Greener Transportation for Communities Act

Bill: 116-s-2039
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2019-06-27
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality

Climate change and greenhouse gases

Electric power generation and transmission

Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles

Income tax exclusion

Public utilities and utility rates

Securities
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-06-27
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Greener Transportation for Communities Act </strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the&nbsp;use of tax-exempt facility bonds to fund zero-emission vehicle infrastructure. The bill defines "zero emissions vehicles" as any light- or heavy-duty vehicles that conform to the regulatory&nbsp;zero-emission vehicles standard&nbsp;or&nbsp;vehicles that produce zero exhaust emissions of any criteria pollutant or greenhouse gas.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2039 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 27, 2019 Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself, Ms. Smith , and Mrs. Gillibrand ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the issuance of exempt facility bonds for zero-emission vehicle infrastructure.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Greener Transportation for Communities Act . 2. Exempt facility bonds for zero-emission vehicle infrastructure (a) In general Section 142 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (14), by striking or at the end, (B) in paragraph (15), by striking the period at the end and inserting , or , and (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (16) zero-emission vehicle infrastructure. , and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (n) Zero-Emission vehicle infrastructure (1) In general For purposes of subsection (a)(16), the term zero-emission vehicle infrastructure means any property (not including a building and its structural components) if such property is— (A) made available for use by members of the general public, and (B) used to charge or fuel zero-emissions vehicles, but only if the property is located at the point where the vehicles are charged or fueled. (2) Inclusion of utility service connections The term zero-emission vehicle infrastructure shall include any utility service connections, utility panel upgrades, or contributions in aid of construction (as described in section 118) which are required for the charging or fueling of zero-emissions vehicles. (3) Zero-emissions vehicle The term zero-emissions vehicle means— (A) a zero-emission vehicle as defined in section 88.102–94 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, or (B) a vehicle that produces zero exhaust emissions of any criteria pollutant (or precursor pollutant) or greenhouse gas under any possible operational modes and conditions. (4) Zero-emissions vehicle infrastructure located within other facilities or projects For purposes of subsection (a), any zero-emission vehicle infrastructure located within— (A) a facility or project described in subsection (a), or (B) an area adjacent to a facility or project described in subsection (a) that primarily serves vehicles traveling to or from such facility or project, shall be treated as described in the paragraph in which such facility or project is described. . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to obligations issued after December 31, 2019.