I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5860 
To expand the advanced technology vehicles manufacturing incentive program, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 12, 2020 
Ms. BROWNLEY of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To expand the advanced technology vehicles manufacturing 
incentive program, 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 ‘‘Advanced Technology 
Vehicles Manufacturing Program Reform Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFAC-
TURING INCENTIVE PROGRAM EXPANSION. 
(a) ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLES INCLUDED.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 136 of the Energy 
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 
17013) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (d)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or 
in paragraph (5)’’ after ‘‘subsection (b)’’; 
and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) 
ZERO-EMISSION
VEHICLE
MANUFAC-
TURING.—The activities described in this paragraph 
are an automobile manufacturer, ultra efficient vehi-
cle manufacturer, or component supplier— 
‘‘(A) reequipping, expanding, or estab-
lishing a manufacturing facility in the United 
States to produce zero-emission vehicles or 
qualifying components; or 
‘‘(B) performing engineering integration in 
the United States for zero-emission vehicles.’’; 
and 
(B) in subsection (a), by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) 
ZERO-EMISSION
VEHICLE.—The 
term 
‘zero-emission vehicle’ means a passenger vehicle 
that produces zero exhaust emissions of any criteria 
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pollutant, precursor pollutant, or greenhouse gas, 
other than water vapor, in any mode of operation or 
condition, as determined by the Administrator.’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
136(a) of the Energy Independence and Security Act 
of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17013(a)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘or zero-emission vehicles’’ after ‘‘ad-
vanced technology vehicles’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘components or advanced technology vehi-
cles’’ and inserting ‘‘components, advanced 
technology vehicles, or zero-emissions vehi-
cles’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘or zero-emission vehicles’’ after ‘‘ad-
vanced technology vehicles’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘or zero-emission vehicles’’ after ‘‘ad-
vanced technology vehicles’’. 
(b) FINANCIAL VIABILITY REQUIREMENT MODIFICA-
TION.—Section 136(d)(3) of the Energy Independence 
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and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17013(d)(3)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘in which, as determined by the 
Secretary’’ and all that follows through ‘‘the pro-
posed project;’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘for 
which the Secretary determines— 
‘‘(A) the award recipient— 
‘‘(i) has a reasonable prospect of re-
paying the principal and interest on the 
loan;’’; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and 
(C) as clauses (ii) and (iii), respectively; 
(3) in clause (iii), as redesignated, by striking 
the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraphs: 
‘‘(B) the amount of the loan, in combina-
tion with amounts available to the award recipi-
ent from other sources, will be sufficient to 
carry out the applicable eligible project; and 
‘‘(C) the loan will not be subordinate to 
other financing.’’. 
(c) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy 
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shall promulgate regulations to carry out the amendments 
made by this section. 
SEC. 3. STUDY ON PROGRAM LOANS. 
(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct a study on the barriers to the applica-
tion for, and issuance of, loans under section 136(d) of 
the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 
U.S.C. 17013(d)) and potential changes to reduce such 
barriers to increase the number of such loans. 
(b) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
shall provide a briefing to the relevant congressional com-
mittees, as determined by the Comptroller General, on the 
study described in subsection (a). At the time of the brief-
ing, the Comptroller General and such relevant congres-
sional committees shall jointly determine the date by 
which the report described in subsection (c) shall be sub-
mitted to Congress and to the Secretary of Energy. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than the report submission 
date determined under subsection (b), the Comptroller 
General shall submit to Congress and to the Secretary of 
Energy a report on the results of the study conducted 
under subsection (a). 
(d) RESPONSE TO REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the Secretary of Energy receives the report under 
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subsection (c), the Secretary shall, taking into consider-
ation such report and to the extent authorized by law, pro-
mulgate regulations to carry out the program described 
in section 136(d) of the Energy Independence and Secu-
rity Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17013(d)). 
Æ 
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