Title: STEER Act
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
Supporting Trucking Efficiency and Emission Reductions Act or the STEER Act
This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a voucher program for expenses associated with retrofitting certain heavy-duty trucks with emission-reducing technologies.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4810 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4810

  To establish a voucher program for the purchase and installation of 
   emission reducing technologies for Class 8 trucks, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2021

 Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish a voucher program for the purchase and installation of 
   emission reducing technologies for Class 8 trucks, 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 ``Supporting Trucking Efficiency and 
Emission Reductions Act'' or the ``STEER Act''.

SEC. 2. VOUCHER PROGRAM FOR EMISSION REDUCING TECHNOLOGIES ON CLASS 8 
              TRUCKS.

    (a) Voucher Program.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a program to 
provide vouchers for covered expenditures associated with retrofitting 
emission reducing active technologies on Class 8 trucks (in this 
section referred to as the ``program'').
    (b) Voucher Program Requirements.--
            (1) Eligible entities.--A voucher under the program may be 
        made to an individual, a State or local government, a private 
        entity, a not-for-profit entity, a nonprofit entity, or other 
        applicants as deemed appropriate by the Secretary.
            (2) Eligible equipment.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 150 days after the 
                date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
                publish and maintain on the Department of Energy 
                internet website a list of emission reducing active 
                technologies that are eligible for the program.
                    (B) Updates.--The Secretary may add to, or 
                otherwise revise, the list of emission reducing active 
                technologies under subparagraph (A) if the Secretary 
                determines that such addition or revision will likely 
                lead to--
                            (i) greater usage of emission reducing 
                        active technologies; or
                            (ii) greater access to emission reducing 
                        active technologies by users.
                    (C) Location requirement.--To be eligible for the 
                program, the emission reducing active technologies 
                described in subparagraph (A) shall be installed in the 
                United States.
            (3) Application.--
                    (A) In general.--An eligible entity under paragraph 
                (1) may submit to the Secretary an application for a 
                voucher under the program. Such application shall 
                include--
                            (i) the estimated cost of covered 
                        expenditures to be expended on the emission 
                        reducing active technologies that are eligible 
                        under paragraph (2);
                            (ii) the estimated installation cost of the 
                        emission reducing active technologies that are 
                        eligible under paragraph (2);
                            (iii) the global positioning system 
                        location, including the integer number of 
                        degrees, minutes, and seconds, where such 
                        emission reducing active technologies are to be 
                        installed;
                            (iv) the technical specifications of such 
                        emission reducing active technologies; and
                            (v) any other information determined by the 
                        Secretary to be necessary for a complete 
                        application.
                    (B) Review process.--The Secretary shall review an 
                application for a voucher under the program and approve 
                an eligible entity under paragraph (1) to receive such 
                voucher if the application meets the requirements of 
                the program under this subsection.
                    (C) Notification to eligible entity.--Not later 
                than 90 days after the date on which the eligible 
                entity under paragraph (1) applies for a voucher under 
                the program, the Secretary shall notify the eligible 
                entity whether the eligible entity will be awarded a 
                voucher under the program following the submission of 
                additional materials required under paragraph (5).
            (4) Voucher amount.--The amount of a voucher made under the 
        program for each technology for covered expenditures shall 
        cover the lesser of--
                    (A) $4,000 or 75 percent of total costs per unit 
                for fleets operating 10 trucks or less;
                    (B) $3,500 or 72.5 percent of total costs per unit 
                for fleets operating 50 trucks or less;
                    (C) $3,000 or 70.0 percent of total costs per unit 
                for fleets operating 100 trucks or less; and
                    (D) $2,500 or 67.5 percent of total costs per unit 
                for fleets operating more than 101 trucks.
            (5) Disbursement of voucher.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary shall disburse a 
                voucher under the program within 90 days to an eligible 
                entity under paragraph (1), following approval of an 
                application under paragraph (3), if such entity submits 
                the materials required under subparagraph (B).
                    (B) Materials required for disbursement of 
                voucher.--Not later than one year after the date on 
                which the eligible entity under paragraph (1) receives 
                notice under paragraph (3)(C) that the eligible entity 
                has been approved for a voucher, such eligible entity 
                shall submit to the Secretary the following--
                            (i) a record of payment for covered 
                        expenses expended on the installation of the 
                        emission reducing active technologies that are 
                        eligible under paragraph (2);
                            (ii) a record of payment for the emission 
                        reducing active technologies that are eligible 
                        under paragraph (2);
                            (iii) the global positioning system 
                        location of where such emission reducing active 
                        technologies were installed;
                            (iv) the technical specifications of the 
                        emission reducing active technologies that are 
                        eligible under paragraph (2); and
                            (v) any other information determined by the 
                        Secretary to be necessary.
            (6) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the first date on 
        which the Secretary awards a voucher under the program, the 
        Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
        of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and 
        Natural Resources of the Senate a report of the number of 
        vouchers awarded for emission reducing active technologies.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Covered expenditure.--The term ``covered expenditure'' 
        means an expense that is associated with the purchase and 
        installation of emission reducing active technologies, 
        including--
                    (A) the cost of emission reducing active 
                technologies; and
                    (B) material and labor costs associated with the 
                installation of such emission reducing active 
                technologies.
            (2) Emission reducing active technology.--The term 
        ``emission reducing active technology'' means any physical 
        alterations of a Class 8 truck that can be installed as a 
        retrofit and that adapt automatically to control vehicle 
        performance factors and improve fuel efficiency, including 
        active aerodynamic, active rolling resistance, dynamic axle 
        lift control, non-APU active idle reduction, and other such 
        emerging improvements.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Energy.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2022 through 2026.
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