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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3347 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a program relating 
to the acquisition or leasing of zero emission buses or bus facility im-
provements, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 19, 2021 
Mr. LARSEN of Washington (for himself, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. KILMER, and 
Mr. GALLEGO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a pro-
gram relating to the acquisition or leasing of zero emis-
sion buses or bus facility improvements, 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 ‘‘Generating Reduced 
Emissions by Electrifying New Buses Act’’ or the 
‘‘GREEN Buses Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ZERO EMISSION BUS GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5339(c) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the heading by striking ‘‘LOW OR NO 
EMISSION GRANTS’’ and inserting ‘‘ZERO EMISSION 
GRANTS’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘low or no 
emission’’ and inserting ‘‘zero emission’’; 
(ii) in clause (ii) by striking ‘‘low or 
no emission’’ and inserting ‘‘zero emis-
sion’’; 
(iii) in clause (iii) by striking ‘‘low or 
no emission’’ and inserting ‘‘zero emis-
sion’’; 
(iv) in clause (iv) by striking ‘‘facili-
ties and related equipment for low or no 
emission’’ and inserting ‘‘related equip-
ment for zero emission’’; 
(v) in clause (v) by striking ‘‘facilities 
and related equipment for low or no emis-
sion vehicles;’’ and inserting ‘‘related 
equipment for zero emission vehicles; or’’; 
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(vi) in clause (vii) by striking ‘‘low or 
no emission’’ and inserting ‘‘zero emis-
sion’’; 
(vii) by striking clause (vi); and 
(viii) by redesignating clause (vii) as 
clause (vi); 
(B) by striking subparagraph (D) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(D) the term ‘zero emission bus’ means a 
bus that is a zero emission vehicle;’’; 
(C) by striking subparagraph (E) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(E) the term ‘zero emission vehicle’ 
means a vehicle used to provide public transpor-
tation that produces no carbon dioxide or par-
ticulate matter;’’; 
(D) in subparagraph (F) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(E) by striking subparagraph (G) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(G) the term ‘eligible area’ means an area 
that is— 
‘‘(i) designated as a nonattainment 
area for ozone or particulate matter under 
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section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act (42 
U.S.C. 7407(d)); 
‘‘(ii) a maintenance area, as such 
term is defined in section 5303, for ozone 
or particulate matter; or 
‘‘(iii) in a State that has enacted a 
statewide zero emission bus transition re-
quirement, as determined by the Secretary; 
and’’; and 
(F) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(H) the term ‘low-income community’ 
means any population census tract if— 
‘‘(i) the poverty rate for such tract is 
at least 20 percent; or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a tract— 
‘‘(I) not located within a metro-
politan area, the median family in-
come for such tract does not exceed 
80 percent of statewide median family 
income; or 
‘‘(II) located within a metropoli-
tan area, the median family income 
for such tract does not exceed 80 per-
cent of the greater statewide median 
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family income or the metropolitan 
area median family income.’’; 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as 
paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively; and 
(4) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(5) GRANT ELIGIBILITY.—In awarding grants 
under this subsection, the Secretary shall make 
grants to eligible projects relating to the acquisition 
or leasing of zero emission buses or bus facility im-
provements— 
‘‘(A) that procure— 
‘‘(i) at least 10 zero emission buses; 
‘‘(ii) if the recipient operates less than 
50 buses in peak service, at least 5 zero 
emission buses; or 
‘‘(iii) hydrogen buses; 
‘‘(B) for which the recipient’s board of di-
rectors has approved a long-term integrated 
fleet management plan that— 
‘‘(i) establishes a goal by a set date to 
convert the entire bus fleet to zero emis-
sion buses; or 
‘‘(ii) establishes a goal that within 10 
years from the date of approval of such 
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plan the recipient will convert a set per-
centage of the total bus fleet of such re-
cipient to zero emission buses; and 
‘‘(C) for which the recipient has performed 
a fleet transition study that includes optimal 
route planning and an analysis of how utility 
rates may impact the recipient’s operations and 
maintenance budget. 
‘‘(6) 
LOW
AND
MODERATE
COMMUNITY 
GRANTS.—Not less than 10 percent of the amounts 
made available under this subsection in a fiscal year 
shall be distributed to projects serving predomi-
nantly low-income communities.’’. 
(b) METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.— 
Section 5303(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) MAINTENANCE AREA.—The term ‘mainte-
nance area’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tions 171(2) and 175A of the Clean Air Act (42 
U.S.C. 7501(2); 7505a).’’. 
Æ 
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