[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2093 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2093

  To encourage the use of clean fuels, encourage the development of a 
  clean fuels refueling infrastructure, and reduce the dependency on 
                  foreign oil, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 12, 1993

  Mr. Gallo introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To encourage the use of clean fuels, encourage the development of a 
  clean fuels refueling infrastructure, and reduce the dependency on 
                  foreign oil, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Fuels Infrastructure and 
Incentives Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) the United States continues to import vast quantities 
        of foreign oil;
            (2) the supply of such imported oil may be interrupted by 
        international conflicts and such interruptions have an 
        immediate, adverse effect on the economic well-being of 
        virtually all citizens of the United States;
            (3) the widespread use of petroleum-based transportation 
        fuels results in the emission of significant quantities of 
        harmful air pollutants;
            (4) the increased use of alternative or clean fuels will 
        reduce the Nation's dependency on foreign oil and decrease the 
        level of air pollution;
            (5) the Congress has already determined, by the passage of 
        the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, that the increased use of 
        clean fuels is in the Nation's best interest;
            (6) the use of clean fuels will be maximized if a 
        nationwide, publicly available refueling infrastructure is 
        developed to service vehicles operating on clean fuels; and
            (7) it is in the Nation's best interest for the Federal 
        Government to assist in the development and construction of 
        clean fuel refueling facilities that will be available for use 
        by the general public.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    For the purpose of this Act--
            (1) the term ``clean fuels'' means natural gas, liquefied 
        petroleum, liquefied petroleum gas, hydrogen, electricity, and 
        any fuel at least 85 percent of which is one or more of the 
        following: methanol, ethanol, any other alcohol, or ether;
            (2) the term ``clean fuels vehicle'' means a vehicle that 
        operates exclusively on clean fuels; and
            (3) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Energy.

SEC. 4. CLEAN FUEL GRANTS TO STATES.

    (a) Authority.--The Secretary shall establish a program for 
providing grants to eligible States to fund the construction of clean 
fuel refueling facilities in ozone nonattainment areas classified under 
subpart D of title I of the Clean Air Act as Serious, Severe, or 
Extreme, that will be available for use by the general public.
    (b) Authorizations.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary $33,000,000 for fiscal year 1994; $33,000,000 for fiscal year 
1995; and $34,000,000 for fiscal year 1996 for making the grants to 
States authorized under subsection (a).
    (c) Administration of Grants to States.--(1) The Secretary shall 
distribute funds to States pursuant to a formula based on the pro rata 
number of licensed motor vehicles operating in each State.
    (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no State shall 
receive no more than $5,000,000 of the funds appropriated each fiscal 
year pursuant to subsection (b).
    (3) Each State that receives funds under this section shall be 
required to distribute at least 50 percent of such funds to persons for 
the installation of clean fuel refueling facilities in the private 
sector. The remaining funds shall be used for the installation of clean 
fuel refueling facilities for use by the State or any political 
subdivision thereof.
    (d) Eligible States.--A State shall be eligible for a grant under 
this section only if such State--
            (1) has submitted a revision of the applicable 
        implementation plan pursuant to section 249(f)(2) of the Clean 
        Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7589(f)(2)) expressing its intention to 
        adopt the standards described in such section 249; and
            (2) has adopted such standards no later than model year 
        1996.
    (e) Report to Congress.--The Secretary shall, by December 31, 1997, 
submit to Congress a report on the implementation of this Act which 
includes--
            (1) a listing of the location of each refueling facility 
        receiving funds;
            (2) an estimate of the increase in clean fuels refueling 
        capacity resulting from this Act;
            (3) an estimate of the reduction in use of petroleum-based 
        fuels resulting from this Act; and
            (4) the Secretary's plans to increase the availability of 
        clean fuel refueling facilities.

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