B) an internal combustion engine or 
heat engine using any combustible fuel. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2008 
through 2013.’’. 
SEC. 9407. NEAR-TERM ELECTRIC DRIVE TRANSPORTATION 
DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
a revolving loan program to provide loans to eligible 
entities for the conduct of qualified electric transpor-
tation projects. 
(2) CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall establish 
criteria for the provision of loans under this sub-
section. 
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(b) MARKET ASSESSMENT AND ELECTRICITY USAGE 
PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation 
with the Secretary and private industry, shall carry 
out a program— 
(A) to inventory and analyze existing elec-
tric drive transportation technologies and hy-
brid technologies and markets; and 
(B) to identify and implement methods of 
removing barriers for existing and emerging ap-
plications of electric drive transportation tech-
nologies and hybrid transportation technologies. 
(2) ELECTRICITY
USAGE.—The Secretary, in 
consultation with the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency and private industry, shall 
carry out a program— 
(A) to develop systems and processes— 
(i) to enable plug-in electric vehicles 
to enhance the availability of emergency 
back-up power for consumers; and 
(ii) to study and demonstrate the po-
tential value to the electric grid of using 
the energy stored in the on-board storage 
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