I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2164 
To require any bus purchased for use in public transportation with funds 
provided by the Federal Transit Administration to be a zero-emission 
bus, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 9, 2019 
Ms. BROWNLEY of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To require any bus purchased for use in public transpor-
tation with funds provided by the Federal Transit Ad-
ministration to be a zero-emission bus, 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 ‘‘Green Bus Act of 
2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. ZERO-EMISSION BUS REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 53 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5312 
the following: 
‘‘§ 5313. Zero-emission bus requirements 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other re-
quirements of this chapter, not later than October 1, 
2029, any bus purchased or leased with funds provided 
under this chapter or otherwise provided by the Federal 
Transit Administration for purposes of providing public 
transportation shall be a zero-emission bus. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITION OF ZERO-EMISSION BUS.—In this 
section, the term ‘zero-emission bus’ means a bus that 
produces no carbon or particulate matter.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after the item related to section 
5312 the following new item: 
‘‘5313. Zero-emission bus requirements.’’. 
SEC. 3. REPORT ON BEST PRACTICES IMPLEMENTING 
ZERO-EMISSION BUS FLEETS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall compile, and make publicly available, a report 
containing best practices and lessons learned by transit 
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agencies and States that have implemented or are in the 
process of implementing zero-emission bus fleets. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—In compiling the report, the 
Secretary shall consult with transit agencies, States, zero- 
emission bus manufacturers, and other stakeholders that 
the Secretary determines are appropriate. 
(c) UPDATES TO REPORT.—The Secretary shall up-
date the report required under subsection (a) annually. 
SEC. 4. EXTENSIONS OF CERTAIN LOW- OR NO-EMISSION 
VEHICLE PROGRAMS. 
(a) ADDITIONAL
AUTHORIZATION
FOR
CERTAIN 
PROGRAMS.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
Section 5338(a) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.—There shall be available from the Mass 
Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund for fis-
cal years 2021 through 2029 such funds as are spe-
cifically allocated for those fiscal years under para-
graph (2). Nothing in this paragraph shall be con-
strued to authorize the appropriation of any 
amounts not so allocated.’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
5338(a)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is 
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amended by inserting ‘‘or paragraph (3)’’ after 
‘‘paragraph (1)’’. 
(b) LOW- AND NO-EMISSION COMPONENT ASSESS-
MENT PROGRAM.—Section 5338(a)(2)(G) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(G) $28,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2016 through 2019 and $45,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2020 through 2029 shall be 
available to carry out section 5312, of which— 
‘‘(i) $3,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2016 through 2019 and $5,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2029 
shall be available to carry out section 
5312(h); and 
‘‘(ii) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2016 through 2019 and $20,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2029 
shall be available to carry out section 
5312(i);’’. 
(c) LOW- OR NO-EMISSION VEHICLE PROGRAM.— 
Section 5338(a)(2)(M) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and $344,044,179 for fiscal 
year 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘, $450,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2020, $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, 
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$550,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, $600,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2023, $650,000,000 for fiscal year 2024, 
$700,000,000 for fiscal year 2025, $750,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2026, $800,000,000 for fiscal year 2027, 
$850,000,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2028, 
and 
$900,000,000 for fiscal year 2029’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘2020 shall be available to carry 
out 
section 
5339(c)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘2019, 
$150,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, $200,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2021, $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, 
$300,000,000 for fiscal year 2023, $350,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2024, $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2025, 
$450,000,000 for fiscal year 2026, $500,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2027, $550,000,000 for fiscal year 2028, 
and $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2029 shall be avail-
able to carry out section 5339(c)’’. 
(d) PLANNING PROGRAMS.—Section 5338(a)(2)(A) 
of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘and $142,036,417 for fiscal year 2020’’ and inserting 
‘‘and $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 
2029’’. 
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SEC. 5. PREFERENCE UNDER LOW- OR NO-EMISSION VEHI-
CLE PROGRAM FOR OPERATORS WITH FULL 
FLEET TRANSITION PLANS. 
Section 5339(c) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants under 
this subsection, the Secretary shall give preference 
to applicants who have completed a full fleet transi-
tion plan.’’. 
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