117 HR 2852 IH: New Opportunities to Expand Healthy Air Using Sustainable Transportation Act of 2021
U.S. House of Representatives
2021-04-26
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Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
1.This Act may be cited as the New Opportunities to Expand Healthy Air Using Sustainable Transportation Act of 2021
or the NO EXHAUST Act of 2021
. <enum>I</enum><header>Electric Vehicle Infrastructure</header><section id="H9E5572957ED04F73A7475BF1F31818A9"><enum>101.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text><paragraph id="HF2447A0CECA444DB8582378D8F94D91E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Electric vehicle supply equipment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>electric vehicle supply equipment</term> means any conductors, including ungrounded, grounded, and equipment grounding conductors, electric vehicle connectors, attachment plugs, and all other fittings, devices, power outlets, or apparatuses installed specifically for the purpose of delivering energy to an electric vehicle.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9C300F6C3EBA478AB4C8A8BE85FDCE35"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Energy.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H04A0440EA2AD4D78A430C812F16D655B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Underserved or disadvantaged community</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>underserved or disadvantaged community</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="HB76BA6D5965648628E673F48C0D6E345"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a community located in a ZIP code that includes a census tract that is identified as—</text><clause id="H8A538281CABF438EA65915A40A217404" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a low-income community; or</text></clause><clause id="H606FBD6064144B9FB317002651703240" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a community of color; </text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCB6C7B59F58D4F6295F35E673157AEF8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a community in which climate change, pollution, or environmental destruction have exacerbated systemic racial, regional, social, environmental, and economic injustices by disproportionately affecting indigenous peoples, communities of color, migrant communities, deindustrialized communities, depopulated rural communities, the poor, low-income workers, women, the elderly, the unhoused, people with disabilities, or youth; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA122A7C35D0248C9A40E254B330BC99C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other community that the Secretary determines is disproportionately vulnerable to, or bears a disproportionate burden of, any combination of economic, social, and environmental stressors.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H9AC7BB5DC25548A6AF6006193D5FFDA0" commented="no"><enum>102.</enum><header>Electric vehicle supply equipment rebate program</header><subsection id="HD786AAFBBDD44F88863550539A8B5418" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Rebate program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than January 1, 2022, the Secretary shall establish a rebate program to provide rebates for covered expenses associated with publicly accessible electric vehicle supply equipment (in this section referred to as the <quote>rebate program</quote>).</text></subsection><subsection id="H57770F0C206047C489F516C309E2AD2D" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rebate program requirements</header><paragraph id="HAA82F942A30C491F8D9494B474D9D788" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A rebate under the rebate program may be made to an individual, a State, local, Tribal, or Territorial government, a private entity, a not-for-profit entity, a nonprofit entity, or a metropolitan planning organization.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE8B37B11D78247CEB2F563733EFDBF54" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible equipment</header><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H41281C8D4DB544C29A065DC6AC8706BF" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish and maintain on the Department of Energy internet website a list of electric vehicle supply equipment that is eligible for the rebate program.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBCA0550C20584F78ACA4BF71C15AD571" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Updates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may, by regulation, add to, or otherwise revise, the list of electric vehicle supply equipment under subparagraph (A) if the Secretary determines that such addition or revision will likely lead to—</text><clause id="HE01D43B20FC949C3B29E311CD59188D8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>greater usage of electric vehicle supply equipment;</text></clause><clause id="HFE2AE0CC3A6040DB9E210B0FCF4FEE4B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>greater access to electric vehicle supply equipment by users; or</text></clause><clause id="HDFDBF1F537684F138C6CFDBE87702972"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an improved experience for users of electric vehicle supply equipment, including accessibility in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12101">42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB0C2D490558045488E4827CAAB754542" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Location requirement</header><text>To be eligible for the rebate program, the electric vehicle supply equipment described in subparagraph (A) shall be installed—</text><clause id="H67A361344C17428AA86BCA4EA6912FFC" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the United States;</text></clause><clause id="HAF24798694B24C4EB30C8A47B2CB7C5E" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>on property—</text><subclause id="HD200F606DEDA44D7B6D1812E9370CF62" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>owned by the eligible entity under paragraph (1); or</text></subclause><subclause id="HA8D76439654741AC8B859FCD768ADDB2" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on which the eligible entity under paragraph (1) has authority to install electric vehicle supply equipment; and</text></subclause></clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE8F7F76EFF994C38ADADB304D38013EC" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>at a location that is—</text><subclause id="H3E1AAE2B28FE41C09CBA905FE9C82E15" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a multi-unit housing structure;</text></subclause><subclause id="H5F9CB883D2844F60A22E78586D9BAC82" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a workplace;</text></subclause><subclause id="H29508EB1A7F842D0B24E1CF7CB70BF9F" commented="no"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a commercial location; or</text></subclause><subclause id="H0AF900CEEE4945B2A8B7F89157591ADC"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">open to the public for a minimum of 12 hours per day.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA7C0F87689064B6FB000D3DFA7AB057D" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application</header><subparagraph id="HB626A23F9DAB4D7DBD9580B0DA262C01" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible entity under paragraph (1) may submit to the Secretary an application for a rebate under the rebate program. Such application shall include—</text><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H292D5CF58131483E91609E45F6F16902" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the estimated cost of covered expenses to be expended on the electric vehicle supply equipment that is eligible under paragraph (2);</text></clause><clause id="H50D78181D06C4B69BB11981919ACE0D6" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the estimated installation cost of the electric vehicle supply equipment that is eligible under paragraph (2);</text></clause><clause id="H4D89F498623C43998CF2A861DD5B2C23" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the global positioning system location, including the integer number of degrees, minutes, and seconds, where such electric vehicle supply equipment is to be installed, and identification of whether such location is—</text><subclause id="H42F38BD7698E4F8E8D5039B9F3D899BD" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a multi-unit housing structure;</text></subclause><subclause id="HD47546238ED54D189AEAED260699D8E1" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a workplace;</text></subclause><subclause id="H032C1842EFF742509BE9A1E626E31AF7" commented="no"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a commercial location; or</text></subclause><subclause id="H4001FC1DB5754998918CAF0DFCB2DADA"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">open to the public for a minimum of 12 hours per day;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="HE02DC0FA8EA541588ACAE2895E154739" commented="no"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the technical specifications of such electric vehicle supply equipment, including the maximum power voltage and amperage of such equipment; </text></clause><clause id="H8ECCDA7E1DDC4F8097E3B75512394BE5" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an identification of any existing electric vehicle supply equipment that—</text><subclause id="HB1A31AE8381F483F9A786AA341560043"><enum>(I)</enum><text> is available to the public for a minimum of 12 hours per day; and</text></subclause><subclause id="H91D1AF3AF8BA4F19911CA44DB55F7686"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is not further than 50 miles from the global positioning system location identified under clause (iii); and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="HF69AF79DBB354CBF8E9452B31AC441F7" commented="no"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other information determined by the Secretary to be necessary for a complete application.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7E3F530C24424E5B9408251342CF8A98" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Review process</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall review an application for a rebate under the rebate program and approve an eligible entity under paragraph (1) to receive such rebate if the application meets the requirements of the rebate program under this subsection.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0BD7F46D53C74E95BD14C952F7B61D23" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Notification to eligible entity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date on which the eligible entity under paragraph (1) applies for a rebate under the rebate program, the Secretary shall notify the eligible entity whether the eligible entity will be awarded a rebate under the rebate program following the submission of additional materials required under paragraph (5).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA7F2503E99D4440482E1647644B71BDF" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Rebate amount</header><subparagraph id="H30414DEF045C4691AF351965A8368B6A" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the amount of a rebate made under the rebate program for each charging unit shall be the lesser of—</text><clause id="HF37A4DB5DF4B4EFA82B73AAEA07BD5EC" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>75 percent of the applicable covered expenses;</text></clause><clause id="HE16D01093EFD4EF385726506140DC457" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$2,000 for covered expenses associated with the purchase and installation of non-networked level 2 charging equipment;</text></clause><clause id="H7525CAE0A90A482C9C7CAE9D3D59220C" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$4,000 for covered expenses associated with the purchase and installation of networked level 2 charging equipment; or</text></clause><clause id="H64F047D2B97C46A48EC2007ACECAD866" commented="no"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$100,000 for covered expenses associated with the purchase and installation of networked direct current fast charging equipment.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4CEDD4AA58324C79B8A39D141E814DA1" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rebate amount for replacement equipment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A rebate made under the rebate program for replacement of pre-existing electric vehicle supply equipment at a single location shall be the lesser of—</text><clause id="HC87466DC0A1C4A81A522644B709D5C96" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">75 percent of the applicable covered expenses;</text></clause><clause id="H192E392A0FEC4E4390B21B3210879AD7" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,000 for covered expenses associated with the purchase and installation of non-networked level 2 charging equipment;</text></clause><clause id="HE2310E2912AF414582C4E0EEF7058134" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$2,000 for covered expenses associated with the purchase and installation of networked level 2 charging equipment; or</text></clause><clause id="HB594E8FE0BBC4282ACF45A28200548EB" commented="no"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$25,000 for covered expenses associated with the purchase and installation of networked direct current fast charging equipment.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9335E1BD637A4152A2093590D91EB97B" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Disbursement of rebate</header><subparagraph id="HC373B5CFCDD44DD6907DB385CBDDAEE9" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall disburse a rebate under the rebate program 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).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE3E4DF324D124CBE94D5E13543790A4E" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Materials required for disbursement of rebate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 rebate, such eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary the following—</text><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEA39655F777C4DF790D1E57DA6E7B36F" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a record of payment for covered expenses expended on the installation of the electric vehicle supply equipment that is eligible under paragraph (2);</text></clause><clause id="HF9BF596EC708496CBF18C5F7B9619768" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a record of payment for the electric vehicle supply equipment that is eligible under paragraph (2);</text></clause><clause id="H158E8DCAD9C6434880ED21BD7E7028B7" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the global positioning system location of where such electric vehicle supply equipment was installed and identification of whether such location is—</text><subclause id="HA624B51747A0466DACB3E5CA30DBF042" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a multi-unit housing structure;</text></subclause><subclause id="H75F4C721D0694D63951854F0BDF10AD4" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a workplace; </text></subclause><subclause id="HA8A9D4DD811646A2AB15FB3EBF9CEE69" commented="no"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a commercial location; or</text></subclause><subclause id="H20F4AFDED7F7440A9E5AFD55BF373561"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">open to the public for a minimum of 12 hours per day;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="H6CC2CD2607194BB783023457F847329C" commented="no"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the technical specifications of the electric vehicle supply equipment that is eligible under paragraph (2), including the maximum power voltage and amperage of such equipment; and</text></clause><clause id="H2958D06D184A42C1B78D27FAE7E40E51" commented="no"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other information determined by the Secretary to be necessary.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBE52C9D2E7B84B6DA70F48980D9ACFAA" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Agreement to maintain</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible for a rebate under the rebate program, an eligible entity under paragraph (1) shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary to maintain the electric vehicle supply equipment that is eligible under paragraph (2) in a satisfactory manner for not less than 5 years after the date on which the eligible entity under paragraph (1) receives the rebate under the rebate program.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3F1BC87F8FA4440DAC5E8B18A6A7FFEF" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not disburse a rebate under the rebate program if materials submitted under subparagraph (B) do not meet the same global positioning system location and technical specifications for the electric vehicle supply equipment that is eligible under paragraph (2) provided in an application under paragraph (3).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCC43CE34810A442991A87B3CF16022B5" commented="no"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Multi-port chargers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible entity under paragraph (1) shall be awarded a rebate under the rebate program for covered expenses relating to the purchase and installation of a multi-port charger based on the number of publicly accessible charging ports, with each subsequent port after the first port being eligible for 50 percent of the full rebate amount.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H72007157EB1C4F2C8A174446177D0E64" commented="no"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Networked direct current fast charging</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of amounts appropriated to carry out the rebate program, not more than 40 percent may be used for rebates of networked direct current fast charging equipment.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H79044A7AB24945BA96EA9E0B1D1D380A" commented="no"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Hydrogen fuel cell refueling infrastructure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hydrogen refueling equipment shall be eligible for a rebate under the rebate program as though it were networked direct current fast charging equipment. All requirements related to public accessibility of installed locations shall apply.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HCDE93FBB807941D383BF09A35D53AEAA"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the first date on which the Secretary awards a rebate under the rebate 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 rebates awarded for electric vehicle supply equipment and hydrogen fuel cell refueling equipment in each of the location categories described in paragraph (2)(C)(iii).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H98B268E905824FC1A6DFA887EAFEF0AC" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="H252830C248424569B92D49DB35EAFE29" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>covered expenses</term> means an expense that is associated with the purchase and installation of electric vehicle supply equipment, including—</text><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE1D4F5DC99DA4C889C9792484D063466" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the cost of electric vehicle supply equipment;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H125370781CFB40A6BD4DCDE638C63AEB" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">labor costs associated with the installation of such electric vehicle supply equipment, only if wages for such labor are paid at rates not less than those prevailing on similar labor in the locality of installation, as determined by the Secretary of Labor under subchapter IV of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/40/31">chapter 31</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code (commonly referred to as the <quote>Davis-Bacon Act</quote>);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBD9F6436D38648A8B45FF56C8979FA0E" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">material costs associated with the installation of such electric vehicle supply equipment, including expenses involving electrical equipment and necessary upgrades or modifications to the electrical grid and associated infrastructure required for the installation of such electric vehicle supply equipment;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA5388DDA199A48E984FB7186741A8A14" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">permit costs associated with the installation of such electric vehicle supply equipment; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAD4607C4C087418DAD244CB9D154CD59" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the cost of an on-site energy storage system.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H870EB65F51BD4FC3B4B1DAC876516495" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Electric vehicle</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>electric vehicle</term> means a vehicle that derives all or part of its power from electricity.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H85728BB17A594E0BB4ED0BF3F6313354" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Multi-port charger</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>multi-port charger</term> means electric vehicle supply equipment capable of charging more than one electric vehicle.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF2DA092908FA42169EF95C061940A03A" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Level 2 charging equipment</header><text>The term <term>level 2 charging equipment</term> means electric vehicle supply equipment that provides an alternating current power source at a minimum of 208 volts.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF306414E0D5C4453B8311FC8A10A4731" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Networked direct current fast charging equipment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>networked direct current fast charging equipment</term> means electric vehicle supply equipment that provides a direct current power source at a minimum of 50 kilowatts and is enabled to connect to a network to facilitate data collection and access.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HABDFBF98BA5B4607B213FF200A703D7F" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.</text></subsection></section><section id="H808FB783FFAA4C93B563A604C9137618"><enum>103.</enum><header>Model building code for electric vehicle supply equipment</header><subsection id="HA2A2AA9A619240AEA4CD88F29139FD0F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall review proposed or final model building codes for—</text><paragraph id="H4C982297226F4C30B412E1AD145344D0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>integrating electric vehicle supply equipment into residential and commercial buildings that include space for individual vehicle or fleet vehicle parking; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H45A4D94F502446499E53C8B02D4D9FCA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>integrating onsite renewable power equipment and electric storage equipment (including electric vehicle batteries to be used for electric storage) into residential and commercial buildings.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0F9FEB897D594C608356B97B32CE766F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide technical assistance to stakeholders representing the building construction industry, manufacturers of electric vehicles and electric vehicle supply equipment, State and local governments, and any other persons with relevant expertise or interests to facilitate understanding of the model code and best practices for adoption by jurisdictions.</text></subsection></section><section id="HB8CC25639ADD421F8D4B7017F78F0487"><enum>104.</enum><header>Electric vehicle supply equipment coordination</header><subsection id="H301E427D0D2F4F6DA6CD7AD4C2A8B19F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary of the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (including the Smart Grid Task Force), shall convene a group to assess progress in the development of standards necessary to—</text><paragraph id="H5B0569DD5589471EB316C997B923818D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>support the expanded deployment of electric vehicle supply equipment;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3CED160D4EEA4C179AB622B54152C5AA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop an electric vehicle charging network to provide reliable charging for electric vehicles nationwide, taking into consideration range anxiety and the location of charging infrastructure to ensure an electric vehicle can travel throughout the United States without losing a charge; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9B97AC8495EC4790AF4203E31D8C6A59"><enum>(3)</enum><text>ensure the development of such network will not compromise the stability and reliability of the electric grid.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF615B490E89047989E055281C90247A7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report containing the results of the assessment carried out under subsection (a) and recommendations to overcome any barriers to standards development or adoption identified by the group convened under such subsection.</text></subsection></section><section id="H20EAB55879A44072B6C32C62335672ED"><enum>105.</enum><header>State consideration of electric vehicle charging</header><subsection id="H3BF9F02B6E574B2B8CF8B228CD43328C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Consideration and determination respecting certain ratemaking standards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 111(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2621">16 U.S.C. 2621(d)</external-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="H47CC8F4C1989455F8EA07BCB12E1030B" style="OLC"><paragraph id="HF80109F5796940E7B0C3E1F64C7A37C1"><enum>(22)</enum><header>Electric vehicle charging programs</header><subparagraph id="HBB0CE454294543FDA66EB1DCAD595024"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each State shall consider measures to promote greater electrification of the transportation sector, including—</text><clause commented="no" id="HC7B3587EF5B746E6BFDEB24E335F6061"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">authorizing measures to stimulate investment in and deployment of electric vehicle supply equipment and to foster the market for electric vehicle charging;</text></clause><clause id="H9216AC642F65453BA3A360E8EC6E0024"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">authorizing each electric utility of the State to recover from ratepayers any capital, operating expenditure, or other costs of the electric utility relating to load management, programs, or investments associated with the integration of electric vehicle supply equipment into the grid; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="HFDC45DC2F45E41F988D0411B601A16FB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allowing a person or agency that owns and operates an electric vehicle charging facility for the sole purpose of recharging an electric vehicle battery to be excluded from regulation as an electric utility pursuant to section 3(4) when making electricity sales from the use of the electric vehicle charging facility, if such sales are the only sales of electricity made by the person or agency.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H601D7D7E9EC147F5BE4584EDBBA050A8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this paragraph, the term <term>electric vehicle supply equipment</term> means conductors, including ungrounded, grounded, and equipment grounding conductors, electric vehicle connectors, attachment plugs, and all other fittings, devices, power outlets, or apparatuses installed specifically for the purpose of delivering energy to an electric vehicle.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H2973707D29634D9CBC04A830CC52650C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Obligations To consider and determine</header><paragraph commented="no" id="HA59A87754EC0401C9DCE26BECAD18829"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Time limitations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 112(b) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2622">16 U.S.C. 2622(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8DFDD21955A84CA5947B20AE8B04C420" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="HF01F3AE9C93B415DAFEBE18175B28413"><enum>(9)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H74CB481BEF954531A0FB2AE86F222402"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this paragraph, each State regulatory authority (with respect to each electric utility for which it has ratemaking authority) and each nonregulated electric utility shall commence the consideration referred to in section 111, or set a hearing date for consideration, with respect to the standards established by paragraph (22) of section 111(d).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H9663923378FE45ACB5C121048D26E920" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, each State regulatory authority (with respect to each electric utility for which it has ratemaking authority), and each nonregulated electric utility, shall complete the consideration, and shall make the determination, referred to in section 111 with respect to each standard established by paragraph (22) of section 111(d).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H891778F6FA7A490187D1F575806C1930"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Failure to comply</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 112(c) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2622">16 U.S.C. 2622(c)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>In the case of the standard established by paragraph (22) of section 111(d), the reference contained in this subsection to the date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of that paragraph.</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HED717FA3EE1F4979B099541679BBC523"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Prior State actions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 112 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2622">16 U.S.C. 2622</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0D2D6DB06B224E9FB61504EFB9DCF438" style="OLC"><subsection id="HC0016A1CE4A44C06B9015973F76AD72B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Prior State actions</header><text>Subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall not apply to the standard established by paragraph (22) of section 111(d) in the case of any electric utility in a State if, before the enactment of this subsection—</text><paragraph id="H29245F1A42DD4746B07323CB10B15D32"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the State has implemented for such utility the standard concerned (or a comparable standard);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HAB17539981024AA58387E38B70A8BB5A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the State regulatory authority for such State or relevant nonregulated electric utility has conducted a proceeding to consider implementation of the standard concerned (or a comparable standard) for such utility;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2FEC46F6F9D24A74A8748AD8CE2BAACE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the State legislature has voted on the implementation of such standard (or a comparable standard) for such utility; or</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB17A726FFE10429A8F399D000A5BFA17"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the State has taken action to implement incentives or other steps to strongly encourage the deployment of electric vehicles.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H961BDE058FAE43C7B108A665172BEA2E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Prior and pending proceedings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 124 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2634">16 U.S.C. 2634</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>In the case of the standard established by paragraph (22) of section 111(d), the reference contained in this section to the date of the enactment of this Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of such paragraph (22).</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H830A9307B3934DD68AD857EDC4A82461"><enum>106.</enum><header>State energy plans</header><subsection id="HB0609218DDE744B29ACDC054AE2816BB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State energy conservation plans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 362(d) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6322">42 U.S.C. 6322(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H2BBB8B182FC24378823DF16FEEB9CA50"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (16), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD967F4BF21DC4786A64C7BB084284988"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (17) as paragraph (18); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6CF148C0DF064AE498025C34D3815128"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (16) the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB2B9736C6F2642F2AAE868CBFB6A4BB4" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H1A9E2768734449C0ACDAD2DFF8CA15BB"><enum>(17)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a State energy transportation plan developed in accordance with section 368; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5D6BF4EF8CB94F1A972CE5A3E61FB81C" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 365(f) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6325">42 U.S.C. 6325(f)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB79B7AB34BD24D45B8F60DF22D920782" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="HE5E6316A34AB4E96A1537E29601CB651"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><paragraph commented="no" id="H13D3C8CE157D49AF8DFC32F4EE7DE196"><enum>(1)</enum><header>State energy conservation plans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purpose of carrying out this part, there are authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5A23A99153BB42FC86304B3C81E9CAA3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State energy transportation plans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the amounts authorized under paragraph (1), for the purpose of carrying out section 368, there are authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="H7169FB8DC54143D386F926161B14E820"><enum>(c)</enum><header>State energy transportation plans</header><paragraph id="H7A72AD23811F487B8F16548A7357A4E2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Part D of title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6321">42 U.S.C. 6321 et seq.</external-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="HFBA8873E374943A3A8E1CC83EBB2896C" style="OLC"><section id="H6791DA773C3E4C0A939672B33C93CEBA"><enum>368.</enum><header>State energy transportation plans</header><subsection commented="no" id="H9D32917D7A4B45318D62F91D9BE60707"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may provide financial assistance to a State to develop a State energy transportation plan, for inclusion in a State energy conservation plan under section 362(d), to promote the electrification of the transportation system, reduced consumption of fossil fuels, and improved air quality.</text></subsection><subsection id="H4F10E2F133A44A719E1002CCA5320ED3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Development</header><text>A State developing a State energy transportation plan under this section shall carry out this activity through the State energy office that is responsible for developing the State energy conservation plan under section 362.</text></subsection><subsection id="HE748D97A82774B35A6BC28AEC179A016"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>A State developing a State energy transportation plan under this section shall include in such plan a plan to—</text><paragraph id="HC9909C0319C44AB09DD288A5554A8B67"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">deploy a network of electric vehicle supply equipment to ensure access to electricity for electric vehicles, including commercial vehicles, to an extent that such electric vehicles can travel throughout the State without running out of a charge; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H78E21111216040A5AF33E61A7B1AE98F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promote modernization of the electric grid, including through the use of renewable energy sources to power the electric grid, to accommodate demand for power to operate electric vehicle supply equipment and to utilize energy storage capacity provided by electric vehicles, including commercial vehicles.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAA2643342A3743618524D7AD5BA0027A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>In developing a State energy transportation plan under this section, a State shall coordinate, as appropriate, with—</text><paragraph id="HBDD0A63135234214902D7CF1C21BF583"><enum>(1)</enum><text>State regulatory authorities (as defined in section 3 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2602">16 U.S.C. 2602</external-xref>));</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB500AACFD8D44C838F48CD1A240671E7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>electric utilities;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFB9A5A5B9E144F5FA0AA2A62DD90AE3E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>regional transmission organizations or independent system operators;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HDFF1CA90302B429185330B4DD2AA910E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>private entities that provide electric vehicle charging services;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4956D2BC1E6441C59D879F0801B19DB5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>State transportation agencies, metropolitan planning organizations, and local governments;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9A745ECC9C2D4FDA96F843248A7D5F30"><enum>(6)</enum><text>electric vehicle manufacturers;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA0BBDD37A6134828ABF5845D20073B1D"><enum>(7)</enum><text>public and private entities that manage vehicle fleets; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC9A0BBBA9B7D48099275FEA54B3DAC91"><enum>(8)</enum><text>public and private entities that manage ports, airports, or other transportation hubs.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H88CC825A2E524BCA9386A99087F2A508"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>Upon request of the Governor of a State, the Secretary shall provide information and technical assistance in the development, implementation, or revision of a State energy transportation plan.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HCB7DE94A44D94169AAAEF00198B1616C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Electric vehicle supply equipment defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term <term>electric vehicle supply equipment</term> means conductors, including ungrounded, grounded, and equipment grounding conductors, electric vehicle connectors, attachment plugs, and all other fittings, devices, power outlets, or apparatuses installed specifically for the purpose of delivering energy to an electric vehicle.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H04C601C5779845D6B91C47C2BC229672"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The table of sections for part D of title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H0C97F320D37E4095B7D218BCEED71A74" display-inline="no-display-inline"><toc regeneration="no-regeneration"><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 368. State energy transportation plans.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HAD3D33A76AA94490A685F51D7F63EA88"><enum>107.</enum><header>Transportation electrification</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 131 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17011">42 U.S.C. 17011</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HBFF9ABDE086E48D7BC08B98A9AEDB83B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(6)—</text><subparagraph id="HFE3D1775020047809FBF2E4FC1488C09"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>, including ground support equipment at ports</quote> before the semicolon;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H255B4121AC11492D89ECDC9C3B8ADB2E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by inserting <quote>and vehicles</quote> before the semicolon;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE404B667E7194F468056ADB6F10D1B6F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (H), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF9B139DFB5DC49A2AD97445BC9F48DC4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph (I)—</text><clause id="H974DB177098E4F3984975DD40A623385"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>battery chargers,</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H21B1626253204E799B857B2D40518B37"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE0395E239BE047C0B9BBFB00E30BA891" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD1117A2DC36646F7A7CF5949EDC340C6" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="HD6A37C13DEA84A6C9E1EE16392A1168E" commented="no"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">installation of electric vehicle supply equipment for recharging plug-in electric drive vehicles, including such equipment that is accessible in rural and urban areas and in underserved or disadvantaged communities and such equipment for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, including at depots and in-route locations;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H85ABE11EDF99445A9A56AAC9868A3754" commented="no"><enum>(K)</enum><text>multi-use charging hubs used for multiple forms of transportation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAA2B2994804941E38E9C6A148CF817CC" commented="no"><enum>(L)</enum><text>medium- and heavy-duty vehicle smart charging management and refueling;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H520730F6843846ADB38592E3148B680E" commented="no"><enum>(M)</enum><text>battery recycling and secondary use, including for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2CD9C4A9794F4890A06C5D4A55254351" commented="no"><enum>(N)</enum><text>sharing of best practices, and technical assistance provided by the Department to public utilities commissions and utilities, for medium- and heavy-duty vehicle electrification.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB29CCF9660434C39B761373A3D81903A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="H5A3A3E1257DB4191A236DCDD2DCF7BC4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)(A)(ii), by inserting <quote>, components for such vehicles, and charging equipment for such vehicles</quote> after <quote>vehicles</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD7BC5FE6EC5A4CC099BBF99FB01B4B5E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by striking <quote>$90,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>$2,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2031</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3F762384F14F4038B23262979D443D1D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="H91E0AD35D29C4344B898E002B2614E67"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the header, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Near-Term</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Large-Scale</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H42E642D971BA46D08506E2BA9248E6A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>$95,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2013</quote> and inserting <quote>$2,500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2031</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H60E43DBE2CCF4A89BC88A86961367412"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e) and inserting after subsection (c) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H544DEF2F2E9846A1B0AB993D348DEBD2" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="HBAB6CB5FABF6479E8C7CB9B1073D261B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In providing grants under subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary shall give priority consideration to applications that contain a written assurance that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors during construction, alteration, or repair that is financed, in whole or in part, by a grant provided under this section shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality, as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with sections 3141 through 3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40, United States Code (and the Secretary of Labor shall, with respect to the labor standards described in this clause, have the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (5 U.S.C. App.) and section 3145 of title 40, United States Code).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="H700C5AA8E8BC42E1BAE910FD20AB9EE5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>108.</enum><header>Federal fleets</header><subsection id="HD1539EF646434CDD849532BDE84534EB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Minimum Federal fleet requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 303 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13212">42 U.S.C. 13212</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HF57C64762200454F8D37486C01C86B7F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H6C4E8E1167AF400A987440D1391208BC" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="H64A183D7C8FB4465BA81DFFABD5553E0" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of General Services, shall ensure that in acquiring medium- and heavy-duty vehicles for a Federal fleet, a Federal entity shall acquire zero-emission vehicles to the maximum extent feasible.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5CAEDA17F1464FD6B02C5823C2B3A95C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD195C6C7284B413F8A9EB89A4FE20C58" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="H1296A5A9F8824F119913BDB872DFDB86"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Percentage requirements</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE5601F6CB26D424CBB582704111DBF15"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="HFC6C1C26DECE43FB8DE5B51DE7F089F2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Light-duty vehicles</header><text>Beginning in fiscal year 2025, 100 percent of the total number of light-duty vehicles acquired by a Federal entity for a Federal fleet shall be alternative fueled vehicles, of which—</text><clause commented="no" id="H736B60715F954E71B47EEDED25C0ABC6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>at least 50 percent shall be zero-emission vehicles or plug-in hybrids in fiscal years 2025 through 2034;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="HBA74CBDF23FC43418EC91676CAA39BDF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least 75 percent shall be zero-emission vehicles or plug-in hybrids in fiscal years 2035 through 2049; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="HBF119FE36E3D49ABBAD413FBB24EEDAB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>100 percent shall be zero-emission vehicles in fiscal year 2050 and thereafter.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE959BB272EFB4A2B8ECFF7AE742DA59E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Medium- and heavy-duty vehicles</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following percentages of the total number of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles acquired by a Federal entity for a Federal fleet shall be alternative fueled vehicles:</text><clause commented="no" id="H884B41E16B1643CB8A6EB52974000642"><enum>(i)</enum><text>At least 20 percent in fiscal years 2025 through 2029.</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="HF4A347A0EC774634A111AA512E38D716"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>At least 30 percent in fiscal years 2030 through 2039.</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="H273B9CF7FB1E4349A1136FA10220506C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>At least 40 percent in fiscal years 2040 through 2049.</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="H72EC287826FC42B1B6D6D78C7EB05A5E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>At least 50 percent in fiscal year 2050 and thereafter.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC1DF0C709B3D401DA52A0857CF39CFCA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of General Services where appropriate, may permit a Federal entity to acquire for a Federal fleet a smaller percentage than is required in paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, so long as the aggregate percentage acquired for each class of vehicle for all Federal fleets in the fiscal year is at least equal to the required percentage.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H80C0C7CB0F624F44A045268A6274B397"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection:</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="H874447612CCC44918D724F6F1F7ED203"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Federal fleet</header><text>The term <term>Federal fleet</term> means a fleet of vehicles that are centrally fueled or capable of being centrally fueled and are owned, operated, leased, or otherwise controlled by or assigned to any Federal executive department, military department, Government corporation, independent establishment, or executive agency, the United States Postal Service, the Congress, the courts of the United States, or the Executive Office of the President. Such term does not include—</text><clause commented="no" id="HD7ECA1D08CA941AFA4D045D5D2B18F40"><enum>(i)</enum><text>motor vehicles held for lease or rental to the general public;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="H9CAEEEE79A98405EB4917859278A0F27"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>motor vehicles used for motor vehicle manufacturer product evaluations or tests;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="HAA186CAEFDDB45B5A3610D29CC4B9227"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>law enforcement vehicles;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="H8445E21BD6554914AF99C1F7D972C8DD"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>emergency vehicles; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="H9199893F849948B389F0003DC86D4802"><enum>(v)</enum><text>motor vehicles acquired and used for military purposes that the Secretary of Defense has certified to the Secretary must be exempt for national security reasons.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2B2CDB31CA4B4A818A75B3D367C16679"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Fleet</header><text>The term <term>fleet</term> means—</text><clause commented="no" id="HB20E5315972840028E8E6DB61F1FF89C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>20 or more light-duty vehicles, located in a metropolitan statistical area or consolidated metropolitan statistical area, as established by the Bureau of the Census, with a 1980 population of more than 250,000; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="H978AF762783F47DF89C970F552CE539C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>10 or more medium- or heavy-duty vehicles, located at a Federal facility or located in a metropolitan statistical area or consolidated metropolitan statistical area, as established by the Bureau of the Census, with a 1980 population of more than 250,000.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H8461A922551E4FF092F0247CEC930A70"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(2)(B)—</text><subparagraph id="HC8C0DDB2C5C3410485122015EF366BF9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, either</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H73E69314C80149909F60B941D00FB8B9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>or</quote> and inserting <quote>and</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4257B931EF914C1EA73AFD51436AC9A6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Federal fleet conservation requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 400FF(a) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6374e">42 U.S.C. 6374e</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HB413AE75CD6C49F0ACC720DCEB5D0CE8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="HEEE35FEB16FF4259936B32690842A582"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>18 months after the date of enactment of this section</quote> and inserting <quote>12 months after the date of enactment of the <short-title>NO EXHAUST Act of 2021</short-title></quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H220E77372E414035A0267FF112318241"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2010</quote> and inserting <quote>2022</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD9DE343A1B7D4C72A646EEAB6291C8FC"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>and increase alternative fuel consumption</quote> and inserting <quote>, increase alternative fuel consumption, and reduce vehicle greenhouse gas emissions</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HECE49BF355284F9592FBAE1B626B89E9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA122D1169125468EAE6F43A73506EE29" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H86716580143B4BA7B0F873BC45CB2B6E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Goals</header><text>The goals of the requirements under paragraph (1) are that each Federal agency shall—</text><subparagraph id="H0C68A9A8FB424F308DB2AD152379EBEE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reduce fleet-wide per-mile greenhouse gas emissions from agency fleet vehicles, relative to a baseline of emissions in 2015, by—</text><clause id="HCC93ACE2A43B4C26ABA0C826B8425129"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not less than 30 percent by the end of fiscal year 2025;</text></clause><clause id="H9BE8122544A74D119AA0BD6472F0170E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not less than 50 percent by the end of fiscal year 2030; and</text></clause><clause id="H4F7A5A76121D4D64B84E38A83E813305"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>100 percent by the end of fiscal year 2050; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA9401FC545374A1798A9C9382EC9EEE3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>increase the annual percentage of alternative fuel consumption by agency fleet vehicles as a proportion of total annual fuel consumption by Federal fleet vehicles, to achieve—</text><clause id="H6CAB054366F94DBABD16BA64E80B693A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>25 percent of total annual fuel consumption that is alternative fuel by the end of fiscal year 2025;</text></clause><clause id="H1AD2F79E54964093B125B3716361258F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>50 percent of total annual fuel consumption that is alternative fuel by the end of fiscal year 2035; and</text></clause><clause id="H9AD189ADED054C2488F20EADB27F77DE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least 85 percent of total annual fuel consumption that is alternative fuel by the end of fiscal year 2050.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Electric Vehicles for Underserved Communities</header><section id="H758722B05A7E4D6B846ED4CD5E4DD82C"><enum>201.</enum><header>Expanding access to electric vehicles in underserved and disadvantaged communities</header><subsection id="H47D5FDCDB4A046A8A54ABE6155E8AEA8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><paragraph id="H3D5A956429E749C2A284F023D596746A" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assessment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct an assessment of the state of, challenges to, and opportunities for the deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in underserved or disadvantaged communities located throughout the United States.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H306B8AA5B65146A4B05BD1FF78391299"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 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 on the results of the assessment conducted under paragraph (1), which shall—</text><subparagraph id="HE1AB3AC080EA40819DCBC3A1952A24B5" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe the state of deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in underserved or disadvantaged communities located in urban, suburban, and rural areas, including description of—</text><clause id="HC3DAB7138D354A41A4DCF200E33CBF30" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> the state of deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure that is—</text><subclause id="HCA10384694AD45CDA690C587D8BC09E9" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>publicly accessible;</text></subclause><subclause id="HBE0285AD4CB64F2C9F9EA3726B2F06AA" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">installed in or available to occupants of public and affordable housing;</text></subclause><subclause id="H41BDB5BC8D6B43FE9407876FB1D76923" commented="no"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">installed in or available to occupants of multi-unit dwellings;</text></subclause><subclause id="HB133C9794BFD48F68A4D5916F59CD51E" commented="no"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">available to public sector and commercial fleets;</text></subclause><subclause id="H6614883FC2A0468AAEF1DE5B5D010B8E" commented="no"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">installed in or available at places of work;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="HAE21045B081D4611B4AC6A8B7395D91A" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">policies, plans, and programs that cities, States, utilities, and private entities are using to encourage greater deployment and usage of electric vehicles and the associated electric vehicle charging infrastructure, including programs to encourage deployment of publicly accessible electric vehicle charging stations and electric vehicle charging stations available to residents in publicly owned and privately owned multi-unit dwellings;</text></clause><clause id="H07D1D68F679C48278EC65661ADAB8A97" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ownership models for Level 2 charging stations and DC FAST charging stations located in residential multi-unit dwellings, commercial buildings, and publicly accessible areas; </text></clause><clause id="HEDFD71FF8EFB4AD88850CF276A91755A" commented="no"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">mechanisms for financing electric vehicle charging stations; and</text></clause><clause id="HE130EF72DCA3436EB9A8DF9E34A21825"><enum>(v)</enum><text>rates charged for the use of Level 2 charging stations and DC FAST charging stations;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H894112634517407888569E96EA9D79BA" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify current barriers to expanding deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in underserved or disadvantaged communities in urban, suburban, and rural areas, including barriers to expanding deployment of publicly accessible electric vehicle charging infrastructure;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H713AABBD60DD49D5990EE5804FA90380" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify the potential for, and barriers to, recruiting and entering into contracts with locally owned small and disadvantaged businesses, including women and minority-owned businesses, to deploy electric vehicle charging infrastructure in underserved or disadvantaged communities in urban, suburban, and rural areas;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBFC30C2CCC284D3EA22A546CA2BC83E3" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">compile and provide an analysis of best practices and policies used by State and local governments, nonprofit organizations, and private entities to increase deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in underserved or disadvantaged communities in urban, suburban, and rural areas, including best practices and policies relating to—</text><clause id="H697D6695CBA2483A8DB3BF7D86E686EE" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>public outreach and engagement; </text></clause><clause id="HAB59D7F6F4AC434A8C6359FFE40D118F" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increasing deployment of publicly accessible electric vehicle charging infrastructure; and</text></clause><clause id="H3FBDC7BE165A45BD85A629DB3AC57F46" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increasing deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in publicly owned and privately owned multi-unit dwellings;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H69047B31B28F4451AADBC3CBB9892ECE" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent practicable, enumerate and identify in urban, suburban, and rural areas within each State with detail at the level of ZIP Codes and census tracts—</text><clause id="H52AD6D61528248EA9D6C87A0AF2D00E0" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of existing and planned publicly accessible Level 2 charging stations and DC FAST charging stations for individually owned light-duty and medium-duty electric vehicles;</text></clause><clause id="HFB65087B1DA04BCDB134A47D869121CE" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of existing and planned Level 2 charging stations and DC FAST charging stations for public sector and commercial fleet electric vehicles and medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles; and</text></clause><clause id="HE1B5E31A58924A97A1CA22362044E553" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number and type of electric vehicle charging stations installed in or available to occupants of public and affordable housing; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H29C2FC41ACD24A268B3C5B9A7B166E24" commented="no"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe the methodology used to obtain the information provided in the report.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEE41D0E190564365BFC873E09550B5A6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Five-Year update assessment</header><text>Not later than 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall—</text><paragraph id="H2B88E8CAD54C4FEDAF084717481CEB7B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>update the assessment conducted under subsection (a)(1); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H249B2726005145209A8FB84A571ADAB8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>make public and 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, which shall—</text><subparagraph id="HAF5382075B8C4EAB8F992CAC78CBFA46"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">update the information required by subsection (a)(2); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2DA21B2EC03C4731A7116B204AD527E3" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include a description of case studies and key lessons learned after the date on which the report under subsection (a)(2) was submitted with respect to expanding the deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in underserved or disadvantaged communities in urban, suburban, and rural areas.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H070A193156B6428D88B55053D62C40E4" commented="no"><enum>202.</enum><header>Electric vehicle charging equity program</header><subsection id="H45711F0C3AC143C09A8D7C2ED02B7C36" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a program, to be known as the EV Charging Equity Program, to increase deployment and accessibility of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in underserved or disadvantaged communities by—</text><paragraph id="H578E6F49A9E9429FA7D5C7702F20E5BF" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>providing technical assistance to eligible entities described in subsection (e); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9FDBDF04706D4BA681A3B4676143303B" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">awarding grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities described in subsection (e) for projects that increase such deployment and accessibility of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, including projects that are—</text><subparagraph id="H2DCB35C3452B4B09876BE96E08A6D4A1" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>publicly accessible;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1D0A0430DC404782825808C181F38C66" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">located within or are easily accessible to residents of—</text><clause id="H6DCEEBBB3893428687089510B9D18E9F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>public or affordable housing;</text></clause><clause id="HECD6751279B742D0AC28286AE0180624"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>multi-unit dwellings; or</text></clause><clause id="HAF991941721F479E9DA765183CC1B5BE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>single-family homes; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE949E5600A4B4DA9A29A8509EC66E093"><enum>(C)</enum><text>located within or easily accessible to places of work, provided that such electric vehicle charging infrastructure is accessible no fewer than 5 days per week. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H613BB256E2B34BD6B3B1A3EA0A95FE1C" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cost share</header><paragraph id="H286694770A98415CA958522FD8B1402E" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amount of a grant awarded under this section for a project shall not exceed 80 percent of project costs.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC4967A659C6B4698B2CD05113E83D588" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Single-family homes</header><text>The amount of a grant awarded under this section for a project that involves, as a primary focus, single-family homes shall not exceed 60 percent of project costs.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3F1C549B0B414BDEB02B3D2F978F9D26" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Not more than 15 percent of the amount awarded for grants under this section in a fiscal year shall be awarded for projects that involve, as a primary focus, single-family homes.</text></subsection><subsection id="HD29F7162CE3F460DA88EC8B206EE4236" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In awarding grants and providing technical assistance under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to projects that—</text><paragraph id="HEE68FFF5553D49AEA02FE9986C6249EA" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide the greatest benefit to the greatest number of people within an underserved or disadvantaged community;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HAA3980B837414A69BB295CD7A092AF52" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>incorporate renewable energy resources;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7C27F90CCADA4152A65C2E00F5497D7D" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>maximize local job creation, particularly among low-income, women, and minority workers; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HCCE808BEFAD345FA982A5A76375D3AB6" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>utilize or involve locally owned small and disadvantaged businesses, including women and minority-owned businesses.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB0404B57408C4D658CC678F63A1F3C18" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><paragraph id="H2CBE1C4A9D604183B6B544913381A79D" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To be eligible for a grant or technical assistance under the EV Charging Equity Program, an entity shall be—</text><subparagraph id="H2B22A32188104E9BA96ED36CE29D1D5B" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an individual or household that is the owner of where a project will be carried out;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H378DEFD13B0C40FCB307E7B992C95DA1" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a State, local, Tribal, or Territorial government, or an agency or department thereof;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H857BF4C977F74BE48BF51FF01C08984E"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an electric utility, including—</text><clause id="HCCD48B8CA0B34B12A18DFA588A3BC61D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a municipally owned electric utility;</text></clause><clause id="HF78DDFB2D02B429087E8608EAEB28B67"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a publicly owned electric utility;</text></clause><clause id="H94C0AF941C094B19BDDAD89CB2412A60"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an investor-owned utility; and</text></clause><clause id="H14B4DDFEA0D8402BBEC413440083EE33"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a rural electric cooperative;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7F6DF071F5924E598AC12BE4ABE44AFE" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a nonprofit organization or institution;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEA295A14DCD34E149DD7DF9F4F70B643" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a public housing authority;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE43B12EEC8AE4FE3BA86BDB037967F9A" commented="no"><enum>(F)</enum><text>an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD55EBB2D9ED04E8F992FEBF9509D0D78" commented="no"><enum>(G)</enum><text>a local small or disadvantaged business; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6A776B21A7C545F98603C53F3DBF8684" commented="no"><enum>(H)</enum><text>a partnership between any number of eligible entities described in subparagraphs (A) through (G).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9EE3B598265C47AB92B257DCEB344548" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>The Secretary may add to or otherwise revise the list of eligible entities under paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that such an addition or revision would be beneficial to increasing deployment and accessibility of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in underserved or disadvantaged communities.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD5C52C213EC648B194E52913D70044DB" commented="no"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Public notice and request for applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register, and such other publications as the Secretary considers to be appropriate, a notice and request for applications to carry out projects under the EV Charging Equity Program.</text></subsection><subsection id="H5BCFF577FBAC401C95682E9C45A60214" commented="no"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Education and outreach</header><paragraph id="H0C2B61A3302A44FCA6EADC8B1D740169" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In carrying out the EV Charging Equity Program, the Secretary shall establish an education and outreach component of such Program to ensure that information regarding such Program and the benefits and opportunities for electric vehicle charging is made available to individuals and relevant entities that live within or serve underserved or disadvantaged communities.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H833480DFFFD847529B59DDAE0AE5BF18" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>At a minimum, the education and outreach component of the EV Charging Equity Program established under this subsection shall include—</text><subparagraph id="HEA9BECA28DB24070BE53E528530AE365" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the development and dissemination of an electric vehicle charging resource guide that is—</text><clause id="HF734402004DA40969D0CAEE93D714F3C" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>maintained electronically on a website; </text></clause><clause id="H1D1D3F6988A0463B89A8DBF1C17C926B" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>available to the public, free of charge; and</text></clause><clause id="H37471DAC68024519A574D704E2A49D17" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>directed specifically towards individuals and relevant entities that live within or serve underserved or disadvantaged communities;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF91248BCF1A04CA8805E5E3D09B0FC1E" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>targeted outreach towards, and coordinated public outreach with, relevant local, State, and Tribal entities, nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education, that are located within or serve underserved or disadvantaged communities; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAFAC250B2210458182DCC462661B89D2" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other such forms of education or outreach as the Secretary determines appropriate to increase awareness of and access to the EV Charging Equity Program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4182B2F6C6624E31B88C77331C3A2A0E" commented="no"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Reports to Congress</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the EV Charging Equity Program is established under this section, and not less frequently than once every 2 years after that, 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, and make publicly available, a report on the status of the EV Charging Equity Program, including a list and description of projects that have received grant awards or technical assistance, and of the funding or assistance provided to such projects.</text></subsection><subsection id="H3FD86F4616AD4A52AAE3B9FCD36D5576" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $96,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.</text></subsection></section><section id="HC691930F799D4A36A85DF97AE5DDF279" commented="no"><enum>203.</enum><header>Ensuring program benefits for underserved and disadvantaged communities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In administering a relevant program, the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, invest or direct available and relevant programmatic resources so that such program—</text><paragraph id="H9E104C4E3CC24D37A014301D1B7B6689" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>promotes electric vehicle charging infrastructure;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA6096172E6884257B7C2651B9717AF70" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>supports clean and multi-modal transportation;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA140F5CF367B40F3BCC8CBD78E9DD4D1" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provides improved air quality and emissions reductions; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6982F55B7CE54B278D5AB6BC71EAF0D1" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>prioritizes the needs of underserved or disadvantaged communities.</text></paragraph></section><section id="HB655DC56015C4A699416F60443119DB5"><enum>204.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text><paragraph id="H69653BE9CEE04F3A869FE050C3A2ABA7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Electric vehicle charging infrastructure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>electric vehicle charging infrastructure</term> means electric vehicle supply equipment, including any conductors, electric vehicle connectors, attachment plugs, and all other fittings, devices, power outlets, or apparatuses installed specifically for the purposes of delivering energy to an electric vehicle. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8F8D29A5E9DE4DDAB89BF6D737D47270" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Publicly accessible</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>publicly accessible</term> means, with respect to electric vehicle charging infrastructure, electric vehicle charging infrastructure that is available, at zero or reasonable cost, to members of the public for the purpose of charging a privately owned or leased electric vehicle, or electric vehicle that is available for use by members of the general public as part of a ride service or vehicle sharing service or program, including within or around—</text><subparagraph id="H6208C8592F9249FC885437FC348C9F01" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>public sidewalks and streets;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDFC4A6643DA747A98F3721E17B5854D5" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>public parks;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0F456555EA6E4170ABD95663BA61A379" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>public buildings, including—</text><clause id="H9919796F40D740CF8F93AD818733BE01" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>libraries;</text></clause><clause id="HFBA1E806B1134B99A8DFB3C96680CD89" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>schools; and</text></clause><clause id="HEC2471420A004F49B92E766B0FC9C321" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>government offices;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3945EC28854D48CDAD0BC0D929F8DF5D" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>public parking;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBFC1608C27E143189CFA1E03EB472C9F" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>shopping centers; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H69B2C3F919844D78B5EECACF53666C21" commented="no"><enum>(F)</enum><text>commuter transit hubs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1D6FB1BD3DA948E7AB371F0AFAC9D697"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Relevant program</header><text>The term <term>relevant program</term> means a program of the Department of Energy, including—</text><subparagraph id="HD4D6A3ACF7B44E1293E195A2A1F23FDF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the State energy program under part D of title III the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6321">42 U.S.C. 6321 et seq.</external-xref>); </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD7E93DEDCD614EE88DBA46F169A8C0AD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Clean Cities program; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6806B71D65944D848F93A15573EF185F"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program established under section 542 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17152">42 U.S.C. 17152</external-xref>); </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H56DBA26A1A8A4C1E9EF9203B8C03ACD7"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">loan guarantees made pursuant to title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16511">42 U.S.C. 16511 et seq.</external-xref>); and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H55250C652D3A42A7A404150F79893305"><enum>(E)</enum><text>such other programs as the Secretary determines appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2CE6CDCE0F2D43B0BFA85A57208CE573"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Energy.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4E0DEF2CA0D14F9B8E8AFE95BD46FE6A" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Underserved or disadvantaged community</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>underserved or disadvantaged community</term> means a community located within a ZIP Code or census tract that is identified as—</text><subparagraph id="H584A7E7BD7ED4D4BBF0EE8CEEC874D5C" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a low-income community;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8BA179DFA2DF412993CC0D28BCEC5A13" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a community of color;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H56EF3F63BAC544F590303981C34FA397" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a Tribal community;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8956A7D05C394702A0690F451E37BEF3" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>having a disproportionately low number of electric vehicle charging stations per capita, compared to similar areas; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7EB8EB614103462E909920C9C0A43CA5" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any other community that the Secretary determines is disproportionately vulnerable to, or bears a disproportionate burden of, any combination of economic, social, environmental, and climate stressors.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>Promoting Domestic Advanced Vehicle Manufacturing</header><section id="H53B7DB75FDF54C5889E31DB96256230E"><enum>301.</enum><header>Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grant Program</header><subsection id="H0652E93F6981418DB90152E950FCC47A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Hybrid vehicles, advanced vehicles, and fuel cell buses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle B of title VII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16061">42 U.S.C. 16061 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H676C423A9D324D79913C52EB7469021C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the subtitle header, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subtitle" style="OLC">Plug-In Electric Vehicles,</header-in-text></quote> before <quote><header-in-text level="subtitle" style="OLC">Hybrid Vehicles</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H003C976F6FE540BFAA1DF7F5EF45048E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in part 1, in the part header, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="part" style="OLC">Hybrid</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="part" style="OLC">Plug-In Electric</header-in-text></quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H220A4F87CCCA46F98DE640B9F4161D27"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Plug-In electric vehicles</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 711 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16061">42 U.S.C. 16061</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8C22A491A2F54D51AF019B274C86CD2D" style="OLC"><section commented="no" id="H8EE9FB87239E4863953AF0A6A6C5D4BC"><enum>711.</enum><header>Plug-in electric vehicles</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall accelerate efforts, related to domestic manufacturing, that are directed toward the improvement of batteries, power electronics, and other technologies for use in plug-in electric vehicles.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="HD4305D872E564A61A4E526B613699F7F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Efficient hybrid and advanced diesel vehicles</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 712 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16062">42 U.S.C. 16062</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HEE7FD96A83AC4D95BEE13B7C1087E97B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph id="H3179143D87A94286850669940B8F3013"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>, plug-in electric,</quote> after <quote>efficient hybrid</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAE45B3ECC576441FA802F5430BD8D8BE" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE46A458FB76E4A1AB5DBD84D83DCA4A7" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H36CFF6D2134D43B4B19254544EDC8D30" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Priority shall be given to—</text><subparagraph id="HF14EA75CF1AC4D37BA34158E872DC416" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the refurbishment or retooling of manufacturing facilities that have recently ceased operation or would otherwise cease operation in the near future; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H186D18B7261D4EE6AB12F6B15F61B64E" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>applications containing—</text><clause id="H74E61B9B8CEE44E1B7255A33A81BED57" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a written assurance that—</text><subclause id="HDFC44A6A8D5F4B9984E5BC56A39C7BFE" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors during construction, alteration, or repair, or at any manufacturing operation, that is financed, in whole or in part, by a loan under this section shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing in a similar firm or on similar construction in the locality, as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/40/31">chapter 31</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code; and</text></subclause><subclause id="HF9F2449992F544FF9AE90A0E0423BF89" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Secretary of Labor shall, with respect to the labor standards described in this paragraph, have the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 3145 of title 40, United States Code;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="H01A3A38D1FF64BF1BD3F9FC3E1858C37" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a disclosure of whether there has been any administrative merits determination, arbitral award or decision, or civil judgment, as defined in guidance issued by the Secretary of Labor, rendered against the applicant in the preceding 3 years for violations of applicable labor, employment, civil rights, or health and safety laws;</text></clause><clause id="H67FE2B7DE7B345A19471271741B62D3C" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>specific information regarding the actions the applicant will take to demonstrate compliance with, and where possible exceedance of, requirements under applicable labor, employment, civil rights, and health and safety laws, and actions the applicant will take to ensure that its direct suppliers demonstrate compliance with applicable labor, employment, civil rights, and health and safety laws; and</text></clause><clause id="HEF0989502690463D995ABABB6EABEAC3" commented="no"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>an estimate and description of the jobs and types of jobs to be retained or created by the project and the specific actions the applicant will take to increase employment and retention of dislocated workers, veterans, individuals from low-income communities, women, minorities, and other groups underrepresented in manufacturing, and individuals with a barrier to employment.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB5DC4CF7BD50433F888300C1B23AA6AB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8CB1BBB9B979456186BAAE4D578B3AEC" style="OLC"><subsection id="H8DE16A6FD0034B9285AB606E219AC557"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cost share and guarantee of operation</header><paragraph id="H3638357551764FE6B044700EE41E2935"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Condition</header><text>A recipient of a grant under this section shall pay the Secretary the full amount of the grant if the facility financed in whole or in part under this subsection fails to manufacture goods for a period of at least 10 years after the completion of construction.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HBA37894B71924AC7A039D7E6A79E60D6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cost share</header><text>Section 988(c) shall apply to a grant made under this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFE181DED72874E8FBBE0C8C01DC41A1B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $2,500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.</text></subsection><subsection id="HD706CC43939E4FA398BD58B835313EB9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Period of availability</header><text>An award made under this section after the date of enactment of this subsection shall only be available with respect to facilities and equipment placed in service before December 30, 2035.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB06F211C74D44050AF5F683FDCAB6545"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The table of contents of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 is amended—</text><paragraph id="H7B3A0662D8AD497C9DAA4585EDBE1826"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the item relating to subtitle B of title VII, by inserting <quote>Plug-In Electric Vehicles,</quote> before <quote>Hybrid Vehicles</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9037D4BA2CFE4B0CA226BEF19C6B0F8D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the item relating to part 1 of such subtitle, by striking <quote>Hybrid</quote> and inserting <quote>Plug-In Electric</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H73310F4493E04ABCBE08B749678B107A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the item relating to section 711, by striking <quote>Hybrid</quote> and inserting <quote>Plug-in electric</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H552E3ECEBD8542D58EBAD40A78ACE26E"><enum>302.</enum><header>Advanced technology vehicles manufacturing incentive program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 136 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17013">42 U.S.C. 17013</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H3888CAD234574F0CB3F3F1F91E992A48"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph id="H740498EEF6F447EEB849C7C8F4397CF0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending paragraph to read as follows: </text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFB46E6C9FB264515B3FA5DFAA56B3E1F" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H3B5250287EEA4090987FF5ACEEBDD5C1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Advanced technology vehicle</header><text>The term <term>advanced technology vehicle</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="HD3AA5BE3F4394073B0D9FCB2119B7535"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an ultra efficient vehicle;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC0433BCC257C461BAC452688BB1237B6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a light-duty vehicle or medium-duty passenger vehicle that—</text><clause id="H978786239A384CC38B6361AD309FC342"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">meets the Bin 160 Tier III emission standard established in regulations issued by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under section 202(i) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7521">42 U.S.C. 7521(i)</external-xref>), or a lower-numbered Bin emission standard; </text></clause><clause id="H6336727C24CC48D78FAF091282082B99"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>meets any new emission standard in effect for fine particulate matter prescribed by the Administrator under that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7401">42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text></clause><clause id="H226790292E504D6392F9BC6633D67388"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>either—</text><subclause id="H6045AB7731424BECAC4D55EAA6D84BCD"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">complies with the applicable regulatory standard for emissions of greenhouse gases for model year 2027 or later; or</text></subclause><subclause id="HEA9E45196B2F4BE9B91CB007EFF80A3A"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">emits zero emissions of greenhouse gases; or</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE71306AF25B741C9A28A96BDDF73C230"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a heavy-duty vehicle (excluding a medium-duty passenger vehicle) that—</text><clause id="HCAB3E27987E14C18A58D13898CA4EF90"><enum>(i)</enum><text>demonstrates achievement below the applicable regulatory standards for emissions of greenhouse gases for model year 2027 vehicles promulgated by the Administrator on October 25, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 73478);</text></clause><clause id="H99B195A2D47A489A9FF519ACCBB054B1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">complies with the applicable regulatory standard for emissions of greenhouse gases for model year 2030 or later; or</text></clause><clause id="HDADEACB1F4F046C6ACF48C792F6ADBB7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>emits zero emissions of greenhouse gases.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB45456F66F734546AFD6A3CFF838BBD6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H83A57AB01A714358AAFC30558DDE12A6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA1DD7E1199724B6D8D4665F7A6916955" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H575362515C6447BC900969CBB53B70AE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Qualifying component</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>qualifying component</term> means a material, technology, component, system, or subsystem in an advanced technology vehicle, including an ultra-efficient component.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE8BF0F5D74ED4DF2BED73521FA4DB9E7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Ultra-efficient component</header><text>The term <term>ultra-efficient component</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="HD964BABC3ADE437D998A817E739B5ADD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a component of an ultra efficient vehicle;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8790F71A718D48C3AA516B1249BACE5A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fuel cell technology;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H21E41A5C25EE45B7B86FE103796F87B2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">battery technology, including a battery cell, battery, battery management system, or thermal control system;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC8E049A765A34DF1981C5EC842E15EEB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an automotive semiconductor or computer;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0C4B5AD4FF604C17BBB7F83CEB33D619"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an electric motor, axle, or component; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC1D7C53A5EBF4A1F9DFF250E886C2DCE"><enum>(F)</enum><text>an advanced lightweight, high-strength, or high-performance material.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1FCF117EEB354FAF95DF599E9481A430" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5)—</text><clause id="HA496333306F2402C865C76DA842F1409" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></clause><clause id="HFFCC88959BD249BF87E14829F5B07B3F" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H6DBBBFBD5EFA4AECB74F33601092B5C2" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="HD2FB68DCB7094DD096DC564E8B9A6630" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H6AD71C40DFD64E7789E49C07ECD824C9" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>at least 75 miles per gallon equivalent while operating as a hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3847AE3616174A5D9CE1BB2463255E1E" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H1185E94F246349C6AC083092D29202EC" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="H56734A3A35C34443A03C8F308EB420FE" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Advanced vehicles manufacturing facility</header><paragraph id="H45D93AD51607465BBB42A1D024AF4EC8" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall provide facility funding awards under this section to advanced technology vehicle manufacturers and component suppliers to pay not more than 50 percent of the cost of—</text><subparagraph id="HE1CC47D81CCA48A0AC9A614389DA124B" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reequipping, expanding, or establishing a manufacturing facility in the United States to produce—</text><clause id="H9A146A564CFC481BA6C4A2D0FE371F7A" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>advanced technology vehicles; or</text></clause><clause id="H7E794ADEA22449EE81D78D650FFCC1EF" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>qualifying components; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H36AFB13C2D6B4AA39703878C461A5742" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>engineering integration performed in the United States of advanced technology vehicles and qualifying components.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB7EC4C4D58A64B308E2BBA67E1422697" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Ultra-efficient components cost share</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a facility funding award under such paragraph may pay not more than 80 percent of the cost of a project to reequip, expand, or establish a manufacturing facility in the United States to produce ultra-efficient components.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H998C3BBF78EF47B88E002E774789E874"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking <quote>2020</quote> and inserting <quote>2031</quote> each place it appears;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7B97B0EA901F45FEA99EA1CD1407F1E9" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text><subparagraph id="HA9D9360123FE43EF9F483A5D68A51BE0" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H20F6B172D4194047B7C540370A3F152C" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="HFF162CE553A64B5E887C019E51AC67CC" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application</header><text>An applicant for a loan under this subsection shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including—</text><subparagraph id="H112A5DBD4BE74DB3BC0D8F43E3C9FAEE" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a written assurance that—</text><clause id="H17F857515ACC424387121FB04A25DDF9" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors during construction, alteration, or repair, or at any manufacturing operation, that is financed, in whole or in part, by a loan under this section shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing in a similar firm or on similar construction in the locality, as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/40/31">chapter 31</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code; and</text></clause><clause id="HB78C92707CD54E31AA2F01F95302A4E2" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Secretary of Labor shall, with respect to the labor standards described in this paragraph, have the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 3145 of title 40, United States Code;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB295FA0E08C342B1B02DA9339DCAEEC1" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a disclosure of whether there has been any administrative merits determination, arbitral award or decision, or civil judgment, as defined in guidance issued by the Secretary of Labor, rendered against the applicant in the preceding 3 years for violations of applicable labor, employment, civil rights, or health and safety laws;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7EBCC71855754B90A4ECFAAC4E445799" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>specific information regarding the actions the applicant will take to demonstrate compliance with, and where possible exceedance of, requirements under applicable labor, employment, civil rights, and health and safety laws, and actions the applicant will take to ensure that its direct suppliers demonstrate compliance with applicable labor, employment, civil rights, and health and safety laws; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H08E999FCFADA469680FBC359BF8518DD"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an estimate and description of the jobs and types of jobs to be retained or created by the project and the specific actions the applicant will take to increase employment and retention of dislocated workers, veterans, individuals from low-income communities, women, minorities, and other groups underrepresented in manufacturing, and individuals with a barrier to employment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6229BB07669D4ED8B4A4DE892662EA8C" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H2C61E063B24C456283F6B8562724E0E6" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="H4FD82E070EA54BDF97665B8289CDFE86" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Selection of eligible projects</header><subparagraph id="HC5ADC05E4AE5458C972C7740956CFA23"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall select eligible projects to receive loans under this subsection in cases in which the Secretary determines—</text><clause id="HA243C8888D574FBD9F605FC77A171DE6" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the loan recipient—</text><subclause id="H1079DB67DB714682A465E65224103141" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>has a reasonable prospect of repaying the principal and interest on the loan;</text></subclause><subclause id="H9638867973A4461FB0A64488A2E09383" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>will provide sufficient information to the Secretary for the Secretary to ensure that the qualified investment is expended efficiently and effectively; and</text></subclause><subclause id="H6D4A1CD0D9F04B8A93B885F9F7F9BE35" commented="no"><enum>(III)</enum><text>has met such other criteria as may be established and published by the Secretary; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="H6F48AC547E1645769B8F922F107FDE62" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount of the loan (when combined with amounts available to the loan recipient from other sources) will be sufficient to carry out the project.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0C094978C87F499A900E0CD5762EC266"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reasonable prospect of repayment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall base a determination of whether there is a reasonable prospect of repayment of the principal and interest on a loan under subparagraph (A) on a comprehensive evaluation of whether the loan recipient has a reasonable prospect of repaying the principal and interest, including evaluation of—</text><clause id="H949B07A8DF79484C9C035D43E58ECB39"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the strength of an eligible project's contractual terms (if commercially reasonably available);</text></clause><clause id="HFDFCBAD3063B45CBBC6AD17CF226C6FE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the forecast of noncontractual cash flows supported by market projections from reputable sources, as determined by the Secretary;</text></clause><clause id="H103C6A5457A64B8297FC457C8542498C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>cash sweeps and other structure enhancements;</text></clause><clause id="H960AAC4D54B24D8F8CCEB9353E9850A1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the projected financial strength of the loan recipient at the time of loan close and projected throughout the loan term after the project is completed;</text></clause><clause id="H4C3B96D26A2B48F780918AA90CA496D4"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the financial strength of the loan recipient’s investors and strategic partners, if applicable; and</text></clause><clause id="HA43EB7D94C944AE1AE970944DBFE12FF"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>other financial metrics and analyses that are relied upon by the private lending community and nationally recognized credit rating agencies, as determined appropriate by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H015AC8928A4C4EB8B402080232C4BE58" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text><clause id="H4C6D0CCA71194181A642200332E97E6C" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting <quote>; or</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="H3BAC652FEA0B448BB59DDE6F0ECB358E" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></clause><clause id="H5344EC96C6D7466286AB0778D2CF4D18" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H86C6D1551AFD4AB3A781536CEE97B40E" commented="no"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HF81DB08F2175480BBF546817EBE1F2E4" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subparagraph id="H07F1822DF0EA4816A9C4529183A7D806" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be subject to the condition that the loan is not subordinate to other financing.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2B1E0D941E96471EA27574BA5CA9EBDA" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H54A5634FA5DC4A5F8F4714AC924C1C3D" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="HC38767F50FE9429FA7EA8AF9BEC9B56E" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of the <short-title>NO EXHAUST Act of 2021</short-title>, the Secretary shall issue a final rule establishing regulations to carry out this section.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="HEA798B4829CF489F81E19B03F033D56D" commented="no"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by amending subsection (f) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HB5B3FD7141E64137858E9DE3470B874A" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="HD04DDF751E41447CA4D958B4BEF276A6" commented="no"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall charge and collect fees for loans under this section in amounts the Secretary determines are sufficient to cover applicable administrative expenses (including any costs associated with third-party consultants engaged by the Secretary), which may not exceed $100,000 or 10 basis points of the loan and may not be collected prior to financial closing.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H38F4091DAFD34E929047371A6BB34C29" commented="no"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by amending subsection (g) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HC9D19CED69C347CCAF2AC3571FABF2DC" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="HB50AE6F101DA4C6689B464DECC53E203" commented="no"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>The Secretary shall, in making awards or loans to those manufacturers that have existing facilities (which may be idle), give priority to those facilities that are or would be—</text><paragraph id="H6E332EC029714E599B2339BC42625062" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>oldest or in existence for at least 20 years;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H20E7C0DF5AC940A8B95727C53964530A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recently closed, or at risk of closure;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H878B094CB2224D5E8274FBD3B82AD9DC" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>utilized primarily for the manufacture of medium-duty passenger vehicles or other heavy-duty vehicles that emit zero greenhouse gas emissions; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H81FB7DB847DC4560BF21AC47385399FE" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>utilized primarily for the manufacture of ultra-efficient components.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="HBC4C9C9C1B764396B1855D3878E7751E"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in subsection (h)—</text><subparagraph id="HC548BF2D12CA47488408FD153A4B83A6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the header, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">automobile</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">advanced technology vehicle</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1E3E9B93FD42489B8B298AFFD07AA885"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B), by striking <quote>automobiles, or components of automobiles</quote> and inserting <quote>advanced technology vehicles, or components of advanced technology vehicles</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H75A30A177A574608ABD66C67715FB608"><enum>(9)</enum><text>by striking subsection (i) and redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (i); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3ED53BCDC6154BD08F51807DB7FA30F9"><enum>(10)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H8E7E3BB564184C0DA7BF11A6C6D549A6" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="H39E733BA0E5F4DD98E236297C5472CAB"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall coordinate with relevant vehicle, bioenergy, and hydrogen and fuel cell demonstration project activities supported by the Department.</text></subsection><subsection id="H4EEEA6361E424878BFAA0505188AE1A9"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Outreach</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall—</text><paragraph id="HB239024B7B2B4B078D25F4629DE2E6F0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide assistance with the completion of applications for awards or loans under this section; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB4AFACCBDEE1449A956D4548C078345B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>conduct outreach, including through conferences and online programs, to disseminate information on awards and loans under this section to potential applicants.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9967CBA981BC49F7B392FE1031179ED7"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this subsection, and every 3 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the status of projects supported by a loan under this section, including—</text><paragraph id="H1004DA1A96F745B38C62F9FDC754E1B3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a list of projects receiving a loan under this section, including the loan amount and construction status of each such project;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4999107B76F54282BEF6D8B86CA41B0C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the status of each project’s loan repayment, including future repayment projections;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H05182215E8B54008BCA6202D2944A26E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">data regarding the number of direct and indirect jobs retained, restored, or created by financed projects;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9659873175BA48CEAB00F8049C6E9BF9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the number of new projects projected to receive a loan under this section in the next 2 years and the aggregate loan amount;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H92CE73C601614CC88485D28A8FF94F44"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluation of ongoing compliance with the assurances and commitments and of the predictions made by applicants pursuant to subsection (d)(2); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9EF2095CE7E64EA796E4AE4FF2615B14"><enum>(6)</enum><text>any other metrics the Secretary finds appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0331A390A04F443DA90C5A0DF18CF022"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>