[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1382 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1382

 To provide assistance for ultra efficient vehicles under the advanced 
          technology vehicles manufacturing incentive program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 9, 2009

  Mr. Bilbray (for himself, Mr. Schiff, Mrs. Bono Mack, Mrs. Davis of 
  California, Mr. Filner, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Issa, Mr. Sherman, and Mr. 
 Radanovich) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide assistance for ultra efficient vehicles under the advanced 
          technology vehicles manufacturing incentive program.

    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 ``Innovative Vehicle Act''.

SEC. 2. ULTRA EFFICIENT VEHICLES.

    Section 136 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 
U.S.C. 17013) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``an ultra 
                efficient vehicle or'' after ``means''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(5) Ultra efficient vehicle.--The term `ultra efficient 
        vehicle' means a fully closed compartment vehicle designed to 
        carry at least 2 adult passengers that achieves--
                    ``(A) at least 75 miles per gallon while operating 
                on gasoline or diesel fuel;
                    ``(B) at least 75 miles per gallon equivalent while 
                operating as a hybrid electric-gasoline or electric-
                diesel vehicle; or
                    ``(C) at least 75 miles per gallon equivalent while 
                operating as a fully electric vehicle.'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by inserting ``, ultra efficient vehicle 
                manufacturers,'' after ``automobile manufacturers'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``or'' at the end of 
                        subparagraph (A);
                            (ii) by striking ``and'' at the end of 
                        subparagraph (B) and inserting ``or''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following 
                        new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) ultra efficient vehicles; and''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, ultra 
                efficient vehicles,'' after ``qualifying vehicles'';
            (3) in subsection (g), by inserting ``or are utilized 
        primarily for the manufacture of ultra efficient vehicles'' 
        after ``20 years''; and
            (4) in subsection (h)(1)(B), by striking ``automobiles'' 
        and inserting ``ultra efficient vehicles, automobiles,''.

SEC. 3. RECONSIDERATION OF PRIOR APPLICATIONS.

    The Secretary of Energy shall reconsider applications for 
assistance under section 136 of the Energy Independence and Security 
Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17013) that were--
            (1) timely filed under that section before January 1, 2009;
            (2) rejected on the basis that the vehicles to which the 
        proposal related were not advanced technology vehicles; and
            (3) related to ultra efficient vehicles.
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