Title: Low or No Emission Bus Access Act of 2020
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Low or No Emission Bus Access Act of 2020
This bill revises and extends through FY2025 the low or no emissions competitive grant program for buses and bus facilities.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3373 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3373

 To clarify low or no emission vehicle project eligibility for bus and 
                    bus facility competitive grants.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 2, 2020

 Mr. Heinrich introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
    referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To clarify low or no emission vehicle project eligibility for bus and 
                    bus facility competitive grants.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Low or No Emission Bus Access Act of 
2020''.

SEC. 2. COMPETITIVE GRANTS FOR BUSES AND BUS FACILITIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 5339(b)(1) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) any eligible project (as defined in 
                subsection (c)(1)).''.
    (b) Competitive Process.--Section 5339(b) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(9) Competitive process.--
                    ``(A) Solicitation of applications.--Not later than 
                30 days after the date on which amounts are made 
                available for obligation under this subsection for a 
                full fiscal year, the Secretary shall solicit grant 
                applications for projects under this subsection on a 
                competitive basis.
                    ``(B) Grant awards.--The Secretary shall award a 
                grant under this subsection based on a solicitation 
                under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph not later than 
                the earlier of--
                            ``(i) 75 days after the date on which the 
                        solicitation expires; or
                            ``(ii) the end of the fiscal year in which 
                        the Secretary solicited the grant 
                        applications.''.

SEC. 3. LOW OR NO EMISSION VEHICLE PROGRAM.

    Section 5338(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(F) $165,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 
                through 2025.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)(M)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(i)'' after ``(M)'';
                    (B) by striking ``no or low'' and inserting ``low 
                or no''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(ii) $165,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 
                through 2025 shall be available for low or no emission 
                grants under section 5339(c); and''.
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