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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5256 
To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry 
out a pilot program to award grants for the electrification of certain 
refrigerated vehicles, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 22, 2019 
Ms. CLARKE of New York (for herself, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. 
TLAIB, and Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency to carry out a pilot program to award grants 
for the electrification of certain refrigerated vehicles, 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 ‘‘Fostering and Real-
izing Electrification by Encouraging Zero Emission Re-
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frigeration Trucks Act of 2019’’ or the ‘‘FREEZER 
Trucks Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM TO AWARD GRANTS FOR THE 
ELECTRIFICATION 
OF 
CERTAIN 
REFRIG-
ERATED VEHICLES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PILOT PROGRAM.—The Ad-
ministrator shall establish and carry out a pilot program 
to award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities 
to carry out projects described in subsection (b). 
(b) PROJECTS.—An eligible entity receiving a grant 
under subsection (a) may use grant funds only for one 
or more of the following projects: 
(1) TRANSPORT
REFRIGERATION
UNIT
RE-
PLACEMENT.—A project to retrofit a heavy-duty ve-
hicle by replacing the existing diesel-powered trans-
port refrigeration unit in such vehicle with an elec-
tric transport refrigeration unit. 
(2) 
SHORE
POWER
INFRASTRUCTURE.—A 
project to purchase and install shore power infra-
structure or other equipment that enables transport 
refrigeration units to connect to electric power at 
food service distribution centers or other places 
where heavy-duty vehicles congregate. 
(3) TRANSPORT
REFRIGERATION
UNIT
OPER-
ATION
AND
MAINTENANCE.—A project to operate 
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and maintain vehicles, infrastructure, or equipment 
relating to electric transport refrigeration units and 
associated shore power, including any such vehicles, 
infrastructure, or equipment acquired as part of a 
project funded under this section and described in 
paragraph (1) or paragraph (2). 
(c) MAXIMUM AMOUNTS.—The amount of a grant 
awarded under subsection (a) shall not exceed— 
(1) for the costs of a project relating to trans-
port refrigeration unit replacement described in sub-
section (b)(1), not more than 75 percent of such 
costs; 
(2) for the costs of a project relating to shore 
power infrastructure described in subsection (b)(2), 
not more than 55 percent of such costs; and 
(3) for the costs of a project relating to trans-
port refrigeration unit operation and maintenance 
described in subsection (b)(3), not more than 45 
percent of such costs. 
(d) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under subsection (a), an eligible entity shall submit to the 
Administrator— 
(1) a description of the air quality in the area 
served by the eligible entity, including a description 
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of how the air quality is affected by diesel emissions 
from heavy-duty vehicles; 
(2) a description of the project proposed by the 
eligible entity, including— 
(A) any verified technology or emerging 
technology to be used or funded by the eligible 
entity; and 
(B) a description of the heavy-duty vehicle 
fleet of the eligible entity, including— 
(i) the number of such vehicles; 
(ii) the uses of such vehicles; 
(iii) the locations where such vehicles 
dock for the purpose of loading or unload-
ing; and 
(iv) the routes driven by such vehicles, 
including the times at which such vehicles 
are driven; 
(3) an estimate of the cost of the proposed 
project; 
(4) a description of the age and expected life-
time control of the equipment used or funded by the 
eligible entity; and 
(5) provisions for the monitoring and verifica-
tion of the project. 
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