Title: Clean Federal Fleet Act of 2020
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
Clean Federal Fleet Act of 2020
This bill revises provisions regarding emissions requirements for vehicles purchased for use in federal fleets, including by expanding the covered federal entities and by providing statutory authority for vehicle emission standards.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5554 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5554

   To amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to ensure that vehicles in 
    Federal fleets comply with certain low greenhouse gas emission 
                   standards, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 8, 2020

Mr. DeSaulnier introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to ensure that vehicles in 
    Federal fleets comply with certain low greenhouse gas emission 
                   standards, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Clean Federal Fleet Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL FLEET EMISSION REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 303(f) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 
(42 U.S.C. 13212(f)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by--
                    (A) striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the 
                following new subparagraph:
                    ``(A) Covered federal entity.--The term `covered 
                Federal entity' means any entity that owns, operates, 
                leases, or otherwise controls or is assigned a Federal 
                fleet (as such term is defined in subsection 
                (b)(3)).'';
                    (B) striking subparagraph (C);
                    (C) redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph 
                (C); and
                    (D) inserting after subparagraph (A) the following 
                new subparagraph:
                    ``(B) Low greenhouse gas emitting vehicle.--The 
                term `low greenhouse gas emitting vehicle' means a 
                light duty or medium duty vehicle that meets, at a 
                minimum--
                            ``(i) if a model year 2012 through 2016 
                        vehicle, the requirements of the greenhouse gas 
                        emission standards for such vehicle that were 
                        published in the Federal Register by the 
                        Environmental Protection Agency and the 
                        Department of Transportation on May 7, 2010, in 
                        the final rule titled `Light Duty Vehicle 
                        Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards and Corporate 
                        Average Fuel Economy Standards' (75 Fed. Reg. 
                        25324); or
                            ``(ii) if a model year 2017 or later 
                        vehicle, the requirements of the greenhouse gas 
                        emission standards for such vehicle that were 
                        published in the Federal Register by the 
                        Environmental Protection Agency and the 
                        Department of Transportation on October 15, 
                        2012, in the final rule titled `2017 and Later 
                        Model Year Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas 
                        Emissions and Corporate Average Fuel Economy 
                        Standards' (77 Fed. Reg. 62624).''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``Federal 
                agency'' and inserting ``covered Federal entity'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``agency'' 
                each place it appears and inserting ``covered Federal 
                entity''; and
                    (C) by striking subparagraph (C).
    (b) Guidance.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this section, the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall--
            (1) issue guidance identifying the makes and model numbers 
        of vehicles that are low greenhouse gas emitting vehicles, as 
        required by section 303(f)(3)(A) of the Energy Policy Act of 
        1992 (42 U.S.C. 13212(f)(3)(A)); and
            (2) in issuing such guidance, utilize the definition of 
        ``low greenhouse gas emitting vehicle'' in section 303(f)(1)(B) 
        of such Act (42 U.S.C. 13212(f)(1)(B)), as amended by 
        subsection (a).
    (c) Effect on Acquisitions.--The amendments in subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to acquisitions made after the date on which 
guidance is issued pursuant to subsection (b).
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