[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3464 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3464

 To establish a cooperative program of the Department of Agriculture, 
 the Department of Energy, and the Environmental Protection Agency to 
  evaluate the feasibility of using only fuel blended with ethanol to 
                       power municipal vehicles.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 18, 1999

 Mr. Boswell introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish a cooperative program of the Department of Agriculture, 
 the Department of Energy, and the Environmental Protection Agency to 
  evaluate the feasibility of using only fuel blended with ethanol to 
                       power municipal vehicles.

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

SECTION 1. PILOT PROGRAM OF COMPETITIVE GRANTS TO PROMOTE THE USE OF 
              ETHANOL-BLENDED FUELS TO RUN MUNICIPAL VEHICLES.

    (a) Grants Authorized.--The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary 
of Energy, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
shall jointly establish a pilot program to award competitive grants to 
assist local governments to reduce air pollution by covering the costs 
associated with converting their entire municipal vehicle fleet to an 
ethanol-blended fuel.
    (b) Number of Grants; Preference.--Grants shall be made to not more 
than five local governments, with preference given to local governments 
that have a recognized air pollution problem in their communities, as 
determined by the Environmental Protection Agency.
    (c) Study of Benefits of Conversion.--To receive a grant under this 
section, a local government must agree to cooperate in a study to 
assess the economic and environmental benefits to be gained from 
exclusively using ethanol-blended fuel to power their municipal 
vehicles. The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Energy, and 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall jointly 
submit to Congress a report containing the results of the study.
    (d) Funding Requirements; Grant Criteria.--As soon as possible 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Agriculture, the Secretary of Energy, and the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency shall jointly submit to Congress a 
report containing the following:
            (1) The criteria to be used to award grants under this 
        section.
            (2) The level of funding necessary to carry out the grant 
        program.
            (3) The expected duration of the study under subsection (c) 
        once the grants have been awarded.
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