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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4920 
To establish a working group on electric vehicles. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 3, 2021 
Ms. ROSS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, and Over-
sight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish a working group on electric vehicles. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ELECTRIC VEHICLE WORKING GROUP. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKING GROUP.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 240 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Transportation and the Secretary of En-
ergy (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secre-
taries’’) shall jointly establish a working group (re-
ferred to in this section as the ‘‘working group’’) to 
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make recommendations on the development, adop-
tion, and integration of light and heavy duty electric 
vehicles into the transportation and energy systems 
of the United States. 
(2) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The working group 
shall be composed of— 
(i) the Secretaries (or designees), who 
shall be co-chairs of the working group; 
and 
(ii) not more than 25 members to be 
appointed by the Secretaries, of whom— 
(I) not more than 6 shall be Fed-
eral stakeholders as described in sub-
paragraph (B); and 
(II) not more than 19 shall be 
non-Federal stakeholders as described 
in subparagraph (C). 
(B) 
FEDERAL
STAKEHOLDERS.—The 
working group— 
(i) shall include not less than 1 rep-
resentative of each of— 
(I) the Department of Transpor-
tation; 
(II) the Department of Energy; 
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(III) the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency; 
(IV) the Council on Environ-
mental Quality; and 
(V) the General Services Admin-
istration; and 
(ii) may include a representative of 
any other Federal agency the Secretaries 
consider to be appropriate. 
(C) NON-FEDERAL STAKEHOLDERS.— 
(i) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
working 
group— 
(I) shall include not less than 1 
representative of each of— 
(aa) a manufacturer of elec-
tric vehicles or the relevant com-
ponents of electric vehicles; 
(bb) an owner, operator, or 
manufacturer of electric vehicle 
charging equipment; 
(cc) the public utility indus-
try; 
(dd) a public utility regu-
lator or association of public util-
ity regulators; 
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(ee) the transportation fuel-
ing distribution and retailer in-
dustry; 
(ff) the energy provider in-
dustry; 
(gg) the automotive dealing 
industry; 
(hh) the passenger transpor-
tation industry; 
(ii) an organization rep-
resenting a unit of local govern-
ment; 
(jj) a regional transportation 
or planning agency; 
(kk) an organization rep-
resenting State departments of 
transportation; 
(ll) an organization rep-
resenting State departments of 
energy or State energy planners; 
(mm) an expert in intel-
ligent transportation systems and 
technologies; 
(nn) organized labor; 
(oo) the trucking industry; 
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(pp) 
Tribal 
governments; 
and 
(qq) the property develop-
ment industry; and 
(II) may include a representative 
of any other non-Federal stakeholder 
that the Secretaries consider to be ap-
propriate. 
(ii) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretaries 
shall ensure that the members of the work-
ing group selected under clause (i) shall in-
clude— 
(I) individuals with a balance of 
backgrounds, experiences, and view-
points; and 
(II) individuals that represent 
geographically diverse regions of the 
United States, including from rural, 
urban, and suburban areas. 
(3) MEETINGS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The working group 
shall meet not less frequently than once every 
120 days. 
(B) REMOTE PARTICIPATION.—A member 
of the working group may participate in a meet-
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ing of the working group via teleconference or 
similar means. 
(4) COORDINATION.—In carrying out the duties 
of the working group, the working group shall co-
ordinate and consult with any existing Federal inter-
agency working groups on fleet conversion or other 
similar matters related to electric vehicles. 
(b) JOINT REPORT AND STRATEGY ON ELECTRIC 
VEHICLE
ADOPTION, 
OPPORTUNITIES, 
AND
CHAL-
LENGES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries, in consulta-
tion with the working group, shall submit to Con-
gress by each of the deadlines described in para-
graph (2)— 
(A) a report on the status of electric vehi-
cle adoption and opportunities for and chal-
lenges to expanding adoption of electric vehi-
cles, including— 
(i) a description of the barriers and 
opportunities to scaling up electric vehicle 
adoption nationwide, with recommenda-
tions for issues relating to— 
(I) consumer behavior; 
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(II) 
charging 
infrastructure 
needs, including standardization and 
smart charging; 
(III) manufacturing and battery 
costs, including the raw material 
shortages for batteries and electric 
motor magnets; 
(IV) the adoption of electric vehi-
cles for low- and moderate-income in-
dividuals and underserved commu-
nities, including charging infrastruc-
ture access and vehicle purchase fi-
nancing; 
(V) business models for charging 
electric vehicles outside the home, in-
cluding wired and wireless charging; 
(VI) charging infrastructure per-
mitting and regulatory issues; 
(VII) the connections between 
housing and transportation costs and 
emissions; 
(VIII) freight transportation, in-
cluding local, port and drayage, re-
gional, and long-haul trucking; 
(IX) intercity passenger travel; 
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(X) the need or potential for 
model building codes for charging in-
frastructure; 
(XI) the process by which gov-
ernments collect a user fee for the 
contribution of electric vehicles to 
funding roadway improvements and 
potential investments in charging in-
frastructure; 
(XII) State and local level poli-
cies, incentives, and zoning efforts; 
(XIII) the installation of highway 
corridor signage; 
(XIV) cybersecurity of charging 
infrastructure; 
(XV) secondary markets and re-
cycling for batteries, including battery 
collection initiatives; 
(XVI) grid integration; 
(XVII) energy storage; and 
(XVIII) specific regional or local 
issues that— 
(aa) are associated with— 
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(AA) the issues de-
scribed in subclauses (I) 
through (XVII); or 
(BB) urban or rural en-
vironments; and 
(bb) may not appear nation-
wide, but hamper a nationwide 
adoption or coordination of elec-
tric vehicles; 
(ii) examples of successful public and 
private models and demonstration projects 
that encourage electric vehicle adoption; 
and 
(iii) an analysis of current efforts to 
overcome the barriers described in clause 
(i); and 
(B) a strategy that describes how the Fed-
eral Government, States, units of local govern-
ment, and industry can— 
(i) set quantitative targets for trans-
portation electrification; 
(ii) overcome the barriers described in 
subparagraph (A)(i); 
(iii) identify areas of opportunity in 
research and development to improve bat-
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tery manufacturing, mineral mining, recy-
cling costs and battery collection, material 
recovery, and battery performance for elec-
tric vehicles; 
(iv) enhance Federal interagency co-
ordination to promote electric vehicle adop-
tion; 
(v) promote electric vehicle knowledge 
and expertise within State and local gov-
ernments; 
(vi) prepare the workforce for the 
adoption of electric vehicles, including 
through collaboration with labor unions, 
colleges and other educational institutions, 
and relevant manufacturers; 
(vii) expand electric vehicle and charg-
ing infrastructure— 
(I) knowledge and use among 
Federal, State, and local governments, 
school districts, and private entities; 
and 
(II) adoption among the fleets of 
the entities described in subclause (I); 
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(viii) expand knowledge of the benefits 
of electric vehicles among the general pub-
lic; 
(ix) maintain the global competitive-
ness of the United States in the electric ve-
hicle and charging infrastructure markets; 
(x) provide clarity in regulations to 
improve national uniformity with respect to 
electric vehicles; and 
(xi) ensure the sustainable integration 
of electric vehicles into the national electric 
grid. 
(2) DEADLINES.—A joint report and strategy 
under paragraph (1) shall be submitted by— 
(A) for the first report, not later than 18 
months after the date on which the working 
group is established under subsection (a)(1); 
(B) for the second report, not later than 2 
years after the date on which the first report is 
required to be submitted under subparagraph 
(A); and 
(C) for the third report, not later than 2 
years after the date on which the second report 
is required to be submitted under subparagraph 
(B). 
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(3) INFORMATION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretaries may 
enter into an agreement with the Transpor-
tation Research Board of the National Acad-
emies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to 
provide, track, or report data, information, or 
research to assist the Secretaries in carrying 
out paragraph (1). 
(B) USE OF EXISTING INFORMATION.—In 
developing the report and strategy under para-
graph (1), the Secretaries and the working 
group shall consider existing Federal, State, 
local, private sector, and academic data and in-
formation relating to electric vehicles and, to 
the maximum extent practicable, coordinate 
with the entities that publish that informa-
tion— 
(i) to prevent duplication of efforts by 
the Federal Government; and 
(ii) to leverage existing information 
and complementary efforts. 
(c) ELECTRIC VEHICLE RESOURCE GUIDE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries shall elec-
tronically publish and update a resource guide to 
provide information to increase knowledge about 
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electric vehicles and necessary charging infrastruc-
ture for consumers, State, local, and Tribal govern-
ments (including transit agencies or authorities, 
public tolling authorities, metropolitan planning or-
ganizations, public utility commissions, and public 
service companies), and businesses that sell motor 
vehicles. 
(2) INCLUSIONS.—A resource guide under para-
graph (1) shall include— 
(A) information on— 
(i) the general characteristics of elec-
tric vehicles (including passenger vehicles, 
electric vehicles for public transportation, 
school buses, and electric vehicles for com-
mercial use); and 
(ii) the types of charging solutions 
available to consumers, including, to the 
maximum extent practicable, a digitally ac-
cessible compilation of existing mapping of 
publicly available charging stations in the 
United States; 
(B) information on electrifying business 
and government vehicle fleets; 
(C) information on Federal grant pro-
grams available to State and local governments 
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for the purchase of electric vehicles for public 
transportation; 
(D) a description of current financial and 
nonfinancial incentives for electric vehicles; and 
(E) any other information that— 
(i) a representative of industry or 
State or local government requests to be 
included; and 
(ii) the working group recommends 
and determines to be appropriate. 
(3) USE OF EXISTING GUIDES.—In publishing 
and maintaining the resource guide under paragraph 
(1), the Secretaries and the working group shall con-
sider existing Federal, State, local, private sector, 
and academic guides relating to electric vehicles and, 
to the maximum extent practicable, coordinate with 
the entities publishing those guides— 
(A) to prevent duplication of efforts by the 
Federal Government; and 
(B) to leverage existing information and 
complementary efforts. 
(4) RESOURCE GUIDE OUTREACH.—The Secre-
taries, in consultation with the working group, shall 
conduct outreach to consumers, State, local, and 
Tribal governments (including transit agencies or 
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