I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 589 
To promote the development and use of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 19, 2007 
Mr. INSLEE (for himself, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. HALL of New York, Mr. 
CLEAVER, Mr. HONDA, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. GILCHREST, 
Mr. KLEIN of Florida, and Mr. GRIJALVA) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Science and Technology, and in 
addition to the Committees on Ways and Means and Oversight and Gov-
ernment 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 promote the development and use of plug-in hybrid 
electric 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 ‘‘Get Real Incentives 
to Drive Plug-in Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITION. 
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘plug-in hybrid 
electric vehicle’’ means an on-road or nonroad vehicle that 
is propelled by an internal combustion engine or heat en-
gine using— 
(1) any combustible fuel; 
(2) an on-board, rechargeable storage device; 
and 
(3) a means of using an off-board source of 
electricity. 
SEC. 3. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 
shall establish a program to make grants to owners of do-
mestic motor vehicle manufacturing or production facili-
ties for research and development on plug-in hybrid elec-
tric vehicles. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
Transportation for carrying out this section $500,000,000 
for the period encompassing fiscal years 2008 through 
2012. 
SEC. 4. PILOT PROJECT. 
The Secretary of Transportation shall establish a 
pilot project to determine how best to integrate plug-in 
hybrid electric vehicles into the electric power grid and 
into the overall transportation infrastructure. 
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SEC. 5. TEST SITE. 
The Secretary of Transportation shall establish a test 
site for the advancement of battery technologies for plug- 
in hybrid electric vehicles, to be modeled after the Depart-
ment of Transportation’s NHTSA Vehicle Research and 
Test Center in Ohio. 
SEC. 6. PLAN. 
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, in collabora-
tion with the Secretary of Energy, shall transmit to Con-
gress a plan for the introduction and implementation of 
a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle support infrastructure. 
SEC. 7. PLUG-IN HYBRID MOTOR VEHICLE TAX CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 30B of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating sub-
sections (i) and (j) as subsections (j) and (k), respectively, 
and by inserting after subsection (h) the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(i) NEW PLUG-IN HYBRID MOTOR VEHICLE CRED-
IT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection 
(a), the new plug-in hybrid motor vehicle credit de-
termined under this subsection with respect to a new 
qualified plug-in hybrid motor vehicle placed in serv-
ice by the taxpayer during the taxable year is 
$3,000, if such vehicle is a new qualified plug-in hy-
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brid motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating 
of not more than 8,500 pounds. 
‘‘(2) NEW QUALIFIED PLUG-IN HYBRID MOTOR 
VEHICLE.—For purposes of this subsection, the term 
‘new qualified plug-in hybrid motor vehicle’ means a 
motor vehicle— 
‘‘(A) which is propelled by an internal 
combustion engine or heat engine using— 
‘‘(i) any combustible fuel, 
‘‘(ii) an on-board, rechargeable stor-
age device, and 
‘‘(iii) a means of using an off-board 
source of electricity, 
‘‘(B) which, in the case of a passenger 
automobile or light truck, has received on or 
after the date of the enactment of this section 
a certificate that such vehicle meets or exceeds 
the Bin 5 Tier II emission level established in 
regulations prescribed by the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency under 
section 202(i) of the Clean Air Act for that 
make and model year vehicle, 
‘‘(C) the original use of which commences 
with the taxpayer, 
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‘‘(D) which is acquired for use or lease by 
the taxpayer and not for resale, and 
‘‘(E) which is made by a manufacturer.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 30B(a) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end of paragraph (3), by striking the period at the 
end of paragraph (4) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) the new plug-in hybrid motor vehicle credit 
determined under subsection (i).’’. 
(2) Section 30B(k)(2) of such Code, as redesig-
nated by subsection (a), is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ 
and inserting a comma and by inserting ‘‘, or a new 
qualified plug-in hybrid motor vehicle (as described 
in subsection (i)(2))’’ after ‘‘subsection (d)(2)(A))’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to property placed in service after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, in taxable years 
ending after such date. 
SEC. 8. REQUIREMENT REGARDING PURCHASE OF MOTOR 
VEHICLES BY EXECUTIVE AGENCIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—At least 10 percent of the motor 
vehicles purchased by an Executive agency in any fiscal 
year shall be comprised of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. 
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(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘Executive agency’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 105 of title 5, 
United States Code, but also includes Amtrak, the 
Smithsonian Institution, and the United States 
Postal Service. 
(2) The term ‘‘motor vehicle’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 102(7) of title 40, United 
States Code. 
(c) PRO-RATED APPLICABILITY IN YEAR OF ENACT-
MENT.—In the fiscal year in which this Act is enacted, 
the requirement in subsection (a) shall only apply with re-
spect to motor vehicles purchased after the date of the 
enactment of this Act in such fiscal year. 
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