1.Short
title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Oil Independence for a Stronger
America Act of 2010
.
(b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
TITLE I—National energy security program
Sec. 101. National energy security program.
Sec. 102. National Energy Security Council.
TITLE II—Vehicle fuel economy
Sec. 201. Vehicle fuel economy.
TITLE III—Electric vehicle deployment
Sec. 301. Findings.
Sec. 302. Definitions.
Sec. 303. National Electric Drive Vehicle Deployment
Program.
Sec. 304. Targeted Electric Drive Vehicle Deployment
Communities Program.
Sec. 305. Modifications to tax credits.
Sec. 306. Qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle
refueling property bonds.
Sec. 307. Utility planning for plug-in electric drive
vehicles.
Sec. 308. Federal fleets.
Sec. 309. Advanced batteries for tomorrow prize.
Sec. 310. Research and development program.
Sec. 311. Study on the supply of raw materials.
Sec. 312. Plug-in Electric Drive Vehicle Technical Advisory
Committee.
Sec. 313. Plug-in Electric Drive Vehicle Interagency Task
Force.
Sec. 314. Prohibition on disposing of advanced batteries in
landfills.
Sec. 315. Loan guarantees for advanced battery purchases for
use in stationary applications.
Sec. 316. Model updating building codes, permitting and
inspection processes, and zoning or parking rules.
Sec. 317. Workforce training.
Sec. 318. Credit for grid-interactive plug-in
vehicles.
TITLE IV—Transportation infrastructure
Subtitle A—Transportation options for families and
businesses
Sec. 401. Oil savings and greenhouse gas emission reductions
through transportation efficiency.
Sec. 402. Investing in transportation greenhouse gas emission
reduction programs.
Sec. 403. Commuter benefits equity.
Subtitle B—Freight transportation
Sec. 411. Freight transportation goal and plan.
Sec. 412. Freight rail congestion grants.
Sec. 413. Rail electrification study.
TITLE V—Alternative transportation fuels
Subtitle A—Advanced biofuels
Sec. 501. Allowance of investment tax credit for advanced
biofuel facilities.
Sec. 502. Grants for advanced biofuel facility
property.
Sec. 503. Inclusion of algae-based biofuel in definition of
cellulosic biofuel.
Sec. 504. Extension of cellulosic biofuel producer
credit.
Sec. 505. Extension of special allowance for cellulosic biofuel
plant property.
Sec. 506. Extension of incentives for biodiesel and renewable
diesel.
Sec. 507. Extension of alcohol fuels tax credits.
Subtitle B—Powering vehicles with natural gas
Sec. 511. Credit for qualified natural gas motor
vehicles.
Sec. 512. Natural gas vehicle bonds.
Sec. 513. Incentives for manufacturing facilities producing
vehicles fueled by compressed or liquified natural gas.
Sec. 514. Study of increasing natural gas and liquefied
petroleum gas vehicles in Federal fleet.
TITLE VI—Heating oil and propane conservation
Sec. 601. Energy efficiency improvements for heating oil,
propane, and kerosene use in homes and commercial buildings.
Sec. 602. Renewable biomass thermal energy for commercial
buildings.
2.In this Act:
(1)The
term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency.
(2)The term Council means the
National Energy Security Council established by section 102.
(3)National oil
independence goalThe term national oil independence
goal means the national oil independence goal established under section
101(c).
(4)National oil
independence planThe term national oil independence
plan means the national oil independence plan established under section
101(d).
<enum>I</enum><header>National energy
security program</header>
<section id="ID710d5f39e43349f79b7ebeac5ff650d3"><enum>101.</enum><header>National
energy security program</header>
<subsection id="IDb598dfff94dd4b1692a6f7b2e211e6dd"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established in the Executive Office of the President the national energy
security program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDbae1480875604901b38509522a989fe5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Mission</header><text>The
mission of the national energy security program shall be to coordinate the
activities and policies of the Federal Government to ensure, to the maximum
extent practicable, that the United States meets—</text>
<paragraph id="idCD71B44C58B7476181DE6C7F0C8FAA04"><enum>(1)</enum><text>goals for
reducing oil dependence, oil imports, and oil consumption; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC8FC3E99446E4D0BB167A4F086DD95CE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>other energy
policy goals, including goals for—</text>
<subparagraph id="idB05338AB57454AC29FE5C953A1EAFECE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>enhancing the
competitiveness of the United States in clean energy technology;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id21EEB7C2F0994DCF98A43B2B51EB1BB1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>strengthening
clean energy technology manufacturing in the United States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id690A4C3FEA434C45B16B51D299F7D4A8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>reducing
greenhouse gas emissions; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFB9885B88C1A492B9788CD2061512C40"><enum>(D)</enum><text>reducing other
environmental impacts.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDaee3c9eede87475bb28265ac4e9e19b1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>National oil
independence goal</header>
<paragraph id="ID62f19d98333041c0ad2234db0dfcecc5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), it is the goal of the United
States to reduce oil consumption by 8,000,000 barrels per day by calendar year
2030 (as compared to the rate of oil consumption projected for calendar year
2030 as of the date of enactment of this Act).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID53bc0ad73b37427197263b9dca5d0066"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adjustments</header><text>The
President, in consultation with the Council—</text>
<subparagraph id="idB7682E77959549A3B555F1C25DA7E5BD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>may adjust the
goal established under paragraph (1); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB47B1344D2184D0CA7AD57AF57E68DA4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall ensure that
the goal represents the maximum practicable oil savings achievable, taking into
account other benefits of reducing oil consumption (including economic,
security, and environmental benefits) and costs or other economic
effects.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDc8da42aee22547669d9f1e2bc23cbb70"><enum>(d)</enum><header>National oil
independence plan</header>
<paragraph id="IDa7458aaf7e8b4fcdb30ec178fdf89ae9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The President, in coordination with the Council and the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC52EFF2AC00946D0A313A14D2CFDDF4D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>develop a
national oil independence plan that describes programs and activities that will
be implemented to meet or exceed the national oil independence goal;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id44BDDD5679FD48D1BB96359385F9909B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submit the
national oil independence plan to Congress not later than 180 days after the
date of enactment of this Act; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA05811812FCD44D487B0A0C6806B360F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>submit an updated
national oil independence plan to Congress every 2 years thereafter.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID45e74e93ce25402cace0b729a5b23665"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review of
Federal policies, programs, and authorities</header><text>Not later than 120
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President, in coordination
with the Council and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall
review existing programs and authorities of the Federal Government and other
applicable policies (including tax policies) to determine—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDa9099a8f23994f02b514cd95e5ccfc24"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idF422BE6FC4C6417AA94AA8C24F4B5881"><enum>(i)</enum><text>which programs,
authorities, or policies could be used to accelerate reductions in oil
dependence; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id4219275A3B69422A80C4B821261FD6AB" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the manner by which the programs,
authorities, or policies could be used to maximize reductions in oil
dependence; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID840c12a660a847949d39b24d177f53a9"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id016F2F7F3FA94CE998541CC47300F409"><enum>(i)</enum><text>which programs,
authorities, or policies have the effect of increasing oil consumption and oil
dependence or otherwise create barriers to reducing oil consumption and oil
dependence; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idC8865DA34ED44087B361140DE03528D3" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the manner by which the programs,
authorities, or policies—</text>
<subclause id="id88CA56B5A01D4B3F94E6B0B1C9EC2066"><enum>(I)</enum><text>have the effect of encouraging oil
consumption or oil dependence or otherwise create barriers to reducing oil
consumption and oil dependence; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id2CD7BE5B5A944DC782D81C24D3761FE9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>could be modified or eliminated to help
meet the goal of reducing oil consumption and oil dependence.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID23a9c3e0363541a387cca6d599ca6dbb"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>At
a minimum, the national oil independence plan shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDe528f2e38acd472cb891bbdfa6aae9af"><enum>(A)</enum><text>cover
implementation of the measures and programs established by this Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID48040ba12ce14973be59a1e55e20c0b2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>describe the
results and conclusions of the review conducted under paragraph (2);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID85df78727c5b4e2887b5224a462579d0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>as appropriate,
include—</text>
<clause id="ID39ed083f1eb14d5c8255e8573e15fb4b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
use of programs, authorities, or policies described in paragraph (2)(A);
and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDccc87aaf4dc747348a3163842533231c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if
existing authority allows, proposals to modify or eliminate programs,
authorities, or policies described in paragraph (2)(B);</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDfdb0ba8978a34b5ca7bccbd5cef3d147"><enum>(D)</enum><text>include
recommendations to Congress for legislation that would further—</text>
<clause id="id2A0AF802CD234915B13F19EDE3925E48"><enum>(i)</enum><text>promote
reductions in oil consumption and oil dependence;</text>
</clause><clause id="idC54E2E075F3C411593244B11913444D0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>reduce barriers
to reducing oil consumption and oil dependence; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idC978850EE56B49FEB1B4F1677034D68C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>help meet the
energy policy goals of the United States;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb1a9505734de4da7a3726736e10fb688"><enum>(E)</enum><text>include a
timetable for achieving the national oil independence goal, including interim
targets on not less than a biennial basis;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7c40fd47b2c6495faf2ebb0ed34d128b"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a plan for
coordinating actions across the Federal Government, including measures
established under this Act, to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that
the national oil independence goal is met; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID332b73b113f84655aa3673503b7c9eb5"><enum>(G)</enum><text>a timeline for
issuing rules, Executive orders, or other policy instruments that will
implement the recommendations contained the national oil independence
plan.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID2e25d135d48d49f9971e50ad696ffc96"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Annual requests
to Congress</header><text>When submitting annual budget requests to Congress,
the President shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="IDdb999235cace49ae9edd88b9c2d74d57"><enum>(1)</enum><text>requests for
sufficient funding for such programs as are necessary to meet the national oil
independence goal;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb3d751181eac40afa4aa118bff7a82ab"><enum>(2)</enum><text>requests for
additional authority or changes to existing laws or authorities to implement
the national oil independence plan; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDba8f6670954e42b99bbce1d12d121c6e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a report on the
oil consumption and imports of the United States relative to the national oil
independence goal and the interim targets and timelines established in the
national oil independence plan.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID2cd6559413364876aa4f5f6219fa2985"><enum>102.</enum><header>National
Energy Security Council</header>
<subsection id="IDe06b2729baf14a23a7b811baf662ef6a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established in the Executive Office of the President a National Energy
Security Council.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID43392430061a4e798b9632157cb32ea3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Mission</header><text>The
mission of the Council shall be to assist and advise the President in—</text>
<paragraph id="IDde4bdfec14854b6993ddc9996ec885fa"><enum>(1)</enum><text>setting and
meeting the national oil independence goal;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID91189d2de1774fe89766dc281a825304"><enum>(2)</enum><text>developing the
national oil independence plan and the requests described in section
101(e);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1f0b5a228b1744729353ace8ac32fb7b"><enum>(3)</enum><text>coordinating the
policies, programs, and activities of the Federal program in order to implement
the national oil independence plan and meet the national oil independence goal;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc2adea4aefa3470b8e99a8b3e1b84813"><enum>(4)</enum><text>ensuring that
policy decisions and programs are consistent with the energy policy goals of
the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID48cf867ebcb241149050104bdb90efe7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The
membership of the Council shall consist of—</text>
<paragraph id="IDf6ddde2819ee48c59f32751b888959c8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Energy;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd90a9f849a874095b0fc5514a0f685eb"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Transportation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0594b113a9874647a048fa628064305a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the
Administrator;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID63b4683fa350422caf1918661b408dda"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Director of
the National Economic Council;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5292e22d330f497cb30630d16c6b0ae1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Commerce;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDcc1ece36841144d381f390bac535617e"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Labor;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID80615a13fc014db9a25bbae1f3c93d60"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Agriculture;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf6bb43adb07d49fdb18f7fe84a5f7667"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the Chair of the
Council on Environmental Quality;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6871c5e1b72b4b039567ae0175cabb1c"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDbe26a28a3afb4c64a4d8fb0bbbe63413"><enum>(10)</enum><text>the Secretary of
State;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID49005c9c45ca4d798231b76b2b0e9e70"><enum>(11)</enum><text>the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID451c1affa7ca415e9dcaf6c31ef154a0"><enum>(12)</enum><text>the Director of
the Office of Science and Technology Policy.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDa66d818a28064f73b51b3de56a013fd7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Chair</header><text>The
President shall act as Chair of the Council.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID5e3531d390e1481488acf2cdc79face7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this section $8,000,000 for each fiscal year.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Vehicle fuel
economy</header>
<section id="ID325592db171540c29a2917dbedc00525"><enum>201.</enum><header>Vehicle fuel
economy</header>
<subsection id="ID454b60b6af354dd0abbadbea4ee4565b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Light-Duty
vehicles</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation, using the authority
provided under section 32902 of title 49, United States Code, and the
Administrator, using the authority provided under the
<act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 7401 et
seq.), shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID342970e3c83e4acd841d5f891928501a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not later than 1
year after the date of enactment of this Act, promulgate joint regulations
establishing corporate average fuel economy standards and greenhouse gas
emissions limitations for light-duty vehicles manufactured for each of model
years 2017 through 2030 to maximize reductions in oil consumption and
greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the criteria under those authorities;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9deb2e0fd27b4cde8d8d555c9a0bb8dd"><enum>(2)</enum><text>every 3 years
thereafter, update the standards and limitations established under paragraph
(1) for model years that are not less than 4 years after the date of the
update.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDbbea8476bf25430f99de0d1cbd2e5e56"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Medium- and
heavy-Duty vehicles</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation, using the
authority provided under section 32902 of title 49, United States Code, and the
Administrator, using the authority provided under the
<act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 7401 et
seq.), shall—</text>
<paragraph id="IDedfa97ef6496479d8a05e6d26ec62f2e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not later than 18
months after the date of enactment of this Act, promulgate joint regulations
establishing corporate average fuel economy standards and greenhouse gas
emissions limitations for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles manufactured for each
of model years 2017 through 2030 to maximize reductions in oil consumption and
greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the criteria under those authorities;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc022f13410ee483eb03ea78ec9ea9705"><enum>(2)</enum><text>every 3 years
thereafter, update the standards and limitations established under paragraph
(1) for model years that are not less than 4 years after the date of the
update.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID3c27e858db0e4fe1be924922c8c4914c"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Nonroad
vehicles</header>
<paragraph id="IDd39e5c595c304eeaa9a34f503a2f4d9c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, using the authority provided under
section 32902 of title 49, United States Code, and the Administrator, using the
authority provided under the <act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air
Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.), shall promulgate joint regulations
establishing fuel economy standards and greenhouse gas emissions limitations
for nonroad vehicles to maximize reductions in oil consumption and greenhouse
gas emissions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf1cc15e2e6054b17b55fcc5eb36bf362"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The
nonroad vehicles described in paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum—</text>
<subparagraph id="idA0B0B463E8AB4C06AA03F33BE1C69771"><enum>(A)</enum><text>airplanes and
aviation vehicles;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC18B6521633243AAB282054D7EF7F96E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>passenger and
freight rail engines;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3D3349DFE81B41498A7AFC0912F2E227"><enum>(C)</enum><text>boat and other
marine engines; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id128E22A3E93F4C4293C1DAF3176ED4DE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>off-highway
construction vehicles.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDad6be3cddba74fa0867bd5b304b74b75"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The standards and limitations established under paragraph
(1) shall take effect not earlier than 2 years after the date on which the
applicable regulations are promulgated.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0ee11fbba6654b75b0f9b79903638532"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>The
Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator shall establish a timeline
for updating the standards and limitations established under paragraph (1) to
maximize reductions in oil consumption and greenhouse gas.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Electric
vehicle deployment</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id826B92F2A55A4FFFA9F5B3AE464FA801" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID247d98991f3e486484458b23c72b2970"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States is the largest consumer
of petroleum in the world, consuming 19,500,000 barrels per day of petroleum
products during 2008;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID20445b8dd1c94b22afa482abd87c4747"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">high and volatile international oil prices
represent a significant and ongoing threat to the economic and national
security of the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID965f092aa156408894b0ac849f94f178"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">many of the nations on which the United
States relies for petroleum supplies or that significantly affect the world
petroleum market share neither the national interest nor the values of the
United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd0b9cfb9ccac4af7b845a0bba0115e62"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States imports more than 50
percent of the petroleum needs of the country each day;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa9239d3f085849d5b059909f4f74953c"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in 2008, the net deficit of the United
States in petroleum trade amounted to more than $380,000,000,000, or nearly 60
percent of the total trade deficit;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3e082f3b19104e2494b3356ca856fbf7"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the transportation sector of the United
States accounts for over <fraction>2/3</fraction> of total national petroleum
consumption and is 94 percent reliant on petroleum;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDceb535fd4dcb4d4a8bec14a2044a59ef"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the electrification of the light-duty
vehicle fleet represents a direct pathway to significant reduction in petroleum
dependence, because passenger cars and light trucks account for more than 60
percent of the transportation petroleum demand and more than 40 percent of
total petroleum demand in the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDffce893583ac467b84ee61b66029fd50"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the electrification of the light-duty
vehicle fleet promotes national energy security because the electric power
sector uses a diverse range of domestic electricity generation sources;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID92564ba5f5ba4b228d8b9a338b38dcc5"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">electric drive cars, when running on
electric power, produce no tailpipe emissions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID19a76469f5a547ab9f32997a8ac8c6fb"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the deployment of 700,000 plug-in electric
drive vehicles would result in a petroleum savings of approximately 10,000,000
barrels per year compared to the annual petroleum consumption as of the date of
enactment of this Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDffb801c2cf8b4b28aa1a5417ccff1828"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in 2030, the United States could feasibly
deploy more than 100,000,000 plug-in electric drive vehicles, which would
result in a petroleum savings of more than 1,000,000,000 barrels of petroleum
per year and greenhouse gas reductions of over 300,000,000 tons of carbon
dioxide compared to the annual petroleum consumption and greenhouse gas
emissions as of the date of enactment of this Act; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7bd7571229b0481a89c1788fd15ce272"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a targeted deployment program for plug-in
electric drive vehicles that is focused on competitively selected deployment
communities—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB31BFB23153C487AB05B3338935477A4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">represents the best opportunity to
introduce plug-in electric drive vehicles to the market; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBA2FD5DE18A6490281CD131C3685E874"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with the information learned from the
deployment communities, will—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5865F89A857448BDAC3434DFB4104815"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">inform best practices for the wide-scale
deployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2877FC1C0E1D4200A858AA1BA4657738"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">substantially reduce the oil consumption of
the United States.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2ad9c8c760494c43af0a66b237a95450" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF7CDDC6EDAC4C59A30293221DABA484"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>agency</term> has the
meaning given the term <term>Executive agency</term> in section 105 of title 5,
United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79CE34D362354AB699CB8AD249F2A2B9"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Charging infrastructure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>charging
infrastructure</term> means any property (not including a building or the
structural components of a building) if the property is used for the recharging
of motor vehicles propelled by electricity, including electrical panel
upgrades, wiring, conduit, trenching, pedestals, and related equipment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFC4D4E7C6EA5412AAC13BEDA64182E44"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Committee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Committee</term> means the
Plug-in Electric Drive Vehicle Technical Advisory Committee established by
section 312.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6379D9D807C246B4913ACFCF1AF870EE"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deployment community</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>deployment community</term>
means a community selected by the Secretary to be part of the targeted plug-in
electric drive vehicles deployment communities program under section
304.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID248ddfe1da7a4f5ca914d6049d77023e"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Electric drive vehicle</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>electric drive
vehicle</term> means a vehicle that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0da5417979e54a50ad50a314598e7bfe"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id13B24F11B580440F913B92E25FE2F1E4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E3938F378624EA3827DE052CA6A16F4" indent="up1"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a light-duty vehicle (as the term is
defined in section 86.1803–01 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, as in
effect as of the date of enactment of this Act) that draws motive power from a
battery with a capacity of at least 4 kilowatt-hours;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id998306C40E5E45A3A447266EB16E4BC4" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a heavy-duty vehicle (as the term is
defined in section 86.1803–01 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, as in
effect as of the date of enactment of this Act) with a gross vehicle weight
rating greater than 8,500 pounds and less than 14,000 pounds that draws motive
power from a battery with a capacity of at least 8 kilowatt-hours;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C08A645896646B4AE31DBA90207B433" indent="up1"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a heavy-duty vehicle (as the term is
defined in section 86.1803–01 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, as in
effect as of the date of enactment of this Act) with a gross vehicle weight
rating greater than 14,000 pounds and less than 33,000 pounds that draws motive
power from a battery with a capacity of at least 15 kilowatt-hours; or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10372CAD128F49498659A277AB6A2A6B" indent="up1"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a heavy-duty vehicle (as the term is
defined in section 86.1803–01 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, as in
effect as of the date of enactment of this Act) with a gross vehicle weight
rating greater than 33,000 pounds that draws motive power from a battery with a
capacity of at least 20 kilowatt-hours; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id613C4693E34440019E5F0A7F99B5B01E" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">can be recharged from an external source of
electricity for motive power; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2d12b21039e147c2a5719dd50c291a10"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is a motor vehicle (as the term is defined
in section 216 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7550)) that draws motive power
from a fuel cell (as the term is defined in section 803 of the Spark M.
Matsunaga Hydrogen Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16152)).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4ABB8C83443B4714A225FB76B91A332F"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Electric utility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>electric utility</term> has
the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Public Utility Regulatory
Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2602).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1f9e3b181d1a4965ba7f73bf8f80057a"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal-aid system of
highways</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>Federal-aid system of highways</term> means a highway system described in
section 103 of title 23, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41F98DAE9089441CAC9E709C37CFE3E2"><enum>(8)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Plug-in electric drive vehicle</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20C3E232C3BB45BF8D27FDB72B0CB735"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>plug-in electric drive
vehicle</term> has the meaning given the term in section 131(a)(5) of the
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17011(a)(5)).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9DB11742574B44A0BCC473AFFA0E643E"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>plug-in electric drive
vehicle</term> includes—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE8D6D5268AF49928FF8520DF574E145"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a low speed plug-in electric drive vehicles
that meet the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards described in section
571.500 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations);
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9D07E2FD3444423CAE10F4355F00668E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other motor vehicles that can be
recharged from an external source of motive power and that is authorized to
travel on the Federal-aid system of highways.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF3FA4B12719A4ECC8BABB67D297442C8"><enum>(9)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prize</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Prize</term> means the
Advanced Batteries for Tomorrow Prize established by section 309.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98D53D211D3A431281EC432D273EDB77"><enum>(10)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the
Secretary of Energy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4E92B9E87C8E407A98B42E96B30B522C"><enum>(11)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Task Force</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Task Force</term> means the
Plug-in Electric Drive Vehicle Interagency Task Force established by section
313.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAE4FAE6B04A84C18A7F01D07EA33DE39" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Electric Drive Vehicle Deployment
Program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB2AD9A8460FF4FFEAD0AC6BF1A391AB4"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established within the Department
of Energy a national electric drive vehicle deployment program.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15CC3E6B971649F7973CD61EF16DF688"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National plan</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA3BB1722E02942C1A1FE854A1180B2D4"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop a national plan for electric
drive vehicle deployment that includes—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84A602EB7DC842D7B84CBC3378811511"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the maximum feasible
deployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles by 2020 and 2030;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5724CAD030114AE2A823822B2E208C6C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the establishment of national goals for
market penetration of plug-in electric drive vehicles by 2020 and 2030;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93F73228B51A4752BB25E7B0B0633F06"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a plan for using the successes and barriers
to deployment identified by the deployment communities program established
under section 304 to prepare communities across the nation for the rapid
deployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles that includes—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD7D75EFA08794191B0186B4BC1B91E5B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">measures that communities not selected as
deployment communities should implement to prepare for electric drive vehicle
deployment; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3EE0494F6D864D989B1859443B028E29"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any recommendations to the President or
Congress on the manner in which the Federal Government can assist communities
not selected as deployment communities in preparing for electric vehicle
deployment—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id257D95EBF365402EA1C66F91CEA2EC7C"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to support national plug-in electric drive
vehicle deployment; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id389B28FC8D654449AAF2E54B3CBDDADA"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to benefit from the lessons learned by
targeted electric drive vehicle deployment communities;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0D717E0EC70145139803954BCBC8E933"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a plan for providing technical assistance
to communities across the United States to prepare for plug-in electric drive
vehicle deployment; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id848F6F20CACC482C8F3F38A9E9154816"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in consultation with the Task Force, any
recommendations to the President and to Congress for changes in Federal
programs (including laws, regulations, and guidelines)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEDF1AF941E03435F9F91DFDA5A8EAFBD"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to better promote the deployment of plug-in
electric drive vehicles; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEA6625A53A2C4D81A723F17314D018AB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to reduce barriers to the deployment of
plug-in electric drive vehicles.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC16FF3789C74E5E844BACD2CCBA4F3C"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Updates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall use market data and
information from the targeted electric drive vehicle deployment communities
program established under section 304 to regularly update the plan to reflect
real world market conditions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92D1586DFB07494EAD07613FD086DE5F"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical assistance</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id832B0E27FFE9448BB02694FC68E3B3AA"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this section, the Secretary
shall provide, at the request of the applicable local elected official,
technical assistance to communities to assist with the deployment of plug-in
electric drive vehicles.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2FD4DD301B554A99A07E1D8B3534A1A5"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In providing technical assistance under
this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id754EFBAF81D8415E8754A35EA7DF35AD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">communities that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88D94C129A5949B88BBEF6CE0DD88B81"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">applied to participate in the program
described in section 304 but were not selected to be deployment communities;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id924530BB4D0E44C89358169527897CBE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submitted applications that were evaluated
as the most worthy of selection based on criteria established by the
Secretary;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48F5E1B38B5C4E929FD0A44FC9E12476"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">communities that have established the most
engaged partnerships among stakeholders, including, at a minimum—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5BEAFA47BEB2443CAC65841DACF21435"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">elected and appointed officials from each
of the participating State, local, and tribal governments;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0D80302AFC3D45149F7537C7430E45DA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all relevant generators and distributors of
electricity;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91421F3EA1954C90B84C3338AEB71274"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">public utility commissions;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE433FB8F660643DA905698AF2BAA5659"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">departments of public works and
transportation;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87B6C2A963BC43BFB3FB43C882EBF225"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">owners and operators of property that will
be essential to the deployment of a sufficient level of publicly available
charging infrastructure (including privately owned parking lots or
structures);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1D632608D487470FA688E389FC56F699"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">plug-in electric drive vehicle
manufacturers or retailers;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD3B188BB502F481CB552EB83283C27D3"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">third-party providers of charging
infrastructure or services;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52891A0C93384B01AFF9A0FBD09F198A"><enum>(viii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">owners of any major fleet that will
participate in the program;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id839D64B4DEEF4287AD17CF12DDD92726"><enum>(ix)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as appropriate, owners and operators of
regional electric power distribution and transmission facilities; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF0A8846DB1E14966A3745B4268E0E3B7"><enum>(x)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other existing community coalitions
recognized by the Department of Energy; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6B22061650064628947A1B602674734F"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">communities that have best demonstrated
that the public is likely to embrace plug-in electric drive vehicles.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB59FB57EF1EC4BB095AA421F0728DACA"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall submit biennially to
the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the progress made in
implementing the national plan described in subsection (b) that
includes—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6430693324C84482BA8F38B433473B5F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the progress made by the
technical assistance program under subsection (c); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C1AB2E48DE442B49550B6767FAAB3D1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any updated recommendations of the
Secretary for changes in Federal programs to promote the purposes of this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEF8BA34CAC764DC783779267792596E3"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for fiscal
years 2011 through 2016.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60F505B1086D4DA3BD308CD33461A2FF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>304.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Targeted Electric Drive Vehicle Deployment
Communities Program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID74d2f5759bb4489fac28449c6d263fb2"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFDD9B06133A649D98691E50F36F5FC0D"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established within the national
electric drive deployment program established under section 303 a targeted
electric drive vehicle deployment communities program (referred to in this
section as the <quote>Program</quote>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDeeb72bc90f3f4d35a9efbb75ddc7ad69"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Phase 1</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD0F6D8E1E2DC4013A819D55CD9E665AE"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a competitive
process to select at least 5 and not more than 15 phase 1 deployment
communities for the Program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0897b6e82548403b95bc13ac2efe75b4"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In selecting participants for the Program
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall only consider applications submitted
by State, tribal, or local government entities (or groups of State, tribal, or
local government entities).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idECAA235EF7114826876B43671E780B92"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Selection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall select the phase 1 deployment
communities under this paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC873C2FE053F4C6FBE360CB32E0BD036"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Phase 1 of the Program shall be carried out
for a 5-year period beginning on the date funding under this title is first
provided to the deployment community.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7fad753a13be4d97882a664330be5fb5"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Phase 2</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 5 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that
analyzes the success of phase I and, if, based on the phase I analysis, the
Secretary determines that a phase II program is warranted, makes
recommendations and describes a plan for phase II, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID215365a17e4e4638920b6a42887a5f2e"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations regarding—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9D19458D6E2648A4AFC62B156749E0C3"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of additional deployment
communities that should be selected;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCB5BF6EFB44848658163631729C3CFFA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the manner in which criteria for selection
should be updated;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51C3CC6656E64E23B2367F89A77266F1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the manner in which incentive structures
for phase 2 deployment should be changed; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa6f4a462661249628f672bf8c2715df7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether other forms of onboard energy
storage for electric drive vehicles should be included in phase 2; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE775510EF65749838AC485DED93B378E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a request for appropriations to implement
phase 2 of the Program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID95ad1f4d92884eb8833d64eb475437cc"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Goals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The goals of the Program are—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0ee115e4aa934da98ca04c7a85acedf3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to facilitate the rapid deployment of
plug-in electric drive vehicles, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFD518B8A070D4EE9A8AC71FB47861599"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the deployment of 700,000 plug-in electric
drive vehicles in phase 1 in the deployment communities selected under
paragraph (2);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25AECF877F614010943809499845469B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the near-term achievement of significant
market penetration in deployment communities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe622a5687e7e4e8d8133ab1cca807899"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the achievement of significant market
penetration nationally;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0e004eaede734f3cb1bea37be6ae8138"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to establish models for the rapid
deployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles nationally, including for the
deployment of residential and publicly available charging
infrastructure;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID77f41085d8444fa2b6735dacf0d630f6"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to increase consumer knowledge and
acceptance of plug-in electric drive vehicles;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID523c7e18242b4122a75c7da9edd69ef5"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to encourage the innovation and investment
necessary to achieve mass market deployment of plug-in electric drive
vehicles;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDba72e0edf0884127be9bfbd618599ee4"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to demonstrate the integration of plug-in
electric drive vehicles into electricity distribution systems and the larger
electric grid while maintaining grid system performance and reliability;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf0855774b1d547f980d3e160f18f9d44"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to demonstrate protocols and communication
standards that facilitate vehicle integration into the grid and provide
seamless charging for consumers traveling through multiple utility distribution
systems;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa02375ceb119432ca2cfd05e6f46c886"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to investigate differences among deployment
communities and to develop best practices for implementing vehicle
electrification in various communities, including best practices for planning
for and facilitating the construction of residential and publicly available
infrastructure to support plug-in electric drive vehicles;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID47c02457ff3749bfa62b24976b5111bb"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to collect comprehensive data on the
purchase and use of plug-in electric vehicles to inform best practices for
rapidly deploying plug-in electric drive vehicles in other locations, including
for the installation of charging infrastructure; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1ffcf0c9fdbc485e9fde366a4ac52fcc"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to reduce and displace petroleum use and
reduce greenhouse gas emissions by accelerating the deployment of plug-in
electric drive vehicles in the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7028085563b8413f8f59d9a94723c6cd"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Phase 1 deployment community selection
criteria</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1C8F6BD42A23450FBFC911111535288A"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure, to the maximum
extent practicable, that selected deployment communities in phase 1 serve as
models of deployment for various communities across the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57D4647014BF4982BBC15A6367AB3444"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Selection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In selecting communities under this
section, the Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5714026FD3014C3DA16574E74129F0B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall ensure, to the maximum extent
practicable, that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID663d1698a34c49b5b1b9c2b8bbfb032f"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the combination of selected communities is
diverse in population, demographics, urban and suburban composition, typical
commuting patterns, climate, type of utility (including regulated, municipal,
cooperative, and vertically integrated utilities), and geography;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID55ee1b9017b84f5ab60d1d07079aea3c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least 1 community selected has a
population of less than 125,000;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4cbf944e252a4d73b67648c7340516d1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each deployment community will achieve
significant market penetration; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDcc86bfe4012449eba20f113d58f2ced4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the deployment communities present a strong
opportunity for replication in other communities across the United
States;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa9775aaf9ea4422a9b63cc412091645d"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is encouraged to select a combination of
deployment communities that includes multiple models or approaches for
deploying plug-in electric drive vehicles that the Secretary believes are
reasonably likely to be effective, including multiple approaches to the
deployment of charging infrastructure; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID460796d2fb5344a6b9978ffca0a360e1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in addition to the criteria described in
subparagraph (A), may give preference to applicants proposing a greater
non-Federal cost share.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0050C843A03144C1BAC3F27540FCCCFE"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Criteria</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id469DC61FEB0D49669973A0A9160D2235"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish criteria for the selection
of deployment communities that include requirements that applications be
submitted by a State, tribal, or local government entity (or groups of State,
tribal, or local government entities).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID02ea62732d7c4902973463d123739a84"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The criteria published by the Secretary
under subparagraph (A) shall include application requirements that, at a
minimum, include—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC3FBCB9EB6B74B47987624F38B790D1F"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">goals for—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA7880E12218840F4B8BD3CE4B085A3D8"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of plug-in electric drive
vehicles to be deployed in the community;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23BC16BE53FA4985975A09E4876F0D32"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the expected percentage of light-duty
vehicle sales that would be sales of plug-in electric drive vehicles;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0179F214197D4779A1C615C1E6E1873E"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the adoption of plug-in electric drive
vehicles (including medium- or heavy-duty vehicles) in private and public
fleets during the 5-year duration of the Program;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd3561d23ea48442a86444d9e7b2ea932"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evidence that—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC967D27DC7C44F7AD23E519077A07FB"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the public is likely to embrace plug-in
electric drive vehicles; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfc3f815f47ce4147804defe2d91273f6"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">automobile manufacturers and dealers will
be able to provide and service the targeted number of plug-in electric drive
vehicles in the community for the duration of the program;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9d05d14fed6843339bc0b85d937e5158"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">clearly defined geographic boundaries of
the proposed deployment area;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc818e63cb08f4215a1e721ce8ea31049"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a community deployment plan for the
deployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles, charging infrastructure, and
services in the deployment community;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6591481d518f4670904155b3eec051b2"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assurances that a majority of the vehicle
deployments anticipated in the plan will be for personal vehicles authorized to
travel on the United States Federal-aid system of highways, but may also
include—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD009252E32E041C5ACAF4A132A77D929"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">private or public sector plug-in electric
drive fleet vehicles;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5fba1fe48adb406894061559be45ddf7"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">medium- and heavy-duty hybrid
vehicles;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID11d81f9327c6472a8cfc25782d688e7f"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">low speed plug-in electric drive vehicles
that meet Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards described in section 571.500
of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf32bbe272e4949c1b21b9d4ec709e0f4"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other plug-in electric drive vehicle
authorized to travel on the United States Federal-aid system of highways;
and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID47f48294efad4418a001941c0a5ec132"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other merit-based criteria, as
determined by the Secretary.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6f2735b4c2334acd983be9ff43c4cf98"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Community deployment plans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Plans for the deployment of plug-in
electric drive vehicles shall include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id535E15136FA54843AA71D8E5628F9FE1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a proposed level of cost sharing in
accordance with subsection (d)(2)(C);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID55cea7e2e5de4e80bbae57b98c1d2042"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">documentation demonstrating a substantial
partnership with relevant stakeholders, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5c91f997af5747479e415ab1bf132274"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a list of stakeholders that
includes—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3ddf17c54ecc4837af2dac6a3d9fa041"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">elected and appointed officials from each
of the participating State, local, and tribal governments;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDeade4bf3a61d473d98bd81fb400a9571"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all relevant generators and distributors of
electricity;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfdc398e5e9c84046b6aab50ac3621c87"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">State utility regulatory
authorities;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2b1bdb01f8374ea2834abea0fdfbc1f5"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">departments of public works and
transportation;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7aab1840814d48ddb04c84888930a987"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">owners and operators of property that will
be essential to the deployment of a sufficient level of publicly available
charging infrastructure (including privately owned parking lots or
structures);</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6ed7693ffe894cee8459d4846aa73bcb"><enum>(VI)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">plug-in electric drive vehicle
manufacturers or retailers;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDbf763e32c20948be85b4e239d6bf7c00"><enum>(VII)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">third-party providers of charging
infrastructure or services;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID46845e7c06384e81a35c0a90dd3d73b1"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">owners of any major fleet that will
participate in the program;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe29e4062efd2444cb5176fc93a1aaf71"><enum>(IX)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as appropriate, owners and operators of
regional electric power distribution and transmission facilities; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID25975317dfe442bf85706431b0f29a55"><enum>(X)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as appropriate, other existing community
coalitions recognized by the Department of Energy;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4686a37b556f48a6b8746cfaa82d8aec"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evidence of the commitment of the
stakeholders to participate in the partnership;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID506b197fe64c4f59b5aaf8024f0e112d"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a clear description of the role and
responsibilities of each stakeholder; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID276b76308c8e4901802d93565d1fd37a"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a plan for continuing the engagement and
participation of the stakeholders, as appropriate, throughout the
implementation of the deployment plan;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID03acf08235c74cdfa07b09fad1d42beb"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the number of plug-in
electric drive vehicles anticipated to be plug-in electric drive personal
vehicles and the number of plug-in electric drive vehicles anticipated to be
privately owned fleet or public fleet vehicles;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID486d51e68a27466d8d487763d1e8b544"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a plan for deploying residential and
publicly available charging infrastructure, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd29a85c6543e4dca8e4df2c5c0a8e58c"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the number of consumers
who will have access to private residential charging infrastructure;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2413aea2beb2409e8670074706f86402"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an approach for accommodating residents who
are not able to charge vehicles at the place of residence;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id635DBA5B2DC147D6A19C6B65F7565AC5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a plan for ensuring that the charging
infrastructure be able to send and receive the information needed to interact
with the grid and be compatible with smart grid technologies to the extent
appropriate;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID22f6f9f032434cbb8820c245604357d4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an estimate of how many charging stations
will be needed and where to locate the stations;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDdffcb3ff506d447fa47d459912b24fbf"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a plan for how much publicly available
charging infrastructure will be privately funded or located on private
property; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID51306ac2cc1147ab83e29b88b39dcb45"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of equipment to be deployed,
including assurances that, to the maximum extent practicable, equipment to be
deployed will meet open, nonproprietary standards for connecting to plug-in
electric drive vehicles that are either—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDdbb9a9adb0a44bb38f057ce6b4eb8eee"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">commonly accepted by industry at the time
the equipment is being acquired; or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe8b8d40ef2ac445f9b66291d7ebd3fab"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">meet the standards developed by the
Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology under section
1305 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C.
17385);</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID55240e93bbcf4f30963cae4b4f7e0382"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a plan for effective marketing of plug-in
electric drive vehicles, charging services, and infrastructure;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID385388ba193f4de291638b183f9abcdc"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">descriptions of updated building codes (or
a plan to update building codes before or during the grant period) to include
charging infrastructure or dedicated circuits for charging infrastructure, as
appropriate, in new construction and major renovations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDcd702b8d500d401885db30e62ec1c3e1"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">descriptions of updated construction
permitting or inspection processes (or a plan to update construction permitting
or inspection processes) to allow for expedited installation of charging
infrastructure for purchasers of plug-in electric drive vehicles, including a
permitting process that allows a vehicle purchaser to have charging
infrastructure installed within 3 business days;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID110c8c3e32a84987a3aa2741eebab7ad"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">descriptions of updated zoning, parking
rules, or other local ordinances as are necessary to facilitate the
installation of publicly available charging infrastructure and to allow for
access to publicly available charging infrastructure, as appropriate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDff3c25331a774bd9b7c0a5fc180bb011"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">additional incentives, beyond those
established by this title, for the purchasers of plug-in electric drive
vehicles, including rebates or reductions in sales taxes or registration fees,
preferred parking spaces, and single rider access to high occupancy vehicle
lanes for plug-in electric drive vehicles;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDdc5a412790c345cda18d31ebab68240c"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">additional incentives, beyond those
established by this title, for the installation of charging
infrastructure;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf979afe716a54e109fd066fac9abf77e"><enum>(K)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a proposed plan for making necessary
utility and grid upgrades, including economically sound information technology
upgrades and a plan for recovering the cost of the upgrades;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID16a920b574644ed7a31aa42b93b9bd18"><enum>(L)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of utility, grid operator, or
third-party charging service provider, policies and plans for accommodating the
deployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID15d8ce1cfef044efa3634babda802452"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">rate structures or provisions and billing
protocols for the charging of plug-in electric drive vehicles, including, as
appropriate—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd139a7efe65b4cf181f61dab5f4749f8"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accommodation for billing for—</text>
<item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC122B7A9F86448F1AE23C194C1B6E832"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">charging at a place of residence and at
publicly available charging infrastructure; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0dcf50eccf9a4bed8a179eeea3fad1ef"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">vehicle owners who cannot charge at home by
virtue of the nature of their residence; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfa36a7444c5d43f1918c29eb75c3ba72"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">rate structures or provisions that benefit
consumers by facilitating—</text>
<item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE9F54FC44A92411A95AD9FD415D60D0D"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">charging off-peak rates;</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDaa83c73707d640fb96534c7d398784e2"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">load management strategies that optimize
reliable and economical operation of the grid;</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id702517EFDD1E444482B020B31759DEC7"><enum>(cc)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">utilities, grid operators, or third-party
charging services to draw battery charge for use on the grid; or</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4086D1E1472248578986C492F491247A"><enum>(dd)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the offer of other benefits to the utility
system or the grid;</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID04875017edb6401bbc4cf993e7900811"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">analysis of potential impacts to the
grid;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0ab1cf4aff2845f98037aad79fee5b98"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">plans for using information technology or
third-party aggregators to minimize the effects of charging on peak
loads;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID11295ca6583f49718a6600918d42563d"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">plans for working with smart grid
technologies or third-party aggregators for the purposes of smart charging and
for allowing 2-way communication and electricity movement; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID311fe8dfa13647a98b3fcb874ef414f4"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">plans for anticipating vehicle-to-grid
applications that will allow batteries in cars as well as banks of batteries to
be used for grid storage, ancillary services provision, and backup
power;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID48dd14fde0734d6ca256ae159de9cc4f"><enum>(M)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a deployment timeline;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID41d4b36c58074269b91405f129a8b2bb"><enum>(N)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a plan for monitoring and evaluating the
implementation of the plan, including metrics for assessing the success of the
deployment and an approach to updating the plan, as appropriate; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc1e5175c56b2461d8649ee08d7835fa0"><enum>(O)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the manner in which any
grant funds applied for under subsection (d) will be used and the proposed
local cost share for the funds.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1040c3df6ff54491957041606285707f"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Phase 1 applications and grants</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDdb43fc5a5d6e4111b532fafb9e1309aa"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date of
publication by the Secretary of the selection criteria described in subsection
(c)(3), any State, tribe, or local government, or group of State, tribe, or
local governments may apply to the Secretary to become a deployment
community.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDdebdb4d9fe294d1cb2034cfa03f54fc4"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDff59dbc100db47a09fa78c97c824e755"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In each application, the applicant may
request up to $250,000,000 in financial assistance from the Secretary to fund
projects in the deployment community.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDA2D83312FB847F9B7428F18020B65F5"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds provided through a grant under this
paragraph may be used to help implement the plan for the deployment of plug-in
electric drive vehicles included in the application, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID28f5fcaf9da04786ad187191adc1a925"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">planning for and installing charging
infrastructure, including offering additional incentives as described in
subsection (c)(4)(J);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID60f5051c80f347fb9a79a6a7bd7d9ae4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">updating building codes, zoning or parking
rules, or permitting or inspection processes as described in subparagraphs (F),
(G), and (H) of subsection (c)(4);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb80701a304cb45f8bc56cf9c1f76a1f7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reducing the cost and increasing the
consumer adoption of plug-in electric drive vehicles through incentives as
described in subsection (c)(4)(I);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd416af48f8994108a5a9671402e0008f"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">workforce training, including training of
permitting officials;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb234c8058ad1427c98d0a55c898a1d1f"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">public education described in the proposed
marketing plan; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc760692abeb846dba266845438060307"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shifting State, tribal, or local government
fleets to plug-in electric drive vehicles, at a rate in excess of the existing
Federal alternative fleet vehicle requirements.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID94b5c71f8edb4ce49430b4e3f1d68729"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost-sharing</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC7172CDADE044046AFA16223BB58EAE4"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grant provided under this paragraph shall
be subject to a minimum non-Federal cost-sharing requirement of 20
percent.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDcbcfcb21849d4551966e3b1a694c111e"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Non-Federal sources</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2F87C73C48914A66B05790FAB1547409"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine the appropriate cost share for
each selected applicant; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96A746FBB5444480A9171077D5792AE3"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require that not less than 20 percent of
the cost of an activity funded by a grant under this paragraph be provided by a
non-Federal source.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd5fe9a9487f04fbaa4bb6e8f468491a8"><enum>(iii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reduction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may reduce or eliminate the
cost-sharing requirement described in clause (i), as the Secretary determines
to be necessary.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID186737a1c52e42de80e27d02f93e536a"><enum>(iv)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Calculation of amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In calculating the amount of the
non-Federal share under this section, the Secretary—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID075e9628f8314151a6a348d43c003c52"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may include allowable costs in accordance
with the applicable cost principles, including—</text>
<item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID419ee2e9aa07471fb9f8967d50c8bd31"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">cash;</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4703dc1b827845f7bf2308efa58a0ed6"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">personnel costs;</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7d64648fa3964b9195f25413dca540d7"><enum>(cc)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the value of a service, other resource, or
third party in-kind contribution determined in accordance with the applicable
circular of the Office of Management and Budget;</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5cb8b837032c4c1187a7286db3f1b648"><enum>(dd)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">indirect costs or facilities and
administrative costs; or</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDeaded0d3e55345a985f8a4355fec2a4e"><enum>(ee)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any funds received under the power program
of the Tennessee Valley Authority or any Power Marketing Administration (except
to the extent that such funds are made available under an annual appropriation
Act);</text>
</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDcbe594807c274a90a9256f66230b0059"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall include contributions made by State,
tribal, or local government entities and private entities; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2f7e737c4c23428aa3eb266a5672556b"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall not include—</text>
<item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd590dffbf5764a8788a62758275e96fb"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">revenues or royalties from the prospective
operation of an activity beyond the time considered in the grant, unless from a
qualified electric drive vehicle refueling property bond (as defined in section
54G(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986);</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDbcc8b6e2361641369014d8b9cea4e494"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">proceeds from the prospective sale of an
asset of an activity; or</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc376639451cc4e25aac7859461cb6098"><enum>(cc)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other appropriated Federal funds.</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID51fc20a565f34082bf95de52fca8e34a"><enum>(v)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repayment of Federal share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not require repayment
of the Federal share of a cost-shared activity under this section as a
condition of providing a grant.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID128a06eb08ce4f0ab782f1ce72dcae75"><enum>(vi)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title to property</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The receipt of Federal funds under this
section shall not prohibit the purchaser of a vehicle, equipment, or other
property from retaining sole, permanent title to the vehicle, equipment, or
property at the conclusion of the program.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1240a12ded9849558e75445250f5dc96"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Selection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the
application deadline established under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall
announce the names of the deployment communities selected under this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf87845a0e4214d31818c307138f18673"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reporting requirements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id318494829582445885926C965CD68051"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in consultation with the
Committee, shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF0F960438231477084CED6302CC7C462"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine what data will be required to be
collected by participants in deployment communities and submitted to the
Department to allow for analysis of the deployment communities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA2A4C80A7F514E6A85C8E650524DEC22"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop metrics to determine the success of
the deployment communities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf1368a93d4ba423788d873f9c9c9fce4"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Provision of data</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As a condition of participation in the
Program, a deployment community shall provide any data identified by the
Secretary under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID51226d31789f4806afe958118a2677bb"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date of
enactment of this Act and again after the completion of the Program, the
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that contains—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4db799c38a224d1eb43bf44e82eca9c5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the status of—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc631ab199dc34bedaacc561813411bfa"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the deployment communities and the
implementation of the deployment plan of each deployment community;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb06c89b81d1241d2809337fd695baef1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the rate of vehicle manufacturing
deployment and market penetration of plug-in electric drive vehicles;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID82b19244e8fe49679d7a08347a9637a8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the deployment of residential and publicly
available infrastructure;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd7af54ccbc414ef8a101d76116c76587"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the challenges experienced
and lessons learned from the program to date, including the activities
described in subparagraph (A); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC0DAC024EB8D4AC7AE608E5DE7882EA5"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an analysis of the data collected under
this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa472f59bf9cd4135ae5c7e1479640e61"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information clearinghouse</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall make available to the
public, in a timely manner, information regarding the cost, performance, usage
data, and technical data regarding the deployment and integration of plug-in
electric drive vehicles in the deployment communities.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID912a97de70914c7f8b67d9533387d3f8"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Proprietary information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall, as appropriate,
provide for the protection of proprietary information and intellectual property
rights.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7a8013c3b14b4703a1e71710fd46820d"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,002,000,000.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCDBEBE0E9B2246398AD1F200864E8CA5"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 166(b)(5) of title 23, United
States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1D05E54229CC43F696BA22B41786430C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking
<quote>Before September 30, 2009, the State</quote> and inserting <quote>The
State</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4B980305E67D45AFB172C0A5360FAE28"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking
<quote>Before September 30, 2009, the State</quote> and inserting <quote>The
State</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id816017D393624697B2CC60F26EF8FD83" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>305.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Modifications to tax credits</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62D75EF6A2CE4BA69C3024B8F7381916"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Credit for new qualified plug-In electric
drive motor vehicles</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC05BEA67F4044C7894EB8996BF8E60DA"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transferability</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB8B130B2BA7B406FAB9E5EB75A3986C0"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (c) of section 30D of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="D547765757">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id325364C90B7F4620A4FCDC790CC9AC3A"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Refundable personal credit</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63AB064A7FE74A60AF00DB7AF1F9F947"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this title, in the case of
a qualified deployment community taxpayer, the credit allowed under subsection
(a) for any taxable year (determined after application of paragraph (1) and
without regard to paragraph (2)(B)) shall be treated as a credit allowable
under subpart C for such taxable year (and not allowed under subsection (a)),
and paragraph (2) shall not apply to such credit.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1CC914D9B6134B9BA6F4F4C88C842BCC"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Qualified deployment community
taxpayer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of
subparagraph (A), the term <term>qualified deployment community taxpayer</term>
means a taxpayer—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7818DBBD8B8E4B18A31221F369A09587"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who purchases a new qualified plug-in
electric drive motor vehicle to which paragraph (1) does not apply, and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3BB7749FD75F49679F743FCECF4B4A2C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who resides within, and registers such
vehicle in, a deployment community selected by the Secretary under the Targeted
Electric Vehicles Deployment Communities Program established by the
<quote><short-title>Oil Independence for a Stronger
America Act of 2010</short-title></quote>.</text>
</clause><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="subparagraph">For purposes of the preceding
sentence, such a deployment community shall only be treated as a deployment
community after the date on which such community is so selected (without regard
to the date on which any funds under such Act are provided with respect to such
community) and before the date on which Phase 1 of such program
terminates.</continuation-text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9434DF14B1C344DAAD01134CFF3652B7"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Refundable credit may be
transferred</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID203582a5b6ff40d682fb9210f5eae6b9"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A qualified deployment community taxpayer
may, in connection with the purchase of a new qualified plug-in electric drive
motor vehicle, transfer any refundable credit described in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7C2870BE933E4913BBD9899D4C2C2D8E"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to any person who is in the trade or
business of selling new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles and who
sold such vehicle to the taxpayer, or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97B09C82341542D68B38887ECC34A361"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to any person who is in the trade or
business of financing the sales of new qualified plug-in electric drive motor
vehicles and who financed the taxpayer's purchase of such vehicle.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE8F288A8537E4735A4F45C9371718A01"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disclosure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A qualified deployment community taxpayer
may transfer a refundable credit described in subparagraph (A) to a person
described in clause (i)(I) only if such person clearly discloses to such
taxpayer, through the use of a window sticker attached to the new qualified
plug-in electric drive motor vehicle—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0894D42DD1B241D59ECACE5EBE7604C0"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of the refundable credit
described in subparagraph (A) with respect to such vehicle, and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2F260D14A9A145EBADC4B10AE50BE3FD"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a notification that the taxpayer will not
be eligible for any credit under any other section of this title with respect
to such vehicle unless the taxpayer elects not to have this section apply with
respect to such vehicle.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE2546F97A3444C19AA42F71A1743D3C0"><enum>(iii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Certification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A transferee of a refundable credit
described in subparagraph (A) may not claim such credit unless such claim is
accompanied by a certification to the Secretary that the transferee reduced the
price the taxpayer paid or the balance due to the financier, whichever is
applicable, for the new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle by the
entire amount of such refundable credit.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDbadc7525e2bc4f0180f7c1d79fe422fd"><enum>(iv)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consent required for
revocation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any transfer under
clause (i) may be revoked only with the consent of the Secretary.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF99B96D1AF0F4B9BA3FA89D70D28EEC5"><enum>(v)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special rule for bulk
purchasers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A qualified
deployment community taxpayer who purchases 10 or more new qualified plug-in
electric drive motor vehicles during the taxable year may transfer a refundable
credit described in subparagraph (A) to any person.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID17151e61ba4c486dac87c025cbdbbc72"><enum>(vi)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may prescribe such
regulations as necessary—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4CAF07F854BA47718EFCAABA2B1BEB02"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to ensure that any refundable credit
described in clause (i) is claimed once and not retransferred by a transferee,
and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB2487F934076417E9D7BC695B9F7FC61"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide a mechanism by which the
transferee may claim and receive the credit within 3 months of the sale of the
new qualified plug-in electric drive motor
vehicle.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0785D0AB6BCB428BB94A4484589F3435"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Display of credit information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 32908(b)(1) of title 49, United
States Code, is amended—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3E88E2B2AA0846C8AC9935CE8DA5C67B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (F)
as subparagraphs (F) and (G), and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75EB5ED5BD64422BA29C91BDFD714A87"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (D) the
following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D316B5224D540DAB25A6DFA56AFFFA4" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id411A42F19B2B40F2958F42AF828FEDA1"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of the new qualified plug-in
electric drive motor vehicle credit allowable with respect to the sale of the
automobile under section 30D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C.
30D).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38B5D6C4236B4A6C86E9A82729163356"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Increased credit for taxpayers in
deployment communities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (f) of section 30D of such Code
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81FAB0C4BC5944FB915436CBF098238D" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81F2F5851A804E01B81B4BD276463B68"><enum>(8)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Increased credit for taxpayers in
deployment communities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the
case of a qualified deployment community taxpayer (within the meaning of
subsection (c)(3)(B)), subsection (b)(2) shall be applied by substituting
<quote>$5,000</quote> for
<quote>$2,500</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID04f2b4d32111482dbf71a29f3f933f31"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Increased per manufacturer
cap</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (2) of section
30(D)(e) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>200,000</quote> and
inserting <quote>300,000</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6d9cc9d143484dfab0d9273cf5f00470"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension and modification of new qualified
hybrid motor vehicle credit</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf9c7fee1aac9444daca48a2c9273fdfb"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (3) of section 30B(k) of such
Code is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2009</quote> and inserting
<quote>December 31, 2016</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDca24f5fc7c9f4a54bce4bb29d25006b0"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Qualified incremental hybrid
cost</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clause (iii) of section
30B(d)(2)(B) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>does not
exceed—</quote> and all that follows and inserting “does not exceed—</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE111A4A3F6C74592A8BC49421BA1595A" style="OLC">
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfc1b4e8bf8a34878b24b7f12824aaf09"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$15,000, if such vehicle has a gross
vehicle weight rating of not more than 14,000 pounds,</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8f49d7f36b7d48fea1e23d12ca3d80e2"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$30,000, if such vehicle has a gross
vehicle weight rating of more than 14,000 pounds but not more than 26,000
pounds,</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID145fcd6ae03d4ead8e8284d2837b7b63"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$60,000, if such vehicle has a gross
vehicle weight rating of more than 26,000 pounds but not more than 33,000
pounds, and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDdd08a4adb3dd464ebae9bc1bbd75f0ac"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$100,000, if such vehicle has a gross
vehicle weight rating of more than 33,000
pounds.</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID31f1835496994810b15eced07fc51da5"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicable percentage for heavy trucks
achieving 20 percent increase in city fuel economy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clause
(ii) of section 30B(d)(2)(B) of such Code is amended by redesignating
subclauses (I), (II), and (III) as subclauses (II), (III), and (IV),
respectively, and by inserting before subclause (II) (as so redesignated) the
following new subclause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id267DE2DE097045C28D076F61CEDC05B1" style="OLC">
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8226170e3c3243f487b0c06dba016b3d"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">10 percent in the case of a vehicle to
which clause (iii)(IV) applies if such vehicle achieves an increase in city
fuel economy relative to a comparable vehicle of at least 20 percent but less
than 30
percent.</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4c9bdc74e9ee48c99d032f45ea66c064"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dollar limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (B) of section 30B(d)(2) of
such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD1A731C824254BCF9BA2BD37356700DE" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDcf50af7979b543839826c377b8c2c78b"><enum>(vi)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount allowed as a credit under
subsection (a)(3) with respect to a vehicle by reason of clause (i) of this
subparagraph shall not exceed
$24,000.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID71fba9e697724ff2afacb6da0c2494a6"><enum>(E)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Heavy electric vehicles</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (3) of section 30B(d) of such
Code is amended by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) as
subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E), respectively, and by inserting after
subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5150945819674EEE80C2F56CD5EC8D00" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe471afc5293d40c6865ffb3369e45fe4"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Heavy electric vehicles</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a vehicle with a gross
vehicle weight rating of not less than 8,500 pounds, the term <term>new
qualified hybrid motor vehicle</term> includes a motor vehicle—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd8e7bd7030394465b892f2785caf3f6c"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which draws propulsion energy exclusively
from a rechargeable energy storage system, and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID127049dc91884a87a9167d71f0bf23ae"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which meets the requirements of clauses
(iii), (v), (vi), and (vii) of subparagraph
(A).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf291f9aab1e04a2f885e4ef56747d0d9"><enum>(F)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Credits may be transferred</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (d) of section 30B of such Code
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76D0C9CD1DB24EB9AB731B7FA7B91C83" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID94fba8d87a87496790d266b14323177c"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transferability of credit</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9d9bbcc65b8445968b5554f942bc0574"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A taxpayer who places in service any
vehicle may transfer the credit allowed under this subsection with respect to
such vehicle through an assignment to the seller of such vehicle. Such transfer
may be revoked only with the consent of the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5345936f4eb04fe887bde085610ac5c1"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall prescribe such
regulations as necessary to ensure that any credit transferred under
subparagraph (A) is claimed once and not reassigned by such other
person.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE0211D3A064F4FC2BDDD07F8806AED19"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Credit for alternative fuel vehicle
refueling property</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA31B4A71966C4629AB4A524C27C4736A"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension of increased credit for
electricity</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id90633EC95EAD45DB90864B162D25BEBD"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (6) of section 30C(e) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2ED17F12AF93412B856AE93A70F5269C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">during 2009 and 2010</header-in-text></quote> in
the heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">during certain taxable years</header-in-text></quote>,</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCA60EDEDC68C44D3B13A655D3D6B94E4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>and before January 1,
2011</quote>,</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE0F9AC3EB8DB443FA0FF6A1F74B39C69"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>, which is placed in
service before January 1, 2011 (before January 1, 2017, in the case of property
which relates to electricity)</quote> after <quote>hydrogen</quote> in
subparagraph (A), and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB9FC42F143A7469E9DC749AEC94B0735"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>, which is placed in
service before January 1, 2011</quote> after <quote>hydrogen</quote> in
subparagraph (B).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D8DB4004BB84AF29D39F4616DCED536"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension of credit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (g) of section 30C of such Code
is amended—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA25845ACDE7E40BAAE3FF4DDE4DE7C90"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end
of paragraph (1),</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id102D6A71D30A41EDB8FC041B3D77D1DD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph
(3), and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8E58A90337B94675A4A5521780809F2A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (1) the
following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF9737F7D3E648F5B973EA1968170545" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD6DD1914BCB343129BC6F244FB35C0FA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of property relating to
electricity, after December 31, 2016,
and</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53AA73288BA74122B22F52B8B0174549"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Modification of cost
provisions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (e) of
section 30C of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id148BDD752AAF4BFCA7D882FC70D02104" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74F0E21C1037401FACF640C991071226"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Installation of electricity
property</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of any
qualified alternative fuel vehicle refueling property which relates to
electricity, for purposes of subsection (a), the cost of such property shall
include the cost of the original installation of such
property.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE90AD0A14FF74AF7845E67C4FC119704"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transferability of credit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 30C(e) of such Code, as amended by
paragraph (2), is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7589CD2CF5F747F5854E2FC3BD846351" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3A945117DDB0472FB4FE458B0E47D532"><enum>(8)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transferability of credit</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6FEC66859B4F4CE09D13F58E734FD35C"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A person who places any qualified
alternative fuel vehicle refueling property in service may transfer the credit
under this section through an assignment to any other person. Such transfer may
be revoked only with the consent of the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF422BBB8F3FF4F85807AC212A11C8E7E"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Certification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A transferee of a credit described in
subparagraph (A) may not claim such credit unless such claim is accompanied by
a certification to the Secretary that the transferee reduced the price the
transferor paid for the qualified alternative fuel vehicle refueling property
by the entire amount of such credit.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC1DB258A8B394C448024C7B97CCE9D98"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall prescribe such
regulations as necessary to ensure that the credit transferred under
subparagraph (A) is claimed once and not reassigned by such other
person.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5AD85B9D02084EC59CD9CF35A1BDFBF2"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this section shall apply to property placed in service after the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF96469019504D518CB96A8DAEBD9381" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>306.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Qualified plug-in electric drive motor
vehicle refueling property bonds</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2263BDACF0AC45DB94A9753452211E34"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) of section 54A(d) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB2532BCA80A14CBC91587F94F5A1B785"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of
subparagraph (D),</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70BF2727C00345E194F85910B4F43C11"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or</quote> at the end
of subparagraph (E), and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC3F2166D5CC4266ACB3CEB08EAD4B7F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (E) the
following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73AD7F3271634E19B94C8CB5EDBAB65B" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id052A71C540DB4AEF80C5AF2DF0AA4EED"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a qualified plug-in electric drive motor
vehicle refueling property
bond,</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04532B4735A042988614E20A7DFBF2BD"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Qualified purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (C) of section 54A(d)(2) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE56D48FAC1004C4D80A5371F7D714824"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end
of clause (iv),</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8F8FA500BB8147DFADA13135F3C57319"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the period at the end of clause
(v) and inserting <quote>, and</quote>, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7BAF6A15061F451099D571CF54830428"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following new
clause:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE8C012766583429BB92AD8A1B1B264DD" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD6C7E6ABE66740718FCFCA516CB978BC"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a qualified plug-in electric
drive motor vehicle refueling property bond, a purpose specified in section
54G(a)(1).</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7D4F7062E5574178AB03BE4352439195"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Bonds allowed</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subpart I of part IV of subchapter A of
chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end
the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2EE655B01F224021BD02A916ED9E59D6" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A787A531A6C4EDAA9A5590B392AFA8C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>54G.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Qualified plug-in electric drive motor
vehicle refueling property bonds</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBF2F459990ED477B95DAA06A6FF5E59F"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Qualified plug-In electric drive motor
vehicle refueling property bond</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subpart, the term
<term>qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle refueling property
bond</term> means any bond issued as part of an issue if—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54C78B3EBC5448B18AEC3E9D9931CA04"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">100 percent of the available project
proceeds of such issue are to be used for capital expenditures incurred by a
qualified issuer for 1 or more qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle
refueling properties,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1DC83D9F63E74F0DB750402865CB4B0F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the bond is issued by a qualified issuer,
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3FDB1FC755A54F9E976A48C5847B086E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the issuer designates such bond for
purposes of this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1B4CB473FB9043F69714BE7E7995D24A"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reduced credit amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of section
54A(b), the annual credit determined with respect to any qualified plug-in
electric drive motor vehicle refueling property bond is 70 percent of the
amount which would (but for this subsection) otherwise be determined under such
paragraph with respect to such bond.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5305BC988D514068A033A040B368B50C"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on amount of bonds
designated</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The maximum
aggregate face amount of bonds which may be designated under subsection (a) by
any issuer shall not exceed the limitation amount allocated to such issuer
under subsection (e).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2FFDDD917B6845D4BF9E43B36845FC73"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National limitation on amount of bonds
designated</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is a
national qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle refueling property bond
limitation of $1,000,000,000.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE58D5686A8794692A3CC86129DF8FB3E"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allocations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall make allocations of the
amount of the national qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle refueling
property bond limitation described in subsection (d) among purposes described
in subsection (a)(1) in such manner as the Secretary determines
appropriate.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBE8211E0835D48429D65FB9D186C2AC4"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB7C5DE3B82504B1E8EC3F5D5A734FDB0"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Qualified plug-in electric drive motor
vehicle refueling property</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>qualified plug-in electric
drive motor vehicle refueling property</term> means any qualified alternative
fuel vehicle refueling property (within the meaning of section 30C) which
relates to electricity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC81E170F08D84816BC920D9D5BDD8480"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Qualified issuer</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE63699394AAC41258C6D7ADA18AD3747"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>qualified issuer</term>
means a public power provider, a cooperative electric company, or a
governmental body.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58717CD9E41C48F6B3D4218656498CC3"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Denial of double benefit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to any issue, the term
<term>qualified issuer</term> shall not include any entity to which a credit
under section 30C is allowed for the taxable year in which such issue is
issued.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBD07FB1135804720A766BC1B46DBF300"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Governmental body</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>governmental body</term>
means any State or Indian tribal government, or any political subdivision
thereof.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id90C1853AA72D47DC8C76DABDB14A59D1"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public power provider</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>public power provider</term>
means a State utility that has a service obligation to end-users or to a
distribution utility (within the meaning of section 217 of the Federal Power
Act, as in effect on the date of the enactment of this section).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE2C3B1C8C6FE4A028E692E7891E71F21"><enum>(E)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cooperative electric company</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>cooperative electric
company</term> means a mutual or cooperative electric company described in
section 501(c)(12) or an organization described in section
1381(a)(2)(C).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2F35E22F9D284CD4AB21E5AC98F4ED53"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections for subpart I of part
IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended
by adding at the end the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2CBAC173721C40F5B3521D5162BA20AA" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 54G. Qualified plug-in
electric drive motor vehicle refueling property
bonds.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17ADA1C4EA1F411C82E2AD4C0BF78CB3"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) shall apply to obligations issued after the
date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID50c81d3cf99342d39b735ad5de150458"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Loan guarantees</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1BB3B77330BA4FBCAD3B4AFA3DB21D12"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1705 of the Energy Policy Act of
2005 (42 U.S.C. 16516) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE8AC1089D8644891AFEBBC71B9F82AD6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFA6A8D80BF9D4352BD7594E1D98C87F1" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID053e10a546284884b3eaecb90d294309"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Charging infrastructure and networks of
charging infrastructure for plug-in drive electric vehicles, if such charging
infrastructure will be operational prior to December 31,
2016.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID88b509111eef4ca7bc06c33dd9643e2e"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (e) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF730BFA3E35A4C009C2B90BE1389029A" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7b148a7ac58a4314b7254b11dd35b69c"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sunset</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority to enter into guarantees
under this section shall expire on September 30, 2011, except that for projects
described in subsection (a)(4), the authority to enter into guarantees shall
expire on December 31,
2016.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0c08e647c1564dcbbb88ba476ac15abd" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>307.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Utility planning for plug-in electric drive
vehicles</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Public Utility
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF8BB77D2939A4F759A8B8F826FF6AF91"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 111(d) (16 U.S.C. 2621(d)), by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id857BC1CC29674BFF94FA663E4B7C9503" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDcdaa63af4de54f2c81df38596997156c"><enum>(20)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Plug-in electric drive vehicle
planning</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd3ae24bb6bb245c2b22b24d92cf5dee5"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Utility plan for plug-in electric drive
vehicles</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5AFB1B9EA0744E548BB4FEA3A334FF04"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of
enactment of this paragraph, each electric utility shall develop a plan to
support the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles, including medium and
heavy-duty hybrid electric vehicles in the service area of the electric
utility.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAA7CD14D235449B299380EB63E493A85"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A plan under clause (i) shall
investigate—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id061E0A2DD536486B857292F2F423129C"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">various levels of potential penetration of
plug-in electric drive vehicles in the utility service area;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6C8622F8EDD24DD99A614FAE97C2C4A7"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the potential impacts that the various
levels would have on distribution infrastructure and on the operation of the
transmission grid; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID92fea5301c8c4132afcfc4427e6c6583"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the role of third parties in providing
reliable and economical charging services.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc304960a774b449c84bde40e667b14ef"><enum>(iii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Waiver</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An electric utility that determines that
the electric utility will have no meaningful penetration of plug-in electric
drive vehicles during the 5-year period beginning on the date of enactment of
this paragraph may petition the Secretary to waive clause (i) for 5
years.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDbb463fdfc0cb47d28ddd3e4e118567f3"><enum>(iv)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Updates</header>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id194EF911E6A84C3197211A6462A0605B"><enum>(I)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each electric utility shall update the plan
of the electric utility every 5 years.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18399AAC85B8473A8C28AFAB0E678481"><enum>(II)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Resubmission of waiver</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An electric utility that received a waiver
under clause (iii) and wants the waiver to continue after the expiration of the
waiver shall be required to resubmit the waiver.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF96C39D0CC84790B068328B194108A0"><enum>(v)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exemption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary determines that a plan
required by a State regulatory authority meets the requirements of this
paragraph, the Secretary may accept that plan and exempt the electric utility
submitting the plan from the requirements of clause (i).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd9189a5d6827427f9e73db79669b6b5e"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Support requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each State regulatory authority (in the
case of each electric utility for which the authority has ratemaking authority)
and each municipal and cooperative utility shall—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID825da4320629482db41cf36b1bb46927"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">participate in any local plan for the
deployment of recharging infrastructure in communities located in the footprint
of the authority or utility;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf160f8fbe573410296a8f63357378e6b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require that charging infrastructure
deployed is interoperable with products of all auto manufacturers to the
maximum extent practicable; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5e8f263385ac46d4aee8b7c9e5d86809"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider adopting minimum requirements for
deployment of electrical charging infrastructure and other appropriate
requirements necessary to support the use of plug-in electric drive
vehicles.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7d5ada24a2aa4badb4adbfd457636585"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost recovery</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each State regulatory authority (in the
case of each electric utility for which the authority has ratemaking authority)
and each municipal and cooperative utility may consider whether, and to what
extent, to allow cost recovery for plans and implementation of plans.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID417b0df26c194f8bb4bfcb081ed04acf"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Smart grid integration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State regulatory authority (in the case
of each electric utility for which the authority has ratemaking authority) and
each municipal and cooperative utility, in accordance with regulations issued
by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under section 1305(d) of the Energy
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17385), shall—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfbaa6f8c0bca48a1b77488a586730ad4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish any appropriate protocols and
standards for integrating plug-in electric drive vehicles into an electrical
distribution system, including Smart Grid systems and devices as described in
title XIII of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17381
et seq.);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID40abe82d8b114ae1a0fa5b66e4510a3d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop, to the maximum extent practicable,
the means and methods for appropriate billing settlements between utilities,
consumers, and third parties in and across utility territories;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3e24e7419f774c2997afadb517389171"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify the smart grid infrastructure and
information technology that would likely need to be installed to most
efficiently manage plug-in electric vehicles; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID32afa8fc7e6742a28773fd32d5924469"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in consideration of this section, review
the determination made under subsection (a), including whether time-of-use
pricing should be employed to enable the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles
to contribute to meeting peak-load and ancillary service power needs.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3d41c49a6665440b8e35e27bc07a5f96"><enum>(E)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Determination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date of
enactment of this paragraph, each State regulatory authority (with respect to
each electric utility for which the authority has ratemaking authority), and
each municipal and cooperative electric utility, shall complete the
consideration, and shall make the determination, referred to in subsection (a)
with respect to the standard established by this
paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block></after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb583bdb5e94346638772b7928b350cf5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 112(c) (16 U.S.C.
2622(c))—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6BE4B09A969A48F08DDA621DE2282BC5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence, by striking
<quote>Each State</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A7548D0DC8347BD8A2301554522523C" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72DAE4E93CF14A79AFF6322DF6FF99C0"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each
State</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6678BD53B55C438C9A3F6B9CAA003B98"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the second sentence, by striking
<quote>In the case</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id959F5E3A78FB45688B267CD239D1560A" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFE23047E7826473BA5A84F30FF305613"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Specific standards</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB63EB9AC133E42BBA05C9D6C2D65C8C1"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Net metering and fossil fuel generation
efficiency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the
case</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0802E1D507494C6DAB415657D5052D21"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the third sentence, by striking
<quote>In the case</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB92FB50F4695419FABBD89C2399EC125" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD42E60278A544B0E9B8382A960A3180A"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Time-based metering and
communications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the
case</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32616FAA0E8D4BC29E994E05E99354E9"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the fourth sentence—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62A29724DFE747A086F1CC26CF47506B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>In the case</quote> and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8F1B17C4EE6A4CF8B9EB16E2979F0883" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76760B59A30C412F9F5A7BFFEB33A2A3"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interconnection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the
case</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDDA1F0D0E171424381178F19C96035F2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>paragraph (15)</quote>
and inserting <quote>paragraph (15) of section 111(d)</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC75F44D088640A09E76ED47105A933E"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the fifth sentence, by striking
<quote>In the case</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC818D009D94A4C929B3A18AD82307851" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7F22180AEFF241E9A45106D8B85983DE"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Integrated resource planning, rate design
modifications, smart grid investments, smart grid information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the
case</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45FF6278A5514D20AD692BC2BD32115F"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7D2C70E7D6EF4A4F9DA75F21D7788654" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFE85B936AB0948299A699284CD62C72A"><enum>(E)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Plug-in electric drive vehicle
planning</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of the
standards established by paragraph (20) 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.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID94d73683487e49fe9345847873e3594e"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 112(d) (16 U.S.C. 2622(d)), in
the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>(19)</quote> and
inserting <quote>(20)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID88659a949e8c484a8ec6aa01b6eff401" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>308.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal fleets</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc1a8943e27cd40d988ec78d3f56e9aa5"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Electricity consumed by Federal agencies to
fuel plug-in electric drive vehicles—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF3AE2BE084BD45EDAEF26FFA5D07DAB1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is an alternative fuel (as defined in
section 301 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13218)); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7AAE4DE5A6DD45E69D7A9EF218BBC6B4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be accounted for under Federal fleet
management reporting requirements, not under Federal building management
reporting requirements.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88DF73773FAE4C03AEE9DA67FC4C51ED"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assessment and report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act and at the completion of the Program, the Federal Energy
Management Program and the General Services Administration, in consultation
with the Task Force, shall complete an assessment of Federal Government fleets,
including the Postal Service and the Department of Defense, and submit a report
to Congress that describes—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDec37484d82db49008b2e92fb332221f3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for each Federal agency, which types of
vehicles the agency uses that would or would not be suitable for near-term and
medium-term conversion to plug-in electric drive vehicles, taking into account
the types of vehicles for which plug-in electric drive vehicles could provide
comparable functionality and lifecycle costs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID32530b1cb0d646428555e12ba5d767e7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how many plug-in electric drive vehicles
could be deployed by the Federal Government in 5 years and in 10 years,
assuming that plug-in electric drive vehicles are available and are purchased
when new vehicles are needed or existing vehicles are replaced; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID77152ca2fc0746d283dda54a4f2f632c"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the estimated cost to the Federal
Government for vehicle purchases under paragraph (2) for each fiscal
year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID27ee354ea33a43d89a5f28996c0f7e33"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inventory and data collection</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5B7B0FA76FDC420493B198DCFF3B1777"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the assessment and report
under subsection (b), the Federal Energy Management Program, in consultation
with the General Services Administration, shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4A55D2A6EFB2470A95FB0E12CD1349B8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop an information request for each
agency that operates a fleet of at least 20 motor vehicles; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1DC1E64B72444807866F17FD7E83039E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish guidelines for each agency to use
in developing a plan to deploy plug-in electric drive vehicles.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc706277eafad47d9b6693ca3d72bd7f2"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agency responses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each agency that operates a fleet of at
least 20 motor vehicles shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C73257134D54CC0A25CB9E112CA2744"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">collect information on the vehicle fleet of
the agency in response to the information request described in paragraph (1);
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7F54E5FEB24D4A0DBB8196307E1CFD18"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop a plan to deploy plug-in electric
drive vehicles.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID79c3090509c9438bae318c25f0e46b43"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Analysis of responses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal Energy Management Program
shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC2B97BA72E65483AA37A3484B2695428"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">analyze the information submitted by each
agency under paragraph (2);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3311E093EEA943468D7938BAC3C45D42"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">approve or suggest amendments to the plan
of each agency to ensure that the plan is consistent with the goals and
requirements of this title; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id321CAAF217D343EF96674C738DD9BA5F"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit a plan to Congress and the General
Services Administration to be used in developing the pilot program described in
subsection (e).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2ce6de41c830468d88725be790631a85"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Budget
request</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each agency of the
Federal Government shall include plug-in electric drive vehicle purchases
identified in the report under subsection (b) in the budget of the agency to be
included in the budget of the United States Government submitted by the
President under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDeb5fbd55e8044ab6846a74627dda3677"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pilot program To deploy plug-In electric
drive vehicles in the Federal fleet</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id559F2C8BA2BF4DB98265094424F8AC29"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of General Services shall
acquire plug-in electric drive vehicles and the requisite charging
infrastructure to be deployed in a range of locations in the Federal fleet
during the 5-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id592C7EBA5A8743DA876DADFCBEE45E5F"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Data collection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of General Services shall
collect data regarding—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8511FB9A98B94473A1BFC5FECE92C89F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the cost, performance, and use of plug-in
electric drive vehicles in the Federal fleet;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCE48A27AF6904F439CB15B79B1DFAA3D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the deployment and integration of plug-in
electric drive vehicles in the Federal fleet; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49F087A9E3554FC5B315E6652D70C93A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the contribution of plug-in electric drive
vehicles in the Federal fleet toward reducing the use of fossil fuels and
greenhouse gas emissions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE34A9E494474739A43534838075CAF7"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 6 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services shall submit to
the appropriate committees of Congress a report that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80CD3FADB77147788A7E82D9FFFA9AF7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describes the status of plug-in electric
drive vehicles in the Federal fleet; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCA3B3BFA35AF44E0BC7FFBB9243E0DFE"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes an analysis of the data collected
under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe4c8665c34874383b79fe3973fdccdef"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public
website</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal Energy
Management Program shall maintain and regularly update a publicly available
website that provides information on the status of plug-in electric vehicles in
the Federal fleet.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDef9751ba1f8541c3a2a99a3d689dc95b"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated for the Federal Government to pay for incremental
costs to purchase or lease plug-in electric drive vehicles and the requisite
charging infrastructure for Federal fleets $25,000,000.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7fcbeb2cdf764d5499ff3adda824a97b" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>309.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Advanced batteries for tomorrow
prize</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24D0F65738D14308B13A8885483B7049"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, as part of the program described in section 1008 of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16396), the Secretary shall establish the
Advanced Batteries for Tomorrow Prize to competitively award cash prizes in
accordance with this section to advance the research, development,
demonstration, and commercial application of a 500-mile vehicle battery.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFC8DFDFC448F49A49A0D30AEA848AD33"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Battery specifications</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf8dbc1153979427c901b07ac4aa27cfa"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible for the Prize, a battery
submitted by an entrant shall be—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID547d6f80f5a64ad39d02de5891c79f40"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">able to power a plug-in electric drive
vehicle authorized to travel on the United States Federal-aid system of
highways for at least 500 miles before recharging;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID67628b60f3e84e82878c09c3379ee8e6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of a size that would not be
cost-prohibitive or create space constraints, if mass-produced; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7ddf214fc2cc417d87e13200418a5bd7"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">cost-effective (measured in cost per
kilowatt hour), if mass-produced.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb2cbbb31fb444b16b3f1d674339ca9fe"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in consultation with the
Committee, shall establish any additional battery specifications that the
Secretary and the Committee determine to be necessary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb15c5cc7eafd49319394f56a578bead2"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Private funds</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9d7650cc0b834916ba76ed4715b88b01"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph (2) and
notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary may
accept, retain, and use funds contributed by any person, government entity, or
organization for purposes of carrying out this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID701af5e2a3f94a91ac6390d8a32d8b20"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">without further appropriation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc4e1e85516354979829a331266370c5b"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">without fiscal year limitation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID99dc12cb0ebc466cb041996112e889e5"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Restriction on participation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An entity providing private funds for the
Prize may not participate in the competition for the Prize.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7682753d0f134b8d95ed32504a3e8ce5"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in consultation with the
Committee, shall establish a technical review committee composed of non-Federal
officers to review data submitted by Prize entrants under this section and
determine whether the data meets the prize specifications described in
subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDaa43b49e8b324959973941868c4109d0"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Third party administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may select, on a competitive
basis, a third party to administer awards provided under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9c89895a11834beead58fd036c65676e"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible for an award under this
section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID38aefb47b24b4ee991e51e2c23614280"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a private entity, the entity
shall be incorporated in and maintain a primary place of business in the United
States; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID976adc85e8794b979663e1dafaf3568b"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of an individual (whether
participating as a single individual or in a group), the individual shall be a
citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5a199765712c4d0298ca3565d2260756"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Award amounts</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7E951658A45545C6BC576D20A6BE8D11"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the availability of funds to
carry out this section, the amount of the Prize shall be $10,000,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE680464E183F48A88FC9DC1DD5E5C729"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Breakthrough achievement
awards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the
award described in paragraph (1), the Secretary, in consultation with the
technical review committee established under subsection (d), may award cash
prizes in recognition of breakthrough achievements in research, development,
demonstration, and commercial application of activities described in subsection
(b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID13636758eb364d26a60e3530c63b57fb"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">500-Mile battery award fund</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID44ebc5c84ee04e7d993decdc4f53cfa4"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established in the Treasury of the
United States a fund to be known as the <quote>500-mile Battery Fund</quote>
(referred to in this section as the <quote>Fund</quote>), to be administered by
the Secretary, to be available without fiscal year limitation and subject to
appropriation, to award amounts under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9ead6bf495b5447f8b8d6ddc26cab559"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transfers to Fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Fund shall consist of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID908456CA111641D6B7C30309EB6057AB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such amounts as are appropriated to the
Fund under subsection (i); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD2EF1B70D5204F73B84970D1BF09ABCD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such amounts as are described in subsection
(c) and that are provided for the Fund.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe28214dbd69b4183b86261ba8eaa5e20"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts in the Fund may not be made
available for any purpose other than a purposes described in subsection
(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID07da58b629734be4945f49dadf73323a"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual reports</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6888A87F785B4826BE72B08EB7FCB7EA"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the end of
each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2012, the Secretary shall submit a
report on the operation of the Fund during the fiscal year to—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE58D5B6B77974F8D8A4FE37B947A1E9B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and of the Senate;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id327A537219DC4A3DBF1DC4CA779C4259"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF5877BAD0BE474F92B6EC0CA74C2A9C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the
House of Representatives.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id282CC27FC11648EDA4ACAFB5B7C746E5"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each report shall include, for the fiscal
year covered by the report, the following:</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID885d3878ca8c42bba3c906ed4daf03ab"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A statement of the amounts deposited into
the Fund.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0496eab1575648ada51a8420957ec2ba"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of the expenditures made from
the Fund for the fiscal year, including the purpose of the expenditures.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDff6136e44a714883835cca0b49673ade"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Recommendations for additional authorities
to fulfill the purpose of the Fund.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd893a10175174d29ab0a83f45cb33bab"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A statement of the balance remaining in the
Fund at the end of the fiscal year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa647f9eea1534b8a8906aef6aa157f89"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Separate appropriations
account</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1105(a) of
title 31, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCFAF5C0DE678488683249962C7346E6C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (35) and (36)
as paragraphs (36) and (37), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id01E28A1F77534CD99938A1CA736C72EE"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating the second paragraph (33)
(relating to obligational authority and outlays requested for homeland
security) as paragraph (35); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFBBC1E772727484E96693BB2BCFDBD4C"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37F8FDED306649B6A6FC437A9561F913" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id856031446FF24663AF6917FD118B6551"><enum>(LL)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a separate statement for the 500-mile
Battery Fund established under section 8(h) of the <quote><short-title>Oil Independence for a Stronger America Act of
2010</short-title></quote>, which shall include the estimated amount of
deposits into the Fund, obligations, and outlays from the
Fund.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5481b6d6dcd147568458dd9632a82fde"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDaa6bf857016945bb8e3714ac90b26b60" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>310.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research and development program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0319f27bd1c84051a811b25779c44c4f"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research and development program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8ac7d3b1a8fe41a4ac4951b58fb447d6"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in consultation with the
Committee, shall establish a program to fund research and development in
advanced batteries, electric drive vehicle components, electric drive
infrastructure, and other technologies supporting the development, manufacture,
and deployment of electric drive vehicles and charging infrastructure.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61D99F6EF68048E89F77B4C6669A4AD7"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The program may include funding for—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4a0b9f86be39453d9f7ae009a11bd00e"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the development of low-cost, smart-charging
and vehicle-to-grid connectivity technology;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4582e3ea101f456ea5606727c46134cb"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the benchmarking and assessment of open
software systems using nationally established evaluation criteria; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfc4bb677f5aa468a860f604be651ff47"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">new technologies in electricity storage for
vehicles.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9520b76fa2964fecb6a65558a399e517"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 4 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report
describing the status of the program described in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd300e494ea7d4ccf97ecaabd7c351984"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secondary use applications program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb561bad509f84f79ae3e21fcc756e2ce"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in consultation with the
Committee, shall carry out a research, development, and demonstration program
that builds upon any work carried out under section 915 of the Energy Policy
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16195) and—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID070d751c0f12434f95aea4f959fc5fbd"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identifies possible uses of a vehicle
battery after the useful life of the battery in a vehicle has been
exhausted;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID378b8bc20b2645b0a5223e923c98bd93"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assesses the potential for markets for uses
described in subparagraph (A) to develop, as well as any barriers to the
development of the markets; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8ac0fe4c61ec48c8b2f38c43aaa90d66"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identifies the potential uses of a vehicle
battery—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD3D0388F1FBB4BF6B741FDABE2838149"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with the most promise for market
development; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id919656E8C830451D81DE91E5FAF69012"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for which market development would be aided
by a demonstration project.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID531d6034f5174860be5a062122c9f422"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees
of Congress an initial report on the findings of the program described in
paragraph (1), including recommendations for stationary energy storage and
other potential applications for batteries used in plug-in electric drive
vehicles.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDafe329b40e8d45afa868bf5707614537"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Demonstration projects</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9e622e4875b14846b4acd357cb3acd90"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Based on the results of the program
described in subsection (b), the Secretary, in consultation with the Committee,
shall develop guidelines for projects that demonstrate the secondary uses of
vehicle batteries.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID68bdad27d0074a45bae53fc4d70c1146"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Publication of guidelines</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id202B6A120DAF4BB5891A18072788BC54"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">publish the guidelines described in
paragraph (1); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id623703674D4E472E922BC1904393E4F0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">solicit applications for funding for
demonstration projects.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID551ace27811846c9ab66dd668b02dee3"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 38 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall select proposals for grant funding
under this section, based on an assessment of which proposals are mostly likely
to contribute to the development of a secondary market for batteries.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID051e478ea31c4dde8915e0d793c5ac52"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Materials Recycling Study</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2FD5E98E846341448405780B8236D0E6"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in consultation with the
Committee, shall carry out a study on the recycling of materials from plug-in
electric drive vehicles and the batteries used in plug-in electric drive
vehicles.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1c655870fd78447ebb3ccb853f596486"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees
of Congress a report on the findings of the study described in paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb650ccba2f8342d3a8caa4c2b056e1a2"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $1,530,000,000,
including—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc4c604d2b38146a8a443b713aafc483a"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,500,000,000 for use in conducting the
program described in subsection (a) for fiscal years 2011 through 2020;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID79b203cabb5847e39ab3298effd4dc3f"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$5,000,000 for use in conducting the
program described in subsection (b) for fiscal years 2011 through 2016;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID497b1c0508b04cc98620159a0e818510"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$25,000,000 for use in providing grants
described in subsection (c) for fiscal years 2011 through 2020.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID06cb32c3652d44898d7d2be0f25067eb" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>311.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study on the supply of raw
materials</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25868E3B17FF42B3AC9BC02CCC570042"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior, in
consultation with the Secretary and the Task Force, shall conduct a study
that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6efb456d9385482da1cd82693cf47f9c"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identifies the raw materials needed for the
manufacture of plug-in electric drive vehicles, batteries, and other components
for plug-in electric drive vehicles, and for the infrastructure needed to
support plug-in electric drive vehicles;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID573df8962e6d4e308d87b2de58bb2e7a"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describes the primary or original sources
and known reserves and resources of those raw materials;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4b64bdda6bba43a69ca7be0a7f8e1e9f"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assesses, in consultation with the National
Academy of Sciences, the degree of risk to the manufacture, maintenance,
deployment, and use of plug-in electric drive vehicles associated with the
supply of those raw materials; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa2f2654b9d964a3b801af33ad9395596"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identifies pathways to securing reliable
and resilient supplies of those raw materials.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID12df2cddf8d143a5b098a3990dc0b364"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Congress a
report that describes the results of the study.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1510cb1ba5ac41f2ba176d32a3f79da5"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $1,500,000.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3a6d277b052c4748a9ff2d52e020fa19" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>312.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Plug-in Electric Drive Vehicle Technical
Advisory Committee</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD6E4BB1DEEBA48618821804A1BF23C76"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established the Plug-in Electric
Drive Vehicle Technical Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary on the
programs and activities under this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1c12719a811b4a359c6f2eecc93e7401"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The mission of the Committee shall be to
advise the Secretary on technical matters, including—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID921ae35290e74ce498a433308b5066a2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the priorities for research and
development;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa76df83681ab4d3fbfad74d581c8dd0c"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">means of accelerating the deployment of
safe, economical, and efficient plug-in electric drive vehicles for mass market
adoption;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID152a365ca99d4f908d84f80b691e4d79"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the development and deployment of charging
infrastructure;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5d5057348029445e9d5bf64be80adce6"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the development of uniform codes,
standards, and safety protocols for plug-in electric drive vehicles and
charging infrastructure; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6d66b02989134f4c92c8d08dc0917c82"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reporting on the competitiveness of the
United States in plug-in electric drive vehicle and infrastructure research,
manufacturing, and deployment.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDafa4e8f751ba442ba7aed5b78e1d7e8b"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Membership</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe608478777f847dc89ead5b416660c09"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Members</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76FE5F3C1A75457293292419055E4F09"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall consist of not less
than 12, but not more than 25, members.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02B64B6940D6434BB1D03A6CD45CA2CF"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Representation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall appoint the members to
Committee from among representatives of—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5EB0BECE3B9640CCA4098846B63C42B4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">domestic industry;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47D2FA833E244BDCAE4653599A0D3283"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">institutions of higher education;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4FC544D004C9488E90F8C45AE7560071"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">professional societies;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8C9F5F6546484ADE8C0A655C11D83D51"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal, State, and local governmental
agencies (including the National Laboratories); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id502700E0F65A40E781EFA785B81C8573"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">financial, transportation, labor,
environmental, or other appropriate organizations, as the Secretary determines
to be necessary.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5bba1fc40b344072b738113b90bf1b7b"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Terms</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7489393CAA9248C880187E50483BAB85"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term of a Committee member shall not be
longer than 3 years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A6738D629B64F4FAC52F7BCD7DB5BEB"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Staggered terms</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may appoint members to the
Committee for differing term lengths to ensure continuity in the functioning of
the Committee.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC717AD59D307490CA1EFDC90A81B8B3A"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reappointments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A member of the Committee whose term is
expiring may be reappointed.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1f27214a2ad544238fdd293e455e13fe"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chairperson</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall have a chairperson, who
shall be elected by and from the members.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb121867c2669435e8ac2cb8e46fa018c"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall review and make
recommendations to the Secretary on the implementation of programs and
activities under this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDefb45f944c074c63846d31c774907eda"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Response</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4262086f256d4ed5b5e2dc059fc60e79"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall consider and may adopt
any recommendation of the Committee under subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8fe4a939a75149b68e9b06865522454c"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Biennial report</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF237AE7C57D44AA3814248BB60DFE7EE"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of
enactment of this Act and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit
to the appropriate committees of Congress a report describing any new
recommendations of the Committee.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3A2579FF7C98484987C0AD1E44523F4E"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report shall include—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBE8BCE55DFBF46BE83A5654282C618AF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the manner in which the
Secretary has implemented or plans to implement the recommendations of the
Committee; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBCACE7CE76484126BBA9356C696805C3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an explanation of the reason that a
recommendation of the Committee has not been implemented.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7635313F542C4E029764ABE3387D3C6C"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Timing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report described in this paragraph
shall be submitted by the Secretary at the same time the President submits the
budget proposal for the Department of Energy to Congress.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDee8989203874415b880aee7958ae4385"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall hold joint annual
meetings with the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee
established by section 807 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16156)
to help coordinate the work and recommendations of the Committees.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDde11b853a9f940379b7952c96f4f59ed"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Support</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide to the
Committee the resources necessary to carry out this section, as determined to
be necessary by the Secretary.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID08e42c0c9fd64cf59711fde972a09358" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>313.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Plug-in Electric Drive Vehicle Interagency
Task Force</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa3dd2aa3cd9e42dc9b7b5af1c65af23f"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the President shall establish the Plug-in Electric Drive
Vehicle Interagency Task Force, to be chaired by the Secretary and which shall
consist of at least 1 representative from each of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8973556cda434693ad32cf8bc45c38e0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Office of Science and Technology
Policy;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7494ed7558c34682950aa26b3f7a8038"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Council on Environmental
Quality;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4ba1efddc57a4947bbfaa8ee94314853"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Department of Energy;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID014e8231c66747e5b783d698ddab40d3"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Department of Transportation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa93c7bb2ad864673b24a18c4c6463a6b"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Department of Defense;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2507cc2c61304b04bd33d5f82066532b"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Department of Commerce (including the
National Institute of Standards and Technology);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2480433b01eb4c8f900a8b1e13d9f0bd"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Environmental Protection Agency;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa8d6bc15f2dc45d98436292db2e17ef3"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the General Services Administration;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0dcd98e038d847ca86045576611d0a3b"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other Federal agencies that the
President determines to be appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID90d8230770264da6bb5fe04686e38fb9"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The mission of the Task Force shall be to
ensure awareness, coordination, and integration of the activities of the
Federal Government relating to electric drive vehicles, including—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID10f623c1ae9c48eabcb2a11fbbc08984"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">plug-in electric drive vehicle research and
development (including necessary components);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID94c488267e4f43cea686cdef499b2673"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the development of widely accepted
smart-grid standards and protocols for charging infrastructure;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID77eb72f3f3ab499793f6f5e09d3d0cee"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the relationship of plug-in electric drive
vehicle charging practices to electric utility regulation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5a52a26862d648d0800eb43aba655f8b"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the relationship of plug-in electric drive
vehicle deployment to system reliability and security;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID491c6f6dc24e42cab71b690532cbcb95"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the general deployment of plug-in electric
drive vehicles in the Federal, State, and local governments and for private
use;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf71526ecdd164eaaa7d919b903d1740a"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the development of uniform codes,
standards, and safety protocols for plug-in electric drive vehicles and
charging infrastructure; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd74f0234618d4a5b864456926d7fee91"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the alignment of international plug-in
electric drive vehicle standards.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9f1ebc5108004290a011204e726f58e3"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Activities</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27A8ACB8D8E44137B3BC7C995BBC9E36"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this section, the Task
Force may—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA0AE7FC7E6814F9194D26C2CA2EE7A5F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">organize workshops and conferences;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1242FBD48C21487AA9A3EE6B66141CC2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">issue publications; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idABCF5A0DFDDF4DE48A0734A99BD96BD3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">create databases.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID949c17bcd0e049afaffeec0a195a8613"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mandatory activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this section, the Task
Force shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID700fd48a041841f395305158a5267eb1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">foster the exchange of generic,
nonproprietary information and technology among industry, academia, and the
Federal Government;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID61659f303dbe43a4ab792a9102617295"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">integrate and disseminate technical and
other information made available as a result of the programs and activities
under this title;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID457ae83d762447d2a1083de9b31a78b2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">support education about plug-in electric
drive vehicles;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDce72b378274748d3adaa88a40249f8b3"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">monitor, analyze, and report on the effects
of plug-in electric drive vehicle deployment on the environment and public
health, including air emissions from vehicles and electricity generating units;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8a7288ed901d4b709915bd1ad0bffd20"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review and report on—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd17f905af7284607b06fb3f5116eeabf"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">opportunities to use Federal programs
(including laws, regulations, and guidelines) to promote the deployment of
plug-in electric drive vehicles; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0a914b0f30b14f6ba8362ff8de33f4de"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any barriers to the deployment of plug-in
electric drive vehicles, including barriers that are attributable to Federal
programs (including laws, regulations, and guidelines).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID015504fab9854063a1e7f4b780dd24c9"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agency cooperation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Federal agency—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFFB2DA7A9240447CAD1E9CA9CE63087C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall cooperate with the Task Force;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1F88985F9F4B4ADE9F88B4948AEC35BB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide, on request of the Task Force,
appropriate assistance in carrying out this section, in accordance with
applicable Federal laws (including regulations).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID287916970149459fb5386478dc3b98e7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>314.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition on disposing of advanced
batteries in landfills</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">An
advanced battery from a plug-in electric drive vehicle shall be disposed of in
accordance with the Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act
(42 U.S.C. 14301 et seq.).</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID12d049fd70804359a472719d0814ee7f" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>315.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Loan guarantees for advanced battery
purchases for use in stationary applications</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle B of title I of the Energy
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17011 et seq.) is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC04AD5AE4069461FB26FC08E196E8770" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID74bf530fae65444482daf9e74af37896" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>137.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Loan guarantees for advanced battery
purchases</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID25d5a1fa03654a3ab2efc197a5b37aa2"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1cd5966d35d94418a05c8668c7c84eb4"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Qualified automotive battery</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>qualified automotive
battery</term> means a battery that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8F8517D9C230418EBDCB0108EAF0E937"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has at least 4 kilowatt hours of battery
capacity; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8C96946A886B42378224CE201705144A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is designed for use in qualified plug-in
electric drive motor vehicles but is purchased for nonautomotive
applications.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf890decc41584fc18f4b5c3d2d1b621a"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible entity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>eligible entity</term>
means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2cf9b6a4ad254962889c8e69db719da2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an original equipment manufacturer;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf0bc53f4cec740e182e8e5aa19ec8026"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an electric utility;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4247590ac0324541a77363cc486f0637"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any provider of range extension
infrastructure; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2eebf8c7a95949f18d276f9652627bd6"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other qualified entity, as determined
by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID15e153bf2fab4c59bb51d16969af277d"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Loan guarantees</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7D7BE788C52B43259145932916A3938C"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall guarantee loans made to
eligible entities for the aggregate purchase of not less than 200 qualified
automotive batteries in a calendar year that have a total minimum power rating
of 1 megawatt and use advanced battery technology.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1EC8310690B947C08B1AB8FB12C58FF9"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Restriction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As a condition of receiving a loan
guarantee under this section, an entity purchasing qualified automotive
batteries with loan funds guaranteed under this section shall comply with the
provisions of the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID00bf4f16c90a4ff79407190e19b207ce"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall promulgate such
regulations as are necessary to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id616A2E2ECE5345D293254F7E1118CF8C"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$50,000,000.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0ddd279d407746c789109be055c22c1b" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>316.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Model updating building codes, permitting
and inspection processes, and zoning or parking rules</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6309cc648c514d9b9c53ac2eae5b98cd"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop and publish—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDef313d49ffac4397ae99ff8e6ce5d90b"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">model building codes for the inclusion of
separate circuits for charging infrastructure, as appropriate, in new
construction and major renovations of private residences, buildings, or other
structures that could provide publicly available charging
infrastructure;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID17cf6303db7046f298724838913ba473"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">model construction permitting or inspection
processes that allow for the expedited installation of charging infrastructure
for purchasers of electric drive vehicles (including a permitting process that
allows a vehicle purchaser to have charging infrastructure installed the same
day a vehicle is purchased); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID789dc558a2a14fda9bad2fbc50b268e6"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">model zoning, parking rules, or other local
ordinances that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8841DCB5785145469256D5430B646240"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">facilitate the installation of publicly
available charging infrastructure; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2DB01CF0CD3E48C995D8CBCFDC6C7A86"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allow for access to publicly available
charging infrastructure.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb9f98438e066453f9f8d4448af06c3c1"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Optional adoption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An applicant for selection as a deployment
community under section 303 shall not be required to use the model building
codes, permitting and inspection processes, or zoning, parking rules, or other
ordinances described in the report published under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID984af0e530184fe4be55f7bd31b1ebdc"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Smart grid integration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing the model codes or ordinances
described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall take into account smart grid
integration.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B2E9A6E1BCD480186A4CB6889BE274E"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf90b20a0aadd49848a93d969e65a5f4e" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>317.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Workforce training</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA7FC25254BD04695AE97892BA101459D"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maintenance and support</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA5D2DDCAA06D4067ABE5CE5E5129AFF4"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in consultation with the
Committee and the Task Force, shall award grants to institutions of higher
education and other qualified training and education institutions for the
establishment of programs to provide training and education for vocational
workforce development through centers of excellence.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA879BAB48D1A45D9A58A83DBCE281B80"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Training funded under this subsection shall
be intended to ensure that the workforce has the necessary skills needed to
maintain plug-in electric drive vehicles and the infrastructure required to
support plug-in electric drive vehicles.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1e5cfea68fb14fbdb9a633013a824df8"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Scope</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Training funded under this subsection shall
include training for—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd6956e6e710648eb9815f6204e3677b5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">first responders;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID407d127b26cb4937bb9461f841886d80"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">electricians and contractors who will be
installing infrastructure;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id151971C20E7649338323B665189201E3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">engineers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa94fd9cb12474e9bb33a9c63730412ab"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">code inspection officials; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDdad25e0f269d46fe8669a8eaab71ac2c"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">dealers and mechanics.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa275e998e54143f7ab07139b4370e197"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Design</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall award grants to
institutions of higher education and other qualified training and education
institutions for the establishment of programs to provide training and
education in designing plug-in electric drive vehicles and associated
components and infrastructure to ensure that the United States can lead the
world in this field.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6ca963c6c24e47999d595217b0b0022f"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the
implementation of the training programs under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa738c8b07350413ba8514bb4d7053cb5"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated $250,000,000 to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idE5B5F9B386FF4A89878028EF614F3251" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>318.</enum><header>Credit for
grid-interactive plug-in vehicles</header>
<subsection id="id27BED70A0CFE4735BE982AEDC230BC19"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subpart B of part IV
of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by
adding at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id960EB34D5665429DB2D24C9ADF2F5730" style="OLC">
<section id="id7A1926B8557D454586BE4B809695D15C"><enum>30E.</enum><header>Qualified
grid-interactive plug-in vehicles</header>
<subsection id="id0E6A59B47D9F4EF08CDF85C28538A951"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There shall be allowed as a credit against the tax
imposed by this chapter for the taxable year an amount equal to the lesser
of—</text>
<paragraph id="idF85D13DF019A436C9F5671A884B232A5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>50 percent of the
cost of any qualified grid-interactive plug-in vehicle placed in service by the
taxpayer during the taxable year, or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id95FABCFBB5DD41C28F099E152E3BA3E3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$25,000.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idACEB596E5F794651912564E85F06C90A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on
number of qualified grid-Interactive plug-In vehicles</header><text>No credit
shall be allowed with respect to any qualified grid-interactive plug-in vehicle
placed in service after the calendar quarter in which the number of qualified
grid-interactive vehicles placed in service in the United States after the date
of the enactment of this section is at least 6,000.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id4A7DB16CB9E04B0CBC5C8BB4099E302C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application
with other credits</header>
<paragraph id="ID0a0bce71af464ed39cf6109c2bdfb993"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Business credit
treated as part of general business credit</header><text>So much of the credit
which would be allowed under subsection (a) for any taxable year (determined
without regard to this subsection) that is attributable to property of a
character subject to an allowance for depreciation shall be treated as a credit
listed in section 38(b) for such taxable year (and not allowed under subsection
(a)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID55a1a6021e334b8fa4e4da9de104b0f0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Personal
credit</header>
<subparagraph id="ID90acc5cdeba3498c96e8cc28a0249c9f"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For purposes of this title, the credit allowed under
subsection (a) for any taxable year (determined after application of paragraph
(1)) shall be treated as a credit allowable under subpart A for such taxable
year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3b9d78df8d2446109904a9bdb489d771"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation
based on amount of tax</header><text>In the case of a taxable year to which
section 26(a)(2) does not apply, the credit allowed under subsection (a) for
any taxable year (determined after application of paragraph (1)) shall not
exceed the excess of—</text>
<clause id="IDe3ff5af91da14e809b0aff4a796f6eec"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the sum of the
regular tax liability (as defined in section 26(b)) plus the tax imposed by
section 55, over</text>
</clause><clause id="IDb33c6559a2964392b18bb07bd697c39f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the sum of the
credits allowable under subpart A (other than this section and sections 25D,
30, and 30D) and section 27 for the taxable year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9CBFA4C5F2924AAE8C06414CD4F81EB3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Qualified
grid-Interactive plug-In vehicle</header><text>For purposes of this section,
the term <term>qualified grid-interactive plug-in vehicle</term> means any
vehicle—</text>
<paragraph id="id8D06DA8A656D455A88A328ADD24A8DB4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>which—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3C6ED88674A94568B2812B466B3DE8DA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is made by a
manufacturer and originally placed in service by the taxpayer, or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE1C992373743400187B1A806A38235EC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has been modified
to meet the requirements of paragraphs (3) and (4) by a qualified vehicle
converter and originally placed in service as a modified vehicle by the
taxpayer,</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idCC86562AC2B046DBB06D3C031BBAF30A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>which is acquired
for use or lease by the taxpayer and not for resale,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id14E486AD4834481792529945298B15AC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>which is
propelled to a significant extent by an electric motor which draws electricity
from a traction battery which—</text>
<subparagraph id="id612C99068E8043D98D63AB4FA9CD37CB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has not less than
20 kilowatt hours of traction battery storage, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id402F2AC68E004041855CBBFD39F5C46B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has not less than
12 kilowatt hours of charging and discharging power capability at 240
volts,</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF4D9736A4537400E86526F0568C1AC57"><enum>(4)</enum><text>which has
hardware and software in place on the vehicle necessary to allow a qualified
aggregator to control battery charging from and discharging to the electrical
grid, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD5EFA91A4FFC458C8BD58280093FB08A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>with respect to
which the taxpayer has entered into a contract or agreement with a qualified
aggregator to provide grid services for not less than 3 years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id958FD7F39A3D49CB87F88C1C5060B18B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Other
definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section—</text>
<paragraph id="idDEA22F9737B14695AB1461EDB0FA620F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Manufacturer</header><text>The
term <term>manufacturer</term> has the meaning given such term under section
30B.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id609E5E1D06FA499D9088E6EF8B782B30"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualified
vehicle converter</header><text>The term <term>qualified vehicle
converter</term> means any person who is in the trade or business of installing
electric drive or grid interface components in existing vehicles.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2395EA6D523E477C893639E71C1E0BE4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Qualified
aggregator</header><text>The term <term>qualified aggregator</term> means any
person who—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1DC0A626057D4D50A79DE8B6E7133218"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is in the trade
or business of controlling multiple qualified grid-interactive plug-in vehicles
to provide valuable grid services and paying owners of those vehicles for the
ability to control charging and discharging of vehicle battery storage systems
to the grid, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1e2d45c1bb68427aa587751a80520f34"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is either—</text>
<clause id="idF57B242E465F4FE2A90AA96FA64CDBBD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an Independent
System Operator as defined in section 3 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C.
796),</text>
</clause><clause id="idDB2BB1343DC34B28AC70900FC05823B7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a Regional
Transmission Organization as defined in such section 3,</text>
</clause><clause id="idA69CFBB9197F4D70BB7D8EFD41B6D602"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a load-serving
entity, or</text>
</clause><clause id="id7CC55E773C364682AD6D41FD9A5D1783"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>an independent
company who accumulates grid services from a collection of qualified
grid-interactive plug-in vehicles.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id19EAE4F4AFAA4F6E8321DCA138FC82E9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Load-serving
entity</header><text>The term <term>load-serving entity</term> means an
electricity distribution company or utility company that provides distribution
and energy services for electricity and electric customer services.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC1297D4794424ACA807E80D25AC586E1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Special
rules</header>
<paragraph id="H76F5143C17AC430981A0149FF92608C6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Basis
reduction</header><text>For purposes of this subtitle, the basis of any
property for which a credit is allowable under subsection (a) shall be reduced
by the amount of such credit so allowed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1021195E6E0241C8BE0DBF428038145C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No double
benefit</header>
<subparagraph id="id61AAFEF9C67142079D31141C8241B16A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Coordination
with credit for new qualified plug-in electric vehicles</header><text>No credit
shall be allowed under subsection (a) with respect to any vehicle for which a
credit is allowed under section 30D.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1B36518BE4AA420482F061FC88865748"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Other
provisions</header><text>The amount of any deduction or credit (other than the
credit allowed under section 30D) allowable under this chapter for a new
qualified grid-interactive plug-in vehicle shall be reduced by the amount of
credit allowed under subsection (a) for such vehicle.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8FF3F6460CE14C4AAB74D0881A1D7308"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Property used
outside United States not qualified</header><text>No credit shall be allowable
under subsection (a) with respect to any property referred to in section
50(b)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1EF126D3D7CA41D1A39897B7C5889DD5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Recapture</header><text>The
Secretary shall, by regulations, provide for recapturing the benefit of any
credit allowable under subsection (a) with respect to any property which ceases
to be property eligible for such credit.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8A2B4683005D490788AD6E69762ED139"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Election not to
take credit</header><text>No credit shall be allowed under subsection (a) for
any vehicle if the taxpayer elects to not have this section apply to such
vehicle.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9AC6C3974ACF4C82A6F1673A0D87C310"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section shall not apply to property
placed in service after December 31,
2015.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id2E94B6DBB07047CE82C00E60EBB51FB1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="id959922D9341441AA81BE52B83FBF0FA4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 38(a) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>plus</quote> at
the end of paragraph (35), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (36)
and inserting <quote>, plus</quote>, and by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4593B9638C454D719B84FB97BF724978" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id65E899111C554AE8970C3DD22B70A4B1"><enum>(37)</enum><text>the portion of
the qualified grid-interactive plug-in vehicle credit to which section
30E(c)(1)
applies.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id02699FDCADF645C981CA4BC4B6E4D039"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 1016(a)
of such Code is amended by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph
(36), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (37) and inserting
<quote>, and</quote>, and by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4BEF2004594941D5945CA3886DAE3B1D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idD390AFFDF99644828E801B0B454FD625"><enum>(38)</enum><text>to the extent
provided in section
30E(f)(1).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE7BB9310EA444B25BF6B1BAA34AE38F6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 6501(m)
of such Code is amended by inserting <quote>30E(f)(5),</quote> after
<quote>30D(e)(4),</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idBB6D3B25ABEE4300A7DBDCFE0B206E65"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The table of
sections for subpart B of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is
amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block id="id41c3a52b-454a-408f-86ba-badff7622c7c" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry idref="id7A1926B8557D454586BE4B809695D15C" level="section">Sec. 30E. Qualified grid-interactive plug-in
vehicles.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA4E0147AEFAA494AB9BF1C8D03F442E9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to property
placed in service after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Transportation
infrastructure</header>
<subtitle id="id6ADC90E4F7494267A7D6320462C40D66"><enum>A</enum><header>Transportation
options for families and businesses</header>
<section id="IDfd528850c0294e558da44175fdb47edc"><enum>401.</enum><header>Oil savings
and greenhouse gas emission reductions through transportation
efficiency</header>
<subsection id="HFB9766EFD680488B901AB0D780C85780"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Environmental
Protection Agency</header><text>Part A of title II of the Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. 7521 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89615DE3A5CB4F158B398F37E13D7C0E" style="OLC">
<section id="IDa45119cbc20c4769a9081e74f64684b7"><enum>220.</enum><header>Oil savings
and greenhouse gas emission reductions through transportation
efficiency</header>
<subsection id="ID3dc56f2a281841a8ab4501cc4058e1df"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of
Transportation (referred to in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>),
shall promulgate, and update from time to time, regulations to
establish—</text>
<paragraph id="ID8bb1cbd6b250442fb3652255d73fc007"><enum>(1)</enum><text>national
transportation-related goals for reducing oil consumption and greenhouse gas
emissions that are commensurate with the emission reduction targets established
under the <short-title>Oil Independence for a Stronger
America Act of 2010</short-title> and the amendments made by that Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8cfcc416535047abaf9875878d3b6059"><enum>(2)</enum><text>standardized
models and related methods, to be used by States, metropolitan planning
organizations, and air quality agencies to address oil savings and emission
reduction goals, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDffcc0760356844829c889287c96ac6cd"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the development
of surface transportation-related oil savings and greenhouse gas emission
reduction targets pursuant to sections 134 and 135 of title 23, and sections
5303 and 5304 of title 49, United States Code;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb8cd951213f54b79bfb7bd5783cb2f34"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the assessment of
projected surface transportation-related oil consumption and greenhouse gas
emissions from transportation strategies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2c00b044550d49a2b14b685d324a8cd0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the assessment of
projected surface transportation-related oil consumption and greenhouse gas
emissions from State and regional transportation plans;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDeb828ec6b04f4b7181a38932eb66249a"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the establishment
of surface transportation-related oil consumption and greenhouse gas emission
baselines at national, State, and regional levels; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3f5a88ec5b4c40e99a4a098cc5f6ee49"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the measurement
and assessment of actual surface transportation-related oil consumption and
emissions to assess progress toward achievement of oil savings and emission
targets at the State and regional levels;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1b310a6c57bd48a4bc8aa43e38000c18"><enum>(3)</enum><text>methods for
collection of data on transportation-related oil consumption and greenhouse gas
emissions; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID556e1823479245af8acd79302334b894"><enum>(4)</enum><text>publication and
distribution of successful strategies employed by States, Indian tribes,
metropolitan planning organizations, and other entities to reduce
transportation-related oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDdfd2c2f7fc834d7a8477bbe9ead98c94"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Role of
Department of Transportation</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with
the Administrator, shall promulgate, and update from time to time,
regulations—</text>
<paragraph id="ID41c88828269340cb905586db24b90dfb"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to improve the
ability of transportation planning models and tools, including travel demand
models, to address oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4371414204b64d2297e907fbb73986fd"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to assess
projected surface transportation-related travel activity and transportation
strategies from State and regional transportation plans; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0e735df42e3b4e12947997b112a31ae0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to update
transportation planning requirements and approval of transportation plans as
necessary to carry out this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID31dc8c541f3a402a865fb32a292ded0b"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation
and models</header><text>In promulgating the regulations, the Administrator and
the Secretary—</text>
<paragraph id="IDad130ec0e58248f29ec9f7fb0391d9fa"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall consult
with States, Indian tribes, metropolitan planning organizations, and air
quality agencies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf791c5fe48974515a0266609bd0f148f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may use existing
models and methodologies if the models and methodologies are widely considered
to reflect the best practicable modeling or methodological approach for
assessing actual and projected transportation-related oil consumption and
greenhouse gas emissions from transportation plans and projects; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc407b0215ecd4511b6d0e72e4c3675fb"><enum>(3)</enum><text>shall consider
previously developed plans that were based on models and methodologies for
reducing oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in applying those
regulations to the first approvals after promulgation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0673870ee9eb4c3595b3b4e64b6d0342"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>The
Administrator and the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID3b4c49b3d5604dab9e3b51aa40be341f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>publish proposed
regulations under subsections (a) and (b) not later than 1 year after the date
of enactment of this section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID919585dc1f7f48be8ab084336aaf95ac"><enum>(2)</enum><text>promulgate final
regulations under subsections (a) and (b) not later than 18 months after the
date of enactment of this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDb871dd0fae3547adacad6c1e76babb9a"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Assessment</header>
<paragraph id="IDf42fca7fa2ab45aa8cf55a4b405eadb6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>At least every 6 years after promulgating final
regulations under subsections (a) and (b), the Administrator and the Secretary
shall jointly assess current and projected progress in reducing national
transportation-related oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID59978f1e96764fe589044447656ecff8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The
assessment shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF109729B6E7B4DF8AFA405CEF1E4AC42"><enum>(A)</enum><text>examine the
contributions to emission reductions attributable to—</text>
<clause id="ID408ad52428c54840ab9bfc965cd3e391"><enum>(i)</enum><text>improvements in
vehicle efficiency;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID33f5e541c38442c0823dba0bab8e3ad0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>greenhouse gas
performance of transportation fuels;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID297e01ff55634c51a02095925b4743d1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>reductions in
vehicle miles traveled;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID317ffa843c534f7d82d2c28375448701"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>changes in
consumer demand and use of transportation management systems; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID1b0965612ffa401e8d8e2c3cd381f409"><enum>(v)</enum><text>any other
greenhouse gas-related transportation policies enacted by Congress; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa5ea6a370f4c43b99717d9f1da51394a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include an
analysis of the impact of the investments made by each State and metropolitan
planning organization through the applicable statewide transportation
improvement program and transportation improvement program, respectively, over
the most recent 6-year period on reducing transportation-related greenhouse gas
emissions and oil consumption.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID33f25b01e6f346788a2888017438c08a"><enum>(3)</enum><header>State
departments of transportation</header><text>The Secretary shall issue guidance
to establish procedures for State departments of transportation to collect and
report the data required for the Secretary to carry out the assessment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2624f354b9ba45118b152fff45624d4c"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Results of
assessment</header><text>The Secretary and the Administrator shall
consider—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID6a7061bc2ecf439d9198acec6459c5ab"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the results of
the assessment conducted under this subsection; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf4e548ab1c774b56b5f135b9a5876cc2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>based on those
results, whether technical or other updates to regulations required under this
section and sections 134 and 135 of title 23, and sections 5303 and 5304 of
title 49, United States Code, are
necessary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDb5340531306f4828adb9a4e03fa7dc7e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Metropolitan
planning organizations</header>
<paragraph id="ID73285fbe824e4251b89bc6d6746d2741"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Title
23</header><text>Section 134 of title 23, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDdb7c7f30553a49c1b6cd408feff590c5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1)—</text>
<clause id="ID639d8d6fb6234b84830f966e6e131e4a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>minimizing</quote> and inserting <quote>reducing</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID9a782b81808f4f55a34e8afff74daeb6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>, reliance on oil, impacts on the environment,
transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions,</quote> after
<quote>consumption</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa99bd68a9fe148029c5b0c52797d1508"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(h)(1)(E)—</text>
<clause id="ID9d0d876456d7477cb0456892a76663d3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>sustainability, and livability, reduce surface
transportation-related reliance on oil and greenhouse gas emissions, adapt to
the effects of climate change,</quote> after <quote>energy
conservation,</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDce0d0ddca58b405faec809561dcaf5f7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>and public health</quote> after <quote>quality of
life</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDb097d8e9caee44f7a2bc271bc4ff9984"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>, including housing and land use patterns</quote> after
<quote>development patterns</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb5e1115bd09146a9801fa5ec18c86b2f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection
(i)—</text>
<clause id="ID74756d15eff94e00ab322f635543f033"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
paragraph (4)(A)—</text>
<subclause id="ID6b8c460851c74bd8862f141f28410eba"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>consult, as appropriate,</quote> and inserting
<quote>cooperate</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID20fb1f2277ec492691622def0c862584"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>transportation, public transportation, air quality, energy, and housing,
and shall consult, as appropriate, with State and local agencies and Indian
tribes responsible for</quote> after <quote>responsible for</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID89d1ef905e4e4316836290e8b5d2286b"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>public health,</quote> after <quote>conservation,</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="IDe08dfc9a47b24ac7b9200666db501858"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
paragraph (5)(C)(iii), by inserting <quote>and through the website of the
metropolitan planning organization, including oil savings and emission
reduction targets and strategies developed under subsection (k)(6), including
an analysis of the anticipated effects of the targets and strategies,</quote>
after <quote>World Wide Web</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id52E3B6443D07456C89186331682BDBEF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subsection
(j)(5)(A), by striking <quote>subsection (k)(4)</quote> and inserting
<quote>subsection (k)(5)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5fe1899dcad54d2396f239029402c445"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in subsection
(k)—</text>
<clause id="id6BCA1835654943F184223A6E994301E4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as paragraphs (2) through (6),
respectively;</text>
</clause><clause id="idB548E087E98F419CB9E9ABE3A00EE354"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6EDB433C11604184BEB8A12232CEA71B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idDA148CE6B22C44428941309688115B9B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph id="IDee60189da01b4fa6b2d41105d08f4ac5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Metropolitan
planning organization</header><text>The term <term>metropolitan planning
organization</term> means a metropolitan planning organization described in
clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (7)(B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2c429a47c5aa473ab5013a8916a94f0f"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Scenario
analysis</header><text>The term <term>scenario analysis</term> means the use of
a planning tool that—</text>
<clause id="IDf427784a41b34481968300e2b821dc85"><enum>(i)</enum><text>develops a range
of scenarios representing various combinations of transportation strategies,
land use strategies, and development patterns, estimates of how each of those
scenarios would perform in meeting the oil savings and greenhouse gas emission
reduction targets based on analysis of various forces (such as health,
transportation, economic or environmental factors, and land use) that affect
growth;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDbcf8f31b329f44c28458d18817017236"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>includes
features such as—</text>
<subclause id="ID43c34e16bf824a14b2f7f74fd5f96ae9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the involvement
of the general public, key stakeholders, and elected officials on a broad
scale;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID0bed56ee3f504ca78f99f0e78588a56c"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the creation of
an opportunity for those participants to educate each other as to growth trends
and trade-offs, as a means to incorporate values and feedback into future
plans; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID5dca47a4f97442a9a5086b04f1439a14"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the use of
continuing efforts and ongoing processes; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID00ada66c997c49989ff735894891052d"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>may include key
elements such as—</text>
<subclause id="IDe9fc602d99104901bd8f4658b352775f"><enum>(I)</enum><text>identification of
the considerations shaping planning decisions and outcomes;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID1acbc258bee64f2babeef153a9a6652f"><enum>(II)</enum><text>determination of
patterns of interaction;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID0de9cdc089fb43328539e11fc18b29f2"><enum>(III)</enum><text>creation of
scenarios for discussion purposes;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID2490810d6a1b43da812b89e8d821a13e"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>analysis of
implications;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDa2dbd057adb54b47b94ae4e4dc4b9d37"><enum>(V)</enum><text>evaluation of
scenarios; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID4257130609f84b3a902feb9124031cfd"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>use of
monitoring indicators.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="idC07D166624EC4E6680D8911B2AF2AB97"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id989BEBC0038748199B3CD146A350E10B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID6a07a286991640dea5efdda71c535636"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Transportation
oil savings and greenhouse gas reduction efforts</header>
<subparagraph id="ID53cc1526c88c42f2aff8c4b748743fe2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Within a metropolitan planning area serving a
transportation management area, the transportation planning process under this
section shall address transportation-related oil consumption and greenhouse gas
emissions by including oil savings and emission reduction targets and
strategies to meet those targets.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID562520c72b8b4946b24f41f6f92d8d05"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligible
organizations</header>
<clause id="ID022be49ec7a247afa21700a695787366"><enum>(i)</enum><header>M<enum-in-header>PO</enum-in-header>s
within TMAs</header><text>All provisions and requirements of this section,
including the requirements for transportation oil savings and greenhouse gas
reduction efforts, shall apply to metropolitan planning organizations that also
serve as transportation management areas.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDdaf958948ab1489bb95f40657a53d1a1"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Other
MPOs</header><text>A metropolitan planning organization that does not serve as
a transportation management area—</text>
<subclause id="IDbf278c26a9ca42459cae83c1f767727b"><enum>(I)</enum><text>may develop
transportation oil savings and greenhouse gas emission reduction targets and
strategies to meet those targets; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDd644c651da624dadb389f23da53ae650"><enum>(II)</enum><text>if those targets
and strategies are developed, shall be subject to all applicable provisions and
requirements of this section and the <short-title>Oil
Independence for a Stronger America Act of 2010</short-title> and amendments
made by that Act, including requirements of the transportation oil savings and
greenhouse gas reduction efforts.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0bb20c5f92464d3b88799bffa3be2aaf"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Establishment
of targets and criteria</header>
<clause id="IDbb8399b8c657416aaccc129788db38c9"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the promulgation of the
final regulations required under section 220 of the Clean Air Act, each
metropolitan planning organization that also serves as a transportation
management area shall develop surface transportation-related oil savings and
greenhouse gas emission reduction targets, as well as strategies to meet those
targets, in consultation with State air agencies and Indian tribes as part of
the metropolitan transportation planning process under this section.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDd1b880e005644f9ab426c54506f30939"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Multiple
designations</header><text>If more than 1 metropolitan planning organization
has been designated within a metropolitan area, each metropolitan planning
organization shall coordinate with other metropolitan planning organizations in
the same metropolitan area to develop the targets and strategies described in
clause (i).</text>
</clause><clause id="ID47848f65a6b642aa8f57d67cdf11e1b4"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Minimum
requirements</header><text>Each metropolitan transportation plan developed by a
metropolitan planning organization under clause (i) shall, within the plan,
demonstrate progress in stabilizing and reducing transportation-related oil
consumption and greenhouse gas emissions so as to contribute to the achievement
of State targets pursuant to section 135(f)(9).</text>
</clause><clause id="IDf4117a15891c4e088afdddb5b5315d3a"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Requirements
for targets and strategies</header><text>The targets and strategies developed
as part of a plan under this subparagraph shall, at a minimum—</text>
<subclause id="ID6e66d465815c490bb2b1461ec70c3934"><enum>(I)</enum><text>be based on the
oil consumption and emission and travel demand models and related methodologies
established in the final regulations required under section 220 of the Clean
Air Act;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID7f6732e2a88e459eaae5df9f91fd045d"><enum>(II)</enum><text>inventory all
sources of surface transportation-related oil consumption and greenhouse gas
emissions;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDbb7c3ba906cc4555b0c2612888827c96"><enum>(III)</enum><text>apply to those
modes of surface transportation that are addressed in the planning process
under this section;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDf6fa32f0de3f4205baa9435aa0af093c"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>be integrated
and consistent with regional transportation plans and transportation
improvement programs; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID963be4dd200b4f188b494c64c64765df"><enum>(V)</enum><text>be selected
through scenario analysis, and include, pursuant to the requirements of the
transportation planning process under this section, transportation investment
and management strategies that reduce oil consumption and greenhouse gas
emissions from the transportation sector over the life of the plan, such
as—</text>
<item id="IDc1e7f822ba754ffda610e6cea902c185"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>efforts to
increase public transportation ridership, including through service
improvements, capacity expansions, and access enhancement;</text>
</item><item id="IDc82c189c61174efba896b563af5ea27a"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>efforts to
increase walking, bicycling, and other forms of nonmotorized
transportation;</text>
</item><item id="ID0ef28cb07451442389bc235c7a576b38"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>implementation
of zoning and other land use regulations and plans to support infill,
transit-oriented development, redevelopment, or mixed use development;</text>
</item><item id="ID24e807da8d5447e7822dff201999fa35"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>travel demand
management programs (including carpool, vanpool, or car-share projects),
transportation pricing measures, parking policies, and programs to promote
telecommuting, flexible work schedules, and satellite work centers;</text>
</item><item id="IDc8d175de5611487181536bd25d2b7992"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>highway and
transit operational improvements, including intelligent transportation systems
or other operational improvements to reduce long-term oil consumption and
greenhouse gas emissions through reduced congestion and improved system
management;</text>
</item><item id="ID37c002bd7daa4a35949f346972056f61"><enum>(ff)</enum><text>intercity
passenger rail improvements;</text>
</item><item id="ID960fd1a5731d4b398762f81efdb350bb"><enum>(gg)</enum><text>high-speed rail
improvements and programs;</text>
</item><item id="IDee7bced8ba6b4972a29658cb55da054a"><enum>(hh)</enum><text>intercity bus
improvements;</text>
</item><item id="ID2db5f8ea993447938c8789611d7c2867"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>freight rail
improvements;</text>
</item><item id="IDce0f25dda5d140198567e2dae16fbf99"><enum>(jj)</enum><text>use of materials
or equipment associated with the construction or maintenance of transportation
projects that reduce oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions;</text>
</item><item id="ID379271f0a25843a0ac2e78411f4c43b3"><enum>(kk)</enum><text>public
facilities for supplying electricity to electric or plug-in hybrid-electric
vehicles;</text>
</item><item id="ID52de14375aa04d27a5b7e7e72a9ba677"><enum>(ll)</enum><text>local street
network improvements; and</text>
</item><item id="IDfb257ea38e25415abdd91722d0209898"><enum>(mm)</enum><text>any other effort
that demonstrates progress in reducing transportation-related oil consumption
and greenhouse gas emissions in each metropolitan planning organization under
this subsection.</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause id="IDc850a974d4d344bdba292dfb0d93006f"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Identification
of projects and strategies</header><text>The plan developed under this section
shall include a list of projects and strategies based on the targets and
strategies identified under clause (iv).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa9fbdb80fbb549abad4f1ea8bfcf031c"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Review and
approval</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of submission of
a plan under this section—</text>
<clause id="ID6df1d558abf74194a8ac48c20ed53c7c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Secretary and
the Administrator shall review the plan; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5facc218a08a4477ba8de5691c00df8f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Secretary
shall make a determination that the plan submitted by a metropolitan planning
organization meets the requirements of subparagraph (C) if—</text>
<subclause id="ID9ecb1b729efa4723a32b6211e4c4085e"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Secretary
finds that a metropolitan planning organization has developed, submitted, and
published the plan of the metropolitan planning organization pursuant to this
section;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID961fec9f58e64302b5b48d228a15fc0e"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Secretary,
in consultation with the Administrator, determines that the plan is likely to
achieve the targets established by the metropolitan planning organization under
this subsection; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDd076ec8e3af14e4c8eb1ff422cda4aeb"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the development
of the plan complies with the minimum requirements established under clauses
(iii) and (iv) of subparagraph (C).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8b5d624bd7824367ac815f9d64ecc75c"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Certification</header>
<clause id="idE12D00F86FAD414ABF0D967C4E675274"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Only metropolitan planning organizations that meet the
requirements of subparagraph (C) shall be eligible to receive performance
grants under section 402(c) of the <short-title>Oil
Independence for a Stronger America Act of 2010</short-title>.</text>
</clause><clause id="id838897529D3A47C7A6747A3AC4B9182A"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Failure to
comply</header><text>Failure to comply with the requirements under subparagraph
(C) shall not impact certification standards under paragraph
(6).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID24c766f1f6bd4e3a885ae0084b163b87"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Title
49</header><text>Section 5303 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3f1e9a6493ae4ea0913bcde69865277c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1)—</text>
<clause id="ID800f9dc0808c44f9987e721af2808a63"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>minimizing</quote> and inserting <quote>reducing</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID9560c137bcd6482bbae79e879f55fcfc"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>, reliance on oil, impacts on the environment,
transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions,</quote> after
<quote>consumption</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID10021f70bf3441d09c3eacd4f30992b3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(h)(1)(E)—</text>
<clause id="ID5a3fd0d7508042fd843f3131d157b95e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>sustainability, and livability, reduce surface
transportation-related reliance on oil and greenhouse gas emissions, adapt to
the effects of climate change,</quote> after <quote>energy
conservation,</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID67c5c620aefd49e2a9309d6821f62dac"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>and public health</quote> after <quote>quality of
life</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDb98a5ef938604a89944740f6c17591e6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>, including housing and land use patterns</quote> after
<quote>development patterns</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID14e293d85baa4638b8c4a0d9563752aa"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection
(i)—</text>
<clause id="ID76bdbf3d29da4bb0bfcd1cb2272f0268"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
paragraph (4)(A)—</text>
<subclause id="IDb243dbcf2c8a4ced93b7518d02c83ba3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>consult, as appropriate,</quote> and inserting
<quote>cooperate</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID7ee6d054ed754ac495a2bddebb5cd90d"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>transportation, public transportation, air quality, energy, and housing,
and shall consult, as appropriate, with State and local agencies and Indian
tribes responsible for</quote> after <quote>responsible for</quote> and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDfb58183fb37946ee826ba1d36a5699a3"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>public health,</quote> after <quote>conservation,</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="IDc49eeaa15d85439f833033635419d2e7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
paragraph (5)(C)(iii), by inserting <quote>and through the website of the
metropolitan planning organization, including oil savings and emission
reduction targets and strategies developed under subsection (k)(6), including
an analysis of the anticipated effects of the targets and strategies,</quote>
after <quote>World Wide Web</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf1a6d496332e4f059b9dac39c3325e1c"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subsection
(k)—</text>
<clause id="id04CDF143E50143E5B32F23150115C803"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as paragraphs (2) through (6),
respectively;</text>
</clause><clause id="id3A2142040B01442481D00B082D29E084"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6B3FBF86919B4CB89CB8732111777A4C" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID2c3d04122a464160b31686187305366d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of
metropolitan planning organization</header><text>In this subsection, the term
<quote>metropolitan planning organization</quote> means a metropolitan planning
organization described in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph
(7)(B).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="idFDB946471F9B4014AE3F615722176D3E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1B85865651D24F3888990459A3461D2C" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDf141093860c24e45bedd0488c536cd34"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Transportation
oil savings and greenhouse gas reduction efforts</header>
<subparagraph id="ID2f3aee35d8ef44f49e6ee419fce7ad59"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Within a metropolitan planning area serving a
transportation management area, the transportation planning process under this
section shall address transportation-related oil consumption and greenhouse gas
emissions by including oil savings and emission reduction targets and
strategies to meet those targets.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa96211162a1b45c1878ad7ae71fcb6d7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligible
organizations</header>
<clause id="ID5157affe95284e49a1af6afb8c36f0fb"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The requirements of the transportation greenhouse gas
reduction efforts shall apply only to metropolitan planning organizations
within a transportation management area.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID589eeb83cb8f4fc18bcbe6a609c81e05"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Development of
plan</header><text>A metropolitan planning organization that does not serve as
a transportation management area—</text>
<subclause id="ID629d8723852c47cfa2bd84845747a11f"><enum>(I)</enum><text>may develop
transportation oil savings and greenhouse gas emission reduction targets and
strategies to meet those targets; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID97bd81807fce4f658dc906464975f19c"><enum>(II)</enum><text>if those targets
and strategies are developed, shall be subject to all provisions and
requirements of this section, including requirements of the transportation oil
savings and greenhouse gas reduction efforts.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8f8f8af711f24eb39b530028d9d09d51"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Establishment
of targets and criteria</header>
<clause id="ID59acd4ca4f6f4bdfa4cce1499e5c3164"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the promulgation of the
final regulations required under section 220 of the Clean Air Act, each
metropolitan planning organization shall develop surface transportation-related
oil savings and greenhouse gas emission reduction targets, as well as
strategies to meet those targets, in consultation with State air agencies and
Indian tribes as part of the metropolitan transportation planning process under
this section.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDf115e4549c84420fa2d26beb2f821e0c"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Multiple
designations</header><text>If more than 1 metropolitan planning organization
has been designated within a metropolitan area, each metropolitan planning
organization shall coordinate with other metropolitan planning organizations in
the same metropolitan area to develop the targets and strategies described in
clause (i).</text>
</clause><clause id="ID97ed6a3b29354c059dee70f1d6f3c74d"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Minimum
requirements</header><text>Each metropolitan transportation plan developed by a
metropolitan planning organization under clause (i) shall, within the plan,
demonstrate progress in stabilizing and reducing transportation-related oil
consumption and greenhouse gas emissions so as to contribute to the achievement
of State targets pursuant to section 135(f)(9) of title 23.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDcb84fda7c57741c68df35650392f98fc"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Requirements
for targets and strategies</header><text>The targets and strategies developed
as part of a plan under this subparagraph shall, at a minimum—</text>
<subclause id="ID3a1fe9a9da1e45148fd0ee7dcf6a8d31"><enum>(I)</enum><text>be based on the
oil consumption and emission models and related methodologies established in
the final regulations required under section 220 of the Clean Air Act;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDe582024734804b808244a15f68a8b8d9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>inventory all
sources of surface transportation-related oil consumption and greenhouse gas
emissions;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID0273b583469b405688440c0bb1c9dc70"><enum>(III)</enum><text>apply to those
modes of surface transportation that are addressed in the planning process
under this section;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID20cd5cfd9bab44739300298c6b0ffcd3"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>be integrated
and consistent with regional transportation plans and transportation
improvement programs; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID498ee4e605ec4864af0349f0a162ece0"><enum>(V)</enum><text>be selected
through scenario analysis (as defined in section 134(k)(1) of title 23), and
include, pursuant to the requirements of the transportation planning process
under this section, transportation investment and management strategies that
reduce oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation
sector over the life of the plan, such as—</text>
<item id="IDe24d35b180354262b6e8893f6a2c9e74"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>efforts to
increase public transportation ridership, including through service
improvements, capacity expansions, and access enhancement;</text>
</item><item id="IDf00aaafbd04d4c12a380c361a9cd211d"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>efforts to
increase walking, bicycling, and other forms of nonmotorized
transportation;</text>
</item><item id="ID8f510d78651847ebb29bff99161f4e1a"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>implementation
of zoning and other land use regulations and plans to support infill,
transit-oriented development, redevelopment, or mixed use development;</text>
</item><item id="IDe9506b3f4ce7484babfabb201a053295"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>travel demand
management programs (including carpool, vanpool, or car-share projects),
transportation pricing measures, parking policies, and programs to promote
telecommuting, flexible work schedules, and satellite work centers;</text>
</item><item id="ID478d213ed258458d9570a8dbf7afece3"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>highway and
transit operational improvements, including intelligent transportation systems
or other operational improvements to reduce long-term oil consumption and
greenhouse gas emissions through reduced congestion and improved system
management;</text>
</item><item id="IDd4670e15250440bca94d4e202e0dc84e"><enum>(ff)</enum><text>intercity
passenger rail improvements;</text>
</item><item id="ID5cefca1c5ef2410ab1fb38baf86be0e8"><enum>(gg)</enum><text>high-speed rail
improvements and programs;</text>
</item><item id="ID73142cb2d4924f13884b1c9885615fe1"><enum>(hh)</enum><text>intercity bus
improvements;</text>
</item><item id="ID822cf3b239264aa0a54c43aa817b4924"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>freight rail
improvements;</text>
</item><item id="IDefe8643509b047309005ad0630362d9f"><enum>(jj)</enum><text>use of materials
or equipment associated with the construction or maintenance of transportation
projects that reduce oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions;</text>
</item><item id="IDff5dc07898ab40f7bdc171b61b5d9ab4"><enum>(kk)</enum><text>public
facilities for supplying electricity to electric or plug-in hybrid-electric
vehicles;</text>
</item><item id="ID3e29edf66041458ab3d06f3290a36e41"><enum>(ll)</enum><text>local street
network improvements; and</text>
</item><item id="ID80bdbab435c44a69b187531830482732"><enum>(mm)</enum><text>any other effort
that demonstrates progress in reducing transportation-related oil consumption
and greenhouse gas emissions in each metropolitan planning organization under
this subsection.</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause id="IDf47ac98d2450432091c96ec44e5bef25"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Identification
of projects and strategies</header><text>The plan developed under this section
shall include a list of projects and strategies based on the targets and
strategies identified under clause (iv).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID45974eed192d45169d40e4531a1cbc75"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Review and
approval</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of submission of
a plan under this section—</text>
<clause id="IDed00492d9a28483ea785706aa5fd5224"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Secretary and
the Administrator shall review the plan; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDd15dcf6bb10347c38036406cf193389d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Secretary
shall make a determination that the plan submitted by a metropolitan planning
organization meets the requirements of subparagraph (C) if—</text>
<subclause id="IDdb9dfd63823a47428556df5a9c41b50c"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Secretary
finds that a metropolitan planning organization has developed, submitted, and
published the plan of the metropolitan planning organization pursuant to this
section;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID232a2969cd014464a61f164f6e3dd382"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Secretary,
in consultation with the Administrator, determines that the plan is likely to
achieve the targets established by the metropolitan planning organization under
this subsection; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDbec907f48cf140fcb397079d7533c8f4"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the development
of the plan complies with the minimum requirements established under clauses
(iii) and (iv) of subparagraph (C).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0EE8F91E19F24FF2B652E19A1CF632F3"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Certification</header>
<clause id="id34CAF5E346C249118A36222155C97C54"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Only metropolitan planning organizations that meet the
requirements of subparagraph (C) shall be eligible to receive performance
grants under section 402(c) of the <short-title>Oil
Independence for a Stronger America Act of 2010</short-title>.</text>
</clause><clause id="idDCB4C8CD7BF14D5B9E308A552BCAD489"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Failure to
comply</header><text>Failure to comply with the requirements under subparagraph
(C) shall not impact certification standards under paragraph
(6).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1b54594ae3a541bc9b3e55aa144ad799"><enum>(c)</enum><header>States</header>
<paragraph id="ID380241855dfb4e7ab975afdaf7881a58"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Title
23</header><text>Section 135 of title 23, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3a397ce2d2674684b8a8096b41fd9763"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)(1)(E)—</text>
<clause id="ID2ffa2a0cc54641729eee547889a9c128"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>sustainability, and livability, reduce surface
transportation-related oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, adapt to
the effects of climate change,</quote> after <quote>energy
conservation,</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDf02b9f901a714285a111cdc14b32de68"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>and public health</quote> after <quote>quality of
life</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDc242b6eb24fb4f1ba202bd1e8e80346f"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>, including housing and land use patterns</quote> after
<quote>development patterns</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc2e25c7319a54ab1aeb4045634ef5a53"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)—</text>
<clause id="ID5b03d600bae2459eaa6d8f5bb7809dd0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
paragraph (2)(D)(i)—</text>
<subclause id="ID8f05eb271a0d4e739f6cdd5cc193b443"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>, as appropriate, in consultation</quote> and inserting <quote>in
cooperation</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDaf4e39df5b5147d78fb829de8c84d23f"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>State and local agencies and Indian tribes responsible for
transportation, public transportation, air quality, energy, and housing and in
consultation with</quote> before <quote>State, tribal</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID723a36f6ce1442b28febe1475beebbf9"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>public health,</quote> after <quote>conservation,</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID5b7942b00b9a4e2bba239df0832b5d4d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
paragraph (3)(B)(iii), by inserting <quote>and through the website of the
State, including oil savings and emission reduction targets and strategies
developed under paragraph (9) and an analysis of the anticipated effects of the
targets and strategies</quote> after <quote>World Wide Web</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDfc4e3369232b47dda4e4bc6ae1db3554"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3520464445D54ED1BC669584AC7E1F2C" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDf84e97016f15469d93b8ddddc21b0af6"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Transportation
oil savings and greenhouse gas reduction efforts</header>
<subparagraph id="ID074d3d4b0017457b86d8474394117f29"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Within a State, the transportation planning process under
this section, shall address transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions by
including emission reduction targets and strategies to meet those
targets.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2a609707539a45eaabef6e1a275c77a4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Establishment
of targets and criteria</header>
<clause id="ID481929e6b878436386abc1c4e0815a7e"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the promulgation of the
final regulations required under section 220 of the Clean Air Act, each State
shall develop surface transportation-related oil savings and greenhouse gas
emission reduction targets, as well as strategies to meet those targets, in
consultation with State air agencies and Indian tribes as part of the
transportation planning process under this section.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDcfdd0b64a82d49709ef5d9da53db1343"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Minimum
requirements</header><text>Each transportation plan developed by a State under
clause (i) shall, within the plan, demonstrate progress in stabilizing and
reducing transportation-related oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in
the State so as to contribute to the achievement of national goals pursuant to
section 220(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5fa00058242d43d48aabbc8807729081"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Requirements
for targets and strategies</header><text>The targets and strategies developed
as part of a plan under this subparagraph shall, at a minimum—</text>
<subclause id="IDf901930234324f35b660288d5d8e40c8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>be based on the
oil consumption and emission models and related methodologies established in
the final regulations required under section 220 of the Clean Air Act;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDee562020f6054800a7ed807a6d245f07"><enum>(II)</enum><text>inventory all
sources of surface transportation-related oil consumption and greenhouse gas
emissions;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID675f343f10ca4d26ab5d24b6f0378181"><enum>(III)</enum><text>apply to those
modes of surface transportation that are addressed in the planning process
under this section;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID7666952746a44f8484040fd8f1ca60f2"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>be integrated
and consistent with statewide transportation plans and statewide transportation
improvement programs; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID56d0388a79bf453183bb71d0f7824193"><enum>(V)</enum><text>be selected
through scenario analysis (as defined in section 134(k)(1)), and include,
pursuant to the requirements of the transportation planning process under this
section, transportation investment and management strategies that reduce oil
consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector over
the life of the plan, such as—</text>
<item id="ID9ac99c221a2b44d29a4a25adef2bbf2f"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>efforts to
increase public transportation ridership, including through service
improvements, capacity expansions, and access enhancement;</text>
</item><item id="ID6a527f50b35740eea8724b31a6b15fde"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>efforts to
increase walking, bicycling, and other forms of nonmotorized
transportation;</text>
</item><item id="ID71a4e1e6af124abbb5e955bde2e9a4b1"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>implementation
of zoning and other land use regulations and plans to support infill,
transit-oriented development, redevelopment, or mixed use development;</text>
</item><item id="ID9c8ecde275394d8cb6b806062a1f8201"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>travel demand
management programs (including carpool, vanpool, or car-share projects),
transportation pricing measures, parking policies, and programs to promote
telecommuting, flexible work schedules, and satellite work centers;</text>
</item><item id="ID373f2fcb29664324a87eaa3829051a3f"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>highway and
transit operational improvements, including intelligent transportation systems
or other operational improvements to reduce congestion and improve system
management;</text>
</item><item id="IDf873bfafb1c34552ac789a9168ee7b4b"><enum>(ff)</enum><text>intercity
passenger rail improvements;</text>
</item><item id="ID1058d28cf8674598a2a6612cd6cd8f90"><enum>(gg)</enum><text>high-speed rail
improvements and programs;</text>
</item><item id="IDd18ae84455ea4d5491126acb5e8696f3"><enum>(hh)</enum><text>intercity bus
improvements;</text>
</item><item id="ID835783b129b9422c8f6742f705174e4d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>freight rail
improvements;</text>
</item><item id="ID7318c80e00ec4374bcebdc66454f3363"><enum>(jj)</enum><text>use of materials
or equipment associated with the construction or maintenance of transportation
projects that reduce oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions;</text>
</item><item id="ID022b9814d0444b88a4848763fba7efef"><enum>(kk)</enum><text>public
facilities for supplying electricity to electric or plug-in hybrid-electric
vehicles;</text>
</item><item id="ID15dea8fdc1744bb6bdc11d0a35930579"><enum>(ll)</enum><text>local street
network improvements; and</text>
</item><item id="ID045af121ce9841bbb65cc6c751737e50"><enum>(mm)</enum><text>any other effort
that demonstrates progress in reducing transportation-related oil consumption
and greenhouse gas emissions.</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause id="ID7267a2b328434872a9beef1d86b22ec7"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Identification
of projects and strategies</header><text>The plan developed under this section
shall include a list of projects and strategies based on the targets and
strategies identified under clause (iii).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd57a71d8001640988bc4baac7a4e0083"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Coordination
and consultation with public agencies</header><text>Transportation oil savings
and greenhouse gas emission targets and plans pursuant to this section shall be
developed—</text>
<clause id="IDff3950c1273c4992964042178acef1fe"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in coordination
with—</text>
<subclause id="IDa2dad596649c45cd9292dc25945093a4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>all metropolitan
planning organizations covered by this section within the State; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID85e95a5403a8428b95c70ed6cd30525e"><enum>(II)</enum><text>transportation
and air quality agencies within the State;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID794fa4c603a64e65a839a6a06222cbad"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in consultation
with representatives of State and local housing, economic development, energy,
and land use agencies; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id9B2E7DEA0C304DFB963DBF94B88D2BB3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in consultation
with Indian tribes contiguous to the State.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDfdb796a7c59b47be8a6cdc7cda4a17e4"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of submission of a plan under this
section—</text>
<clause id="ID9c42046a5273414a9e5dfe76a5e45e7d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Secretary and
the Administrator shall review the plan; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID8191a37c2c8647e7afd299d40c9f66c2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Secretary
shall make a determination that the plan submitted by a State meets the
requirements of subparagraph (B) if—</text>
<subclause id="ID3e477c7a95ac41868979aac09b6fc3de"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Secretary
finds that a State has developed, submitted, and published the plan pursuant to
this section;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDa0193399ae834fd993001e37de178776"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Secretary,
in consultation with the Administrator, determines that the plan is likely to
achieve the targets established by the State under this subsection; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID2f3e9399bfdf4442aa3838f4cd77e1f6"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the development
of the plan complies with the minimum requirements established under clauses
(ii) and (iii) of subparagraph (B).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id699E84EAA6CF489EAC746C1441D198CE"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Planning
finding</header>
<clause id="id22897022895F487E9FBE0ED0990A19DF"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Only States that meet the requirements of subparagraph
(B) shall be eligible to receive performance grants under section 402(c) of the
<short-title>Oil Independence for a Stronger America Act
of 2010</short-title>.</text>
</clause><clause id="id1CD1CA87396B4726A413B8C94A0F1AC0"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Failure to
comply</header><text>Failure to comply with the requirements under subparagraph
(B) shall not impact the planning finding under subsection
(g)(7).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9e22e59c67014ea4a6b310c644b6b6c3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Title
49</header><text>Section 5304 of title 49, United States Code is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDfbca1473dffe4d82802009128f706b39"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)(1)(E)—</text>
<clause id="IDc3a2527d147040a088f4375f53a2222d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>sustainability, and livability, reduce surface
transportation-related oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, adapt to
the effects of climate change,</quote> after <quote>energy
conservation,</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID118c101a98e04844bfe170c30219f5ca"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>and public health</quote> after <quote>quality of
life</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID8bb29d7e28d24989a8e367b0f0ad6705"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>, including housing and land use patterns</quote> after
<quote>development patterns</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID47ee78b354fa461a8e2d0ff95516e497"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)—</text>
<clause id="ID7acbb62c270942d8b1383e6a5c78131c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
paragraph (2)(D)(i)—</text>
<subclause id="ID4eb901c972ed45a8b883640bf3fd87d5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>, as appropriate, in consultation</quote> and inserting <quote>in
cooperation</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDdaf31810551e47d28aceffbe413c2bc3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>State and local agencies and Indian tribes responsible for
transportation, public transportation, air quality, and housing and in
consultation with</quote> before <quote>State, tribal</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDd29684fafa0e48ee81960cdaffadd6f3"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>public health,</quote> after <quote>conservation,</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID8a0e155c94204c22ae948cdb0ca6ed31"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
paragraph (3)(B)(iii), by inserting <quote>and through the website of the
State, including oil savings and emission reduction targets and strategies
developed under paragraph (9) and an analysis of the anticipated effects of the
targets and strategies</quote> after <quote>World Wide Web</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID58d80a3df7b54da4a825d426bea99d77"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF15C069FACF84EA9903ECEEEBDE26F70" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDf9d96a31981b460c8af89fa18f63c0b1"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Transportation
oil savings and greenhouse gas reduction efforts</header>
<subparagraph id="IDb2de7489d0af4d638fdc0bfb44f5a6c7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Within a State, the transportation planning process under
this section shall address transportation-related oil consumption and
greenhouse gas emissions by including oil savings and emission reduction
targets and strategies to meet those targets.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4070b5abc85c40ac89f2b06384145604"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Establishment
of targets and criteria</header>
<clause id="IDde215a318e054f5aa85211610a4736eb"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the promulgation of the
final regulations required under section 220 of the Clean Air Act, each State
shall develop surface transportation-related oil savings and greenhouse gas
emission reduction targets, as well as strategies to meet those targets, in
consultation with State air agencies and Indian tribes as part of the
transportation planning process under this section.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDdbcb383ea68249369f99d22f63532e09"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Minimum
requirements</header><text>Each transportation plan developed by a State under
clause (i) shall, within the plan, demonstrate progress in stabilizing and
reducing transportation-related oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in
the State so as to contribute to the achievement of national targets pursuant
to section 220(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDe0132a69b95145b593734a5fb37a6951"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Requirements
for targets and strategies</header><text>The targets and strategies developed
as part of a plan under this subparagraph shall, at a minimum—</text>
<subclause id="IDf664905a7d3348088b3acd096faf2d59"><enum>(I)</enum><text>be based on the
oil consumption and emission models and related methodologies established in
the final regulations required under section 220 of the Clean Air Act;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDed49d67ee02549959e203917e5c68690"><enum>(II)</enum><text>inventory all
sources of surface transportation-related oil consumption and greenhouse gas
emissions;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID870691f9a22c4f1c83d0f56d39274488"><enum>(III)</enum><text>apply to those
modes of surface transportation that are addressed in the planning process
under this section;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDcf8bc29069924813ba1e2b3dd1ebedbd"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>be integrated
and consistent with statewide transportation plans and statewide transportation
improvement programs; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDd306b16d0e3343c49b2005890ae33c62"><enum>(V)</enum><text>be selected
through scenario analysis (as defined in section 134(k)(1) of title 23), and
include, pursuant to the requirements of the transportation planning process
under this section, transportation investment and management strategies that
reduce oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation
sector over the life of the plan, such as—</text>
<item id="ID1830bf459b1a458db24fbfc98c368288"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>efforts to
increase public transportation ridership, including through service
improvements, capacity expansions, and access enhancement;</text>
</item><item id="ID0c7459d92c914a88b200a23e06d9b7ce"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>efforts to
increase walking, bicycling, and other forms of nonmotorized
transportation;</text>
</item><item id="IDd5aa0fb387944f008f265f070a446886"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>implementation
of zoning and other land use regulations and plans to support infill,
transit-oriented development, redevelopment, or mixed use development;</text>
</item><item id="ID4243ecbad6c74bc783131867f6486fe0"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>travel demand
management programs (including carpool, vanpool, or car-share projects),
transportation pricing measures, parking policies, and programs to promote
telecommuting, flexible work schedules, and satellite work centers;</text>
</item><item id="ID41487ee3410143818743bf4ef972e15b"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>highway and
transit operational improvements, including intelligent transportation systems
or other operational improvements to reduce congestion and improve system
management;</text>
</item><item id="ID1847831ed62d46529fb79bc5f87b3843"><enum>(ff)</enum><text>intercity
passenger rail improvements;</text>
</item><item id="ID707f35e5926d453aa25083a8c7f36c66"><enum>(gg)</enum><text>high-speed rail
improvements and programs;</text>
</item><item id="ID424da9767fab401b8ea32216d994c8b1"><enum>(hh)</enum><text>intercity bus
improvements;</text>
</item><item id="ID547e09adc04e43058a5659c13e4afca3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>freight rail
improvements;</text>
</item><item id="ID9d461003f07a43d8968a280c9be3a36e"><enum>(jj)</enum><text>use of materials
or equipment associated with the construction or maintenance of transportation
projects that reduce oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions;</text>
</item><item id="ID6557e4a0dd1645508594dfd930cb4807"><enum>(kk)</enum><text>public
facilities for supplying electricity to electric or plug-in hybrid-electric
vehicles; and</text>
</item><item id="ID861a3a6964614cd3a73baa2c220a0273"><enum>(ll)</enum><text>any other effort
that demonstrates progress in reducing transportation-related oil consumption
and greenhouse gas emissions.</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause id="ID861b0e53222444cdac4e22db9584da4a"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Identification
of projects and strategies</header><text>The plan developed under this section
shall include a list of projects and strategies based on the targets and
strategies identified under clause (iii).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID44d71ed4fe4e43679a051f8ff6b50763"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Coordination
and consultation with public agencies</header><text>Transportation oil savings
and greenhouse gas targets and plans pursuant to this section shall be
developed—</text>
<clause id="ID70a25abfed964a9fbffb07bb0ab644cb"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in coordination
with—</text>
<subclause id="IDf1d1b5795d1c4251ab2db4bbcc27ce4d"><enum>(I)</enum><text>all metropolitan
planning organizations covered by this section within the State; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID77805453d92547eba8d2cc8a5184e3e6"><enum>(II)</enum><text>transportation
and air quality agencies within the State;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID544fe0a8c66b4d5d9c48f5712b8d4098"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in consultation
with representatives of State and local housing, economic development, energy,
and land use agencies; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id17801329EF0A41BFB124AFDD202D46C8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in consultation
with Indian tribes contiguous to the State.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID11c6ed406e6b4371a38c6d9caedc4621"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of submission of a plan under this
section—</text>
<clause id="ID0b371c4ba4d04afea10d24ae82b82992"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Secretary and
the Administrator shall review the plan; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDcaca001f72c14986965819b294339cd5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Secretary
shall make a determination that the plan submitted by a State meets the
requirements of subparagraph (B) if—</text>
<subclause id="ID0a4e576031ab4dd596bcd793163aeacb"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Secretary
finds that a State has developed, submitted, and published the plan pursuant to
this section;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID7bd0a253f2f74d10b5a12d3aa72f92a9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Secretary,
in consultation with the Administrator, determines that the plan is likely to
achieve the targets established by the State under this subsection; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID1954f2368a82488ba5ab03597491788c"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the development
of the plan complies with the minimum requirements established under clauses
(ii) and (iii) of subparagraph (B).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE148E39358274593AF8D204C2807BE0D"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Planning
finding</header>
<clause id="id999D74806E4D49F5B8AF5EF4B05B1D23"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Only States that meet the requirements of subparagraph
(B) shall be eligible to receive performance grants under section 402(c) of the
<short-title>Oil Independence for a Stronger America Act
of 2010</short-title>.</text>
</clause><clause id="idA574415990EA4C87938E9AA380A913D3"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Failure to
comply</header><text>Failure to comply with the requirements under subparagraph
(B) shall not impact the planning finding under subsection
(g)(7).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID339fd00f8efa4f9d8c45d6ec565c697e"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>Section
304 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7604) shall not apply to the planning
provisions of this section or any amendment made by this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID7347d3a0eea4402b94352f567fb89499"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Land Use
Authority</header><text>Nothing in this section or an amendment made by this
section—</text>
<paragraph id="IDb9826bc3b2074aad840834088b7f14b2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>infringes on the
existing authority of local governments to plan or control land use; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID41e5228f3efc4ec9b096d05838142d62"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provides or
transfers authority over land use to any other entity.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id765B12E1D2924ACB989C1B17E7AF6A25"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Table of
contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of
contents of title II of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7671">42 U.S.C. prec. 7401</external-xref>) is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="id17ca26c0-83ca-4f5a-a206-31d9b6a5b198" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry idref="IDa45119cbc20c4769a9081e74f64684b7" level="section">Sec. 220. Greenhouse gas emission reductions through
transportation
efficiency.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="ID48c5369c2cab4f72bba3f61e07ee421e"><enum>402.</enum><header>Investing in
transportation greenhouse gas emission reduction programs</header>
<subsection id="IDffec4e4b28f24b34a4d1eed1a31dec4d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation (referred to in this
section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) shall distribute funds made available
to carry out this section to States and metropolitan planning organizations to
carry out the purposes of this section for each fiscal year, including—</text>
<paragraph id="IDe352023eda7c49e9af08470badf54414"><enum>(1)</enum><text>supporting the
development and updating of transportation greenhouse gas reduction targets and
strategies; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDca71cb8d861540c799d687e802dd2958"><enum>(2)</enum><text>providing
financial assistance to implement plans approved pursuant to—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID09a3feb2609b455fabdcfbf43a0b9f78"><enum>(A)</enum><text>sections
134(k)(6) and 135(f)(9) of title 23, United States Code; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd0fdb6a6944e42af879bd853182fa351"><enum>(B)</enum><text>sections
5303(k)(7) and 5304(f)(9) of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDf85c1c4312a140b4987b917efaafc178"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allocation for
planning</header>
<paragraph id="ID89d108a7c99141bf90f8c1d4132a2bf4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall distribute
not more than 10 percent of the funds available to carry out this section for a
fiscal year for metropolitan planning organizations to develop and update
transportation plans, including targets and strategies for greenhouse gas
emission reduction under—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDe20d1c049bfe4437a5419817565c6861"><enum>(A)</enum><text>sections
134(k)(6) and 135(f)(9) of title 23, United States Code; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1408a63872234aa38ab608a5aab71181"><enum>(B)</enum><text>sections
5303(k)(7) and 5304(f)(9) of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID8ba0a721a6954250aa4af154eb8e425e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible
organizations</header><text>The Secretary shall distribute the funds available
under paragraph (1) to metropolitan planning organizations (as defined in
section 134(k)(1) of title 23, United States Code) in the proportion
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID2a981eb838694023bc444cfd2681959b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the population
within such a metropolitan planning organization; bears to</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb5159cdb4ded4f36912de28bf4624e05"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the total
population of all such metropolitan planning organizations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDe3cf6a7f744c409fb799996c9647ac21"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Performance
awards</header>
<paragraph id="ID2e1b67ddc1cb4c30a14b7af4dd94f212"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>After distributing funds pursuant to subsection (b)(1),
and subject to subsection (h), the Secretary shall distribute the remainder of
the funds made available to carry out this section to provide support to States
and metropolitan planning organizations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe529cd81e17e4a09a62d7a5c58753568"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>In
making distributions under this subsection, the Secretary, in consultation with
the Administrator, shall develop criteria for making the distribution, taking
into consideration, with respect to areas to be covered by the
distributions—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDe3fe80df78cd48afba8451bc09e0a883"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the quantity of
total oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions to be reduced as a result of
implementation of a plan, within a covered area;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID283bed40be144b6dbbdd33f201f83d17"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the quantity of
total oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions to be reduced per capita as
a result of the implementation of a plan, within the covered area;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID66755d724b554ad6ac24ead6810be4c7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the
cost-effectiveness of reducing oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions
during the life of the plan;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd5726b12d3cc42c99cac682e622cad2b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>progress toward
achieving oil savings and emission reductions target established under—</text>
<clause id="IDdb99ae4719524fbfaab3e089158944b8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>sections
134(k)(6) and 135(f)(9) of title 23, United States Code; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID348286133e654768824ea03f446a7cb8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>sections
5303(k)(7) and 5304(f)(9) of title 49, United States Code;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID534fd0d4da0947ee9811ff9990253ca9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>reductions in oil
consumption and greenhouse gas emissions previously achieved by States and
metropolitan planning organizations during the 5-year period beginning on the
date of enactment of this Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDee375151b4424278af5ed76c42b6bac5"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the extent to
which the plan increases transportation options and mobility, particularly for
low-income individuals, minorities, the elderly, households without motor
vehicles, cost-burdened households, and the disabled;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4ae5e39d63e84d77a406fefd28cf4116"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the extent to
which projects funded will facilitate development patterns and strategies that
reduce oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7e48d7d1e6644cf6ba9695edb3f88306"><enum>(H)</enum><text>other factors,
including innovative approaches, minimization of costs, and consideration of
economic development, revenue generation, consumer fuel cost-savings, and other
economic, environmental, and health benefits, as the Secretary determines to be
appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDacd1e9a7cc714e8aa3d10b7173339c9a"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Requirement for
reduced oil consumption and emissions</header><text>Funds received under
subsection (c) may be used only to fund strategies that demonstrate reductions
in oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions that are sustainable over the
life of the applicable transportation plan.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID6f66dcdadaec49da8f7be22f0ac0ce5c"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Cost-Sharing</header><text>The
Federal share of the costs of a project receiving Federal financial assistance
under this section shall be 80 percent.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID38e3cd26f06444078357bdc0a5007263"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Compliance with
applicable laws</header>
<paragraph id="ID5959f7dcff54457495909e7871bb2d4b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), a project receiving funds under
this section shall comply with all applicable Federal laws (including
regulations), including applicable requirements of titles 23 and 49, United
States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb399d04bf08746c7b9ef1b49fc530223"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>Project
eligibility shall be determined in accordance with this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID071d348ed9964283b5310599699ec96d"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Determination
of applicable modal requirements</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDcbfbbe87946b4955b5d71c7cf303a592"><enum>(A)</enum><text>have the
discretion to designate the specific modal requirements that shall apply to a
project; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbf6800b41f9a436c908767c0ab15fffb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be guided by the
predominant modal characteristics of the project in the event that a project
has cross-modal application.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID9cf258e0f5d5493ab25c7420389538ac"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Additional
requirements</header>
<paragraph id="ID38dd0dd3fc4143d5b434b1fd36957b51"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>As a condition of the receipt of funds under this
section, the interests of public transportation employees affected by the
assistance shall be protected under arrangements that the Secretary of Labor
determines—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID6d758520bfef4a9d978a6ad8dc96aea6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to be fair and
equitable; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7d2cecc5e6f6466e86c857a6a10703ae"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to provide
benefits equal to the benefits established under section 5333(b) of title 49,
United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID153ad27913d043ab841c5d617b703a5c"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header>
<paragraph id="IDe18e11bf7e494b3cba3cc9dcaf6349ab"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Road-use and
congestion pricing measures</header><text>All projects supported by funds made
available under this section shall not be subject to section 301 of title 23,
United States Code shall be eligible to receive amounts collected through
road-use and congestion pricing measures.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb9a93f82fbb54bea887ec6e6b67a34b2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>The
Administrator may not approve any transportation plan for a project that would
be inconsistent with existing design, procurement, and construction guidelines
established by the Department of Transportation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID05cafcb36fc242feab76f5bc08272a8e"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Transfers</header><text>With
the approval of the Secretary, recipients of funds under this section may enter
into agreements providing for the transfer of funds or value to private
transportation providers or ineligible public entities (such as local
governments, air quality agencies, zoning commissions, special districts, and
transit agencies) that have statutory responsibility or authority for actions
necessary to implement strategies pursuant to—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID7bd7d7ed0e45415ca54d3eae52ede512"><enum>(A)</enum><text>sections
134(k)(6) and 135(f)(9) of title 23, United States Code; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID61c9fd3af28a4f36b5b590123866b842"><enum>(B)</enum><text>sections
5303(k)(7) and 5304(f)(9) of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5F03081D595647C2B6FCE1983282EEB2"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such
sums as are necessary to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id2906F0DE1B48408C81CD4B2F708CFDB3"><enum>403.</enum><header>Commuter
benefits equity</header>
<subsection id="ID50138D0F85B642BA8DCBEDB53387F2BF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Uniform dollar
limitation for all types of transportation fringe benefits</header>
<paragraph id="IDFE8EC87C2EB24CC0BB822D9600DF3F00"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 132(f)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to limitation on exclusion) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="id10448C26E10C47C38F9F46F474DD9F7A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>$100</quote> in subparagraph (A) and inserting <quote>$230</quote>,
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id611C0C144CAC40BE92586377DAC354B1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>$175</quote> in subparagraph (B) and inserting
<quote>$230</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDC5CAB42CB2584F24A95F32C533AC0447"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inflation
adjustment conforming amendments</header><text>Subparagraph (A) of section
132(f)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to inflation
adjustment) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID8AA37C4D0DD84F9DA202C51D91BD4D72"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the
last sentence,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID607830BDAB7749C18587FAB3477F43C8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>1999</quote> and inserting <quote>2009</quote>, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID04D92940CD60462E9F16255446CDC99E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>1998</quote> and inserting <quote>2008</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1153634F283C4A129D19FE5B429DD8FA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable
years beginning after December 31, 2008.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID62E1870EB46B40299EF95BD7FBE6A6F3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clarification
of Federal employee benefits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7905 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID34E983C44FAD4D8E933734A1C678373D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID631A928132784A91B77F07BBD5CADDE2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(C), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID06F70CA3CF25492796307F8DA6E7EDA9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID45D95D3151FA493B80AC16B8E926B01C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (4); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID6037825751794600B6ED10BA924FC800"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(2), by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEFB46BD3EE6C451BB836336082FABFD3" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="ID22CA41A4C04E47DEA51BE860AEFC8076"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a qualified
transportation fringe as defined in section 132(f)(1) of the Internal Revenue
Code of
1986;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id2F01ED39C0BA47B4B47EBF57BB2571E0"><enum>B</enum><header>Freight
transportation</header>
<section id="idABABAF3A62CE4D12A9A05BCA70985305"><enum>411.</enum><header>Freight
transportation goal and plan</header>
<subsection id="IDf5f5bd9dfe174b2288a3839e9428fe14"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Freight
transportation options goal</header>
<paragraph id="IDc2498f36983e42de8686f3d45aa8174f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), it shall be the goal of the
United States to shift at least 10 percent of freight shipped by truck to rail
or marine shipping by calendar year 2020.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc357df4c056d4825bc582bf42400693a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Increase</header><text>The
Secretary of Transportation may increase the goal established under paragraph
(1) based on the evaluation of national freight rail and marine shipping
infrastructure and the national freight transportation options plan developed
pursuant to subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID5c08acfe7aa64c77bf5233d465b4583a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Freight
transportation plan</header>
<paragraph id="IDa02547295852403fae89ff354bccf1d1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall develop a national freight
transportation options plan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7cb2dd43fad546c5918673b0102cf310"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
plan developed under paragraph (1) shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID2ac0bf26006b4393ba8ddaf5d7ae7c06"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an evaluation of
national freight rail and marine shipping infrastructure;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID90e6fa7ea3b6481bb06a711f556fa660"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an assessment of
barriers to increased movement of freight by rail and marine shipping;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID444860fdb5734b78bc3cb41bebbb388f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an identification
of areas or corridors in which additional capacity or other infrastructure is
needed to allow increased use of freight rail and marine shipping; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb7d45b8181c64c3ab28771d0673e981e"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a strategic plan
for investments in capacity or other measures to encourage increased use of
freight rail and marine shipping to meet the goal established under subsection
(a).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="IDd8127935c87546c09373d45d8fe2aefb"><enum>412.</enum><header>Freight rail
congestion grants</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="IDb22f90e934994e0db487ac376984828d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 24105 of title 49, United States Code, is amended
to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75F9187E98984104B414840BC3B33583" style="USC">
<section commented="no" id="IDe524506ed7c7499fa19fc26cf6f6df3e"><enum>24105.</enum><header>Freight rail
congestion grants</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="IDb6f0b1055a2e4d75bd884832098084b1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The
Secretary of Transportation may make grants to States for financing the capital
costs of facilities, infrastructure, and equipment for high priority rail
corridor projects necessary to reduce congestion in freight rail
transportation.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="ID1fc06b94d5704aa693b6f1bd4bf01e7b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible
projects</header><text>Projects eligible for grants under this section shall be
covered by a State rail plan and provide public benefits (as defined by chapter
27).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="ID5a55ca13904948d8b6c8e09e1dfeb5f3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Federal
share</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of a project financed under
this section shall not exceed 80 percent.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="ID6b14459b07a04cd48e2efd483d680f18"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Grant
conditions</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation shall require each
recipient of a grant under this section to comply with the applicable grant
requirements of section 24405.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="ID02da2ab411e64439bf56cfedd0574a81"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Equitable
distribution</header><text>The Secretary shall take such measures as are
necessary to ensure an equitable geographic distribution of funds and an
appropriate balance in addressing the needs of urban and rural
communities.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="IDedf04a5e89d4473eac23cbfdcb01656e"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this section such sums as are
necessary.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="ID316f9d18c3174cec97bdfc3e83c83537"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of
sections amendment</header><text>The table of sections for chapter XXX of title
49, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section
24105 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="idfad31027-3691-425b-90a5-24c87f56deeb" style="USC">
<toc>
<toc-entry idref="IDe524506ed7c7499fa19fc26cf6f6df3e" level="section">Sec. 24105. Freight rail congestion
grants.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="IDc67ef2d62ce54943a66e19e792f72d76"><enum>413.</enum><header>Rail
electrification study</header>
<subsection id="IDddf2276fc4964e6eaeb29bd4e7cac10f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall
conduct a study on the benefits and costs of electrification of rail corridors,
including the role of rail electrification in meeting the national oil
independence goal established under section 101.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id7DFC3AEA3FD94F94AA457274B32545FE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller
General shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the
House of Representatives a report describing the results of the study required
under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>V</enum><header>Alternative
transportation fuels</header>
<subtitle id="id47B5E4EC3FFE43DCAF80ECCE5FF22032"><enum>A</enum><header>Advanced
biofuels</header>
<section id="idA5651292ACA042988E9BA3995268CA99"><enum>501.</enum><header>Allowance of
investment tax credit for advanced biofuel facilities</header>
<subsection id="idA60EB8C2B1B846668C110D4E7207DF06"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 48 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id841506CB5CEA411AB9C42814F5E7E44C" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID776ff9e980374e1d84bdcb358e32e349"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Election to
treat qualified advanced biofuel facilities as energy property</header>
<subparagraph id="ID67df53f4951d42529a3b38d5864b1717"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In the case of any qualified property which is part of a
qualified advanced biofuel facility investment credit facility—</text>
<clause id="ID0af3c88f1bea4609abac091d0c197380"><enum>(i)</enum><text>such property
shall be treated as energy property for purposes of this section, and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID17d72d10ae4945db88b2fd6414d8d7e5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the energy
percentage with respect to such property shall be 30 percent.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4dfd670242c242ae92a8390b9eb16fb2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Qualified
property</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph, the term <term>qualified
property</term> means property—</text>
<clause id="IDa27835ab55b246d6beb759efff796c28"><enum>(i)</enum><text>which is—</text>
<subclause id="ID0c9937d6209543518c9508cfbc4c0465"><enum>(I)</enum><text>tangible personal
property, or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDf8d76c6022b3421b9e5cc84c60263a65"><enum>(II)</enum><text>other tangible
property (not including a building or its structural components), but only if
such property is used as an integral part of the qualified investment credit
facility, and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID7b77d7b6d3b6495fae44220cd60c5c40"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>with respect to
which depreciation (or amortization in lieu of depreciation) is
allowable.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID98eb0d5a77b4440cbdbaa45f14587023"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Qualified
advanced biofuel facility</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph, the
term <term>qualified advanced biofuel facility</term> means any
facility—</text>
<clause id="id387E4F0AD16349B28B1BEA0BD6E0D1B2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the primary
purpose of which is the production of advanced biofuels which are
transportation-grade fuels,</text>
</clause><clause id="id3DE2AA9377884A4E88D66F02988D1405"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>which is
originally placed in service by the taxpayer after the date of the enactment of
this paragraph and before December 31, 2015, and</text>
</clause><clause id="id9C9E9B76CA88483282DBE933378D9EB9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>with respect to
which the taxpayer makes an election to have this paragraph apply.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0ADCAB6D306F4D6C8DAEEED66EFADDAA"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Advanced
biofuels</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (C), the term
<term>advanced biofuel</term> means alcohol (as defined in section 40(d)(1)),
other than ethanol derived from corn starch, used as a fuel which has lifecycle
greenhouse gas emissions (as defined in section 211(o)(1)(H) of the Clean Air
Act) at least 50 percent less than baseline lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions
(as defined in section 211(o)(1)(C) of such
Act).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="idD558B53658824C4B8CA4821EABAC7E76"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordination
with special allowance for cellulosic biofuel plant
property</header><text>Paragraph (8) of section 168(l) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 is amended by inserting <quote>or under section 48(a)(6)</quote>
before the period at the end.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idE3D6E547F459477D9F1BF16A39928734"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to property
placed in service after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id00B04A6C169B4A8B9D889CEAFF6BF205"><enum>502.</enum><header>Grants for
advanced biofuel facility property</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1603 of division B of the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63B3EC643A3749BF92E7347D3684DA75" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idEAA7854F083C448E8673B2F989E3F96A"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Application to
qualified advanced biofuel facility property</header><text>In the case of
qualified property (as defined in section 48(a)(6)(B) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986) which is part of a qualified advanced biofuel facility (within
the meaning of section 48(a)(6)(C) of such Code)—</text>
<paragraph id="id2123EA1CEF9E43BEBA323870D4B323E4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>such qualified
property shall be treated as specified energy property for purposes of this
section, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC00290C0EAC14BB38F422128FB8A4EAB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in applying this
section to such qualified property—</text>
<subparagraph id="id42C1679B5F98443CB8DCED6D4B8B150F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>subsection (a)
shall be applied—</text>
<clause id="idC232BFC6F91743C89D01B43C16C61EAA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by substituting
<quote>the 2-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this
Act</quote> for <quote>2009 or 2010</quote> each place it appears, and</text>
</clause><clause id="idD16F0EBAF5FC43368B08DFB8955E77C1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by substituting
<quote>after such 2-year period</quote> for <quote>2010</quote> in paragraph
(2) thereof,</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBE9CB44D7C1A4AD9AC740DF49882B247"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the applicable
percentage with respect to such qualified property shall be 30 percent,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7D4B117AE4B24A58BD9C96273E05FC47"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the credit
termination date with respect to such qualified property shall be January 1,
2016, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id75F144E473F9430AA4E39E5D88B2AEE6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>subsection (j)
shall be applied by substituting <quote>the date which is 9-months after the
2-year period described in subsection (k)(2)(A)(i)</quote> for <quote>October
1,
2011</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id8C116998A0EB46E086C9C34DF423188A"><enum>503.</enum><header>Inclusion of
algae-based biofuel in definition of cellulosic biofuel</header>
<subsection id="id5F90E1CD44D543F3BD2CD7F17F4867F6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Cellulosic
biofuel producer credit</header>
<paragraph id="idECA5E0F98CAE4F9BB39C9A721CAC3952"><enum>(1)</enum><header>General
rule</header><text>Paragraph (4) of section 40(a) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 is amended by inserting <quote>and algae-based</quote> after
<quote>cellulosic</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id85B9270EC982490C8AFCDFFC3AA1096B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Paragraph
(6) of section 40(b) of such Code is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF94156236B714F3687D099A5163E80E3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">and
algae-based</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Cellulosic</header-in-text></quote> in the
heading,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA1624A358E8C424BB32474F8FD7CAC4D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" id="id3CD0A63B0A2E41F2B43EEC63000AD9F7" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idE29792CF7E644102A94001DDEF5D2AF5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The cellulosic and algae-based biofuel producer credit of
any taxpayer is an amount equal to the applicable amount for each gallon
of—</text>
<clause id="id09D628882BBC4C31A8C774F4D36F70B1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>qualified
cellulosic biofuel production, and</text>
</clause><clause id="id1BB96AA32AE44D26A8BC4D8E491EB46F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>qualified
algae-based biofuel
production.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>,</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAF539F3D48C248C5A37B32B0CCC56494"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraphs (F), (G), and (H) as subparagraphs (I), (J), and (K),
respectively,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC6D2678F70E8456192C51C85A15A158B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">and
algae-based</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">cellulosic</header-in-text></quote> in the
heading of subparagraph (I), as so redesignated,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0E8E6D5619724C9BB7BF5A8148CE0DF6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or algae-based biofuel, whichever is appropriate,</quote> after
<quote>cellulosic biofuel</quote> in subparagraph (J), as so
redesignated,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6F5517B755994084BA0FB30C6D693255"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>and qualified algae-based biofuel production</quote> after
<quote>qualified cellulosic biofuel production</quote> in subparagraph (K), as
so redesignated, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id60D56B034E0E45698ADBAFFE887AFE25"><enum>(G)</enum><text>by inserting
after subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraphs:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" id="id4A0BC2E6AC9045C08FE7E091D306FFF0" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="PF3B1993CE18A4944917E7EFD67730163"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Qualified
algae-based biofuel production</header><text>For purposes of this section, the
term <term>qualified algae-based biofuel production</term> means any
algae-based biofuel which is produced by the taxpayer, and which during the
taxable year—</text>
<clause id="P75680B15ADB5462DB79BC9BDB1D6A022"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is
sold by the taxpayer to another person—</text>
<subclause id="P19FD5F5922574EF98F08522AD581BAFD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>for use by such
other person in the production of a qualified algae-based biofuel mixture in
such other person's trade or business (other than casual off-farm
production),</text>
</subclause><subclause id="P059B67D1C87B43A280FA7BD49EA060F0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>for use by such
other person as a fuel in a trade or business, or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="PDED24FFCCC834A5CB172F54971C4E220"><enum>(III)</enum><text>who sells such
algae-based biofuel at retail to another person and places such algae-based
biofuel in the fuel tank of such other person, or</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="P2C358DF70FE348EC99EA8EB99CA27D2D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is used or sold
by the taxpayer for any purpose described in clause (i).</text>
</clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">The
qualified algae-based biofuel production of any taxpayer for any taxable year
shall not include any alcohol which is purchased by the taxpayer and with
respect to which such producer increases the proof of the alcohol by additional
distillation.</continuation-text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="P26F56238A9284EB19C6CC0086C668EEE"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Qualified
algae-based biofuel mixture</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph, the
term <term>qualified algae-based biofuel mixture</term> means a mixture of
algae-based biofuel and gasoline or of algae-based biofuel and a special fuel
which—</text>
<clause id="P8AF7120822C949FB88A3978A1D569B9B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is
sold by the person producing such mixture to any person for use as a fuel,
or</text>
</clause><clause id="P11928F0E14EE40EB9FA5A6ACA4E4FAAF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is used as a fuel
by the person producing such mixture.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="PD55044D7F76C47F09D437A1658C6B440"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Algae-based
biofuel</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph—</text>
<clause id="P625F49F785A644169A10DB0D1E2F8CB4"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>algae-based biofuel</term> means any
liquid fuel, including gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel, and ethanol,
which—</text>
<subclause id="id305CCE841BFB402BB555EDD59D55B9B0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is produced from
the biomass of algal organisms, and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id9FA650206003480B9A57B488C3085116"><enum>(II)</enum><text>meets the
registration requirements for fuels and fuel additives established by the
Environmental Protection Agency under section 211 of the Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. 7545).</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id3729ED25C5E4493C86E9910375C32B8E"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Algal
organism</header><text>The term <term>algal organism</term> means a single- or
multi-cellular organism which is primarily aquatic and classified as a
non-vascular plant, including microalgae, blue-green algae (cyanobacteria), and
macroalgae (seaweeds).</text>
</clause><clause id="P62258F40E9F84F43B7990F8D6D9A2FEE"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Exclusion of
low-proof alcohol</header><text>Such term shall not include any alcohol with a
proof of less than 150. The determination of the proof of any alcohol shall be
made without regard to any added
denaturants.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB4239A074C1E41D89D84B76BB934A839"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<subparagraph id="idF14EA989633D4AF4B0EB2EEE64054815"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Subparagraph (D)
of section 40(d)(3) of such Code is amended—</text>
<clause id="id6AB387C10295407A917F7147C7E96168"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">and
algae-based</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">cellulosic</header-in-text></quote> in the
heading,</text>
</clause><clause id="id7019094FEB9A4300A47D02B61A6019C6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>or (b)(6)(F)</quote> after <quote>(b)(6)(C)</quote> in clause
(ii), and</text>
</clause><clause id="idEF79C91DC3CE4D2D978531954C43A415"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or algae-based</quote> after <quote>such cellulosic</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDEF5FB403B6848EE84663802E2B642C1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Paragraph (6) of
section 40(d) of such Code is amended—</text>
<clause id="idD123ED32AFAF4783B1E16CE4C34D08C8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">and
algae-based</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">cellulosic</header-in-text></quote> in the
heading, and</text>
</clause><clause id="id2F81E041521B475992A6DDA128DC421C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking the first sentence and inserting <quote>No cellulosic and algae-based
biofuel producer credit shall be determined under subsection (a) with respect
to any cellulosic or algae-based biofuel unless such cellulosic or algae-based
biofuel is produced in the United States and used as a fuel in the United
States.</quote></text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD0F5921C78864D998C2F99D4102AC30C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Paragraph (3) of
section 40(e) of such Code is amended by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">and algae-based</header-in-text></quote> after
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">cellulosic</header-in-text></quote> in the heading.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8B11C5651959427C9525EEAFE08C79DE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Paragraph (1) of
section 4101(a) of such Code is amended—</text>
<clause id="idD153A2CF9E5C470A9616FA600F5DEE66"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>or algae-based</quote> after <quote>cellulosic</quote>,
and</text>
</clause><clause id="id090AB90A65EF43D590DDC8726F077A06"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>and 40(b)(6)(H), respectively</quote> after <quote>section
40(b)(6)(E)</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idE1EFBA7BA8DE4B4E9491F3DC1FD9608C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Special
allowance for cellulosic biofuel plant property</header><text>Subsection (l) of
section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id92B588470D5542EB9794ECD9CE7E11F1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">and
algae-based</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">cellulosic</header-in-text></quote> in the
heading,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5078897024EB4AA7967450B3D47F8324"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>and any qualified algae-based biofuel plant property</quote> after
<quote>qualified cellulosic biofuel plant property</quote> in paragraph
(1),</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idBDA7758F9A5743ACA16046B47CD07186"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (4) through (8), as amended by section 501, as paragraphs (6)
through (10), respectively,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idBDEB3A9067B5489D9831BA77FCFC9878"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or qualified algae-based biofuel plant property</quote> after
<quote>cellulosic biofuel plant property</quote> in paragraph (7)(C), as so
redesignated,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id815F596226614D028BB7C1D15654F8C7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>with respect to</quote> and all that follows in paragraph (9), as so
redesignated, and inserting <quote>with respect to any qualified cellulosic
biofuel plant property and any qualified algae-based biofuel plant property
which ceases to be such qualified property.</quote>,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB6FAA207DF4B422CB8D5EBA1B3B2BE55"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or qualified algae-based biofuel plant property</quote> after
<quote>cellulosic biofuel plant property</quote> in paragraph (10), as so
redesignated, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC08FBA0FCF2F4E00BA30538ECB8835B1"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (3) the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD3B973E8359C455A96130C041B8BF8BE" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="P1B61490C63B14D659A9040FC469F5717"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Qualified
algae-based biofuel plant property</header><text>The term <term>qualified
algae-based biofuel plant property</term> means property of a character subject
to the allowance for depreciation—</text>
<subparagraph id="PB7A795B8A2F141EE9D45EA8749086EF7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>which is used in
the United States solely to produce algae-based biofuel,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="P1C1724C4FD5C4F4589B2F971E060D422"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the original use
of which commences with the taxpayer after the date of the enactment of this
paragraph,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="P16BB917E99AB4ED7A2DD0A5D2EB44301"><enum>(C)</enum><text>which is acquired
by the taxpayer by purchase (as defined in section 179(d)) after the date of
the enactment of this paragraph, but only if no written binding contract for
the acquisition was in effect on or before such date, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="P7135EF8B0C194B9F8235572C27229AB3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>which is placed in
service by the taxpayer before January 1, 2013.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="PCD1C2A19A9AF4CB38FF1EFF0B327E1B6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Algae-based
biofuel</header>
<subparagraph id="id57BF07D7373E4294844694BD4019047F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>algae-based biofuel</term> means any
liquid fuel which is produced from the biomass of algal organisms.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id111CB3CED9084A66B767500F9FD367A8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Algal
organism</header><text>The term <term>algal organism</term> means a single- or
multi-cellular organism which is primarily aquatic and classified as a
non-vascular plant, including microalgae, blue-green algae (cyanobacteria), and
macroalgae
(seaweeds).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idF66B2C586FE146BA847BA9706EC0FFBD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
dates</header>
<paragraph id="id25804EEDF9804A9388B283211D271076"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Cellulosic
biofuel producer credit</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a)
shall apply to fuel produced after the date of the enactment of this
Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4251654B1FBD41EDA82A6FB309F9D559"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Special
allowance for cellulosic biofuel plant property</header><text>The amendments
made by subsection (b) shall apply to property purchased and placed in service
after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89A3100620B2409885E42107A53E5E44"><enum>504.</enum><header>Extension of
cellulosic biofuel producer credit</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81BD8E47C14441FD89C0E2418497A4DF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subparagraph (K) of section 40(b)(6) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as redesignated by section 503(a)(2)(C), is amended by
striking <quote>January 1, 2013</quote> and inserting <quote>January 1,
2016</quote>,</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id9D1371E0E9DA444D8B3D494FF0F5E5FB"><enum>505.</enum><header>Extension of
special allowance for cellulosic biofuel plant property</header>
<subsection id="id18B3ADF7185946B7A6742C8E5D3B1C8E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Paragraph (2)(D) of section 168(l) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>January 1, 2013</quote> and
inserting <quote>January 1, 2016</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idEC8489D137EB4B4B94677CD7A2196460"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Algae-Based
biofuel</header><text>Paragraph (4)(D) of section 168(l) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by section 503(b)(7), is amended by striking
<quote>January 1, 2013</quote> and inserting <quote>January 1,
2016</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idF46722E24E8A4FA3A464E2296C3A288F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Paragraph (7)(B) of section 168(l) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as redesignated by section 503(b)(3), is amended by
striking <quote>January 1, 2013</quote> and inserting <quote>January 1,
2016</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id39889EB8FE824ECBBE048CB6453E1C09"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to property
placed in service after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id8EC8106395834CEC897BA9A0D3B53616"><enum>506.</enum><header>Extension of
incentives for biodiesel and renewable diesel</header>
<subsection id="idC939B4657B9D4B76972A82CC6732EF94"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Credits for
biodiesel and renewable diesel used as fuel</header><text>Subsection (g) of
section 40A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking
<quote>December 31, 2009</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31,
2015</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id8BFE4B72C12A49EC9903FBAB50887A29"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Excise tax
credits and outlay payments for biodiesel and renewable diesel fuel
mixtures</header>
<paragraph id="id2078BE18357A4891B3280F516F0F0BF3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Paragraph (6) of
section 6426(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking
<quote>December 31, 2009</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31,
2015</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id967BF8BDC0B243278A736896F0542BE5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Subparagraph (B)
of section 6427(e)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by
striking <quote>December 31, 2009</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31,
2015</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5D87B9BAB5124929A432DA0D1F10F0AD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to fuel sold
or used after December 31, 2009.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id2177EEE86EC946E0BC88BE30BD8E4CF1"><enum>507.</enum><header>Extension of
alcohol fuels tax credits</header>
<subsection id="idD04E186031724C6381537CC744FAF436"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Paragraph (1) of section 40(e) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idBAC9C1218F264850A251E61692109397"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>December 31, 2010</quote> and inserting <quote>December
31, 2015</quote>, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idCE5B85C95E6C42E6A68BAA284BB5D9D1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>January 1, 2011</quote> and inserting <quote>January 1,
2016</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id525833BF00EC4A4E813B31ADBA284D2A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rule for credit
for ethanol blenders</header><text>Subsection (h) of section 40 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idBA5168E3E0E94D4B852F68CFF0C9C937"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>during calendar years 2001 through 2010</quote> and
inserting <quote>after calendar year 2001</quote>, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB3717AE3794C4CE78482197EACB75BDF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by inserting at the end the following flush sentence:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3D2DAFD049864BECB022636A74F4F598" style="OLC">
<quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="subsection">In the
case of any sale or use after calendar year 2010, the blender amount and the
low-proof blender amount shall be 0
cents.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2771C7064FC648E889CCD31093E4EB69"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to alcohol
produced, sold, or used after December 31, 2010.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id46400348B8D54AEC88340EA5206593C7"><enum>B</enum><header>Powering vehicles
with natural gas</header>
<section commented="no" id="HF9ED42E3437C428DA340990018777639"><enum>511.</enum><header>Credit for
qualified natural gas motor vehicles</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="id62A9E096C24E45249A80D7C06287C330"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id9B8C06D8E34A415C8BE2E37CB7EC6DA2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subsection (e) of section 30B of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to new qualified alternative fuel motor vehicle credit)
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBFE8E63FA155447DA286F798F0262CA9" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="idB3B7A3B9C9C34366A111CA615DB5004F"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Special rules
for qualified natural gas motor vehicles</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id8ACFF32708D348699779F961A7BCF45E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In the case of a qualified natural gas motor
vehicle—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id7FABE71012024D22B0112F62DF23977D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>such motor
vehicle shall be treated as a new qualified alternative fuel motor vehicle
under this subsection,</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id1CD95E5D894B45A6A7B5E600F59D0CE6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>paragraph (3)
shall be applied by multiplying each of the dollar amounts contained in such
paragraph by 2, and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="idECED8836F0744CA4891F48F41EAF684A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the credit
allowed under this subsection shall be transferrable as provided in
subparagraph (B).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEDB23EFC10154C1A9133EC957500964D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Transferability
of credit</header>
<clause id="idE123F72E27884DF2885BC7913A05DF37"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A taxpayer who places in service qualified natural gas
motor vehicle may transfer the credit allowed under this subsection with
respect to such vehicle through an assignment to the seller, the manufacturer,
or the lessee of such vehicle. Such transfer may be revoked only with the
consent of the Secretary.</text>
</clause><clause id="id72B1EE1B8D1846AB8002C294EB97C77C"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as necessary to ensure that any
credit transferred under clause (i) is claimed once and not reassigned by such
other person.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idF7FB1E68CF1C42F9BF4FE7BF9BB142C5"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Qualified
natural gas motor vehicle</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id65CA3A994D834292AD3519AE19867A24"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term <term>qualified
natural gas motor vehicle</term> means any motor vehicle—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id52A407E777CF4F938B7A1770B17A1350"><enum>(i)</enum><text>which is
described in subparagraph (B), (C), or (D),</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="idFD0B976737EA461EA6B456783C16559F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the original use
of which commences with the taxpayer,</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="idCB929495C4CA45E39EC7F3DBE48B0748"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>which is
acquired by the taxpayer for use or lease, but not for resale, and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="idEA25383077B04874AF9876ACEA44CD9A"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>which is placed
in service before the date which is 10 years after the date of the enactment of
this paragraph.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idBA9D3B4637FD43A2B2BE35D198E51292"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Heavy duty
vehicles</header><text>A motor vehicle is described in this subparagraph if
such motor vehicle—</text>
<clause id="id76A09BFA72144E0295AD4D1D773CD55B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is made by a
manufacturer,</text>
</clause><clause id="id2A38F1C834284CCFA1D4071BCFA98C18"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has a gross
vehicle weight rating of more than 8,500 pounds, and</text>
</clause><clause id="id756B49FC4641454CAF077B3B90458C2E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is—</text>
<subclause id="id2FD7E744D7A6444EBBCD0BE311317B4F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>only capable of
operating on compressed or liquified natural gas, or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id5E54E12FD7894BC6BEFA21A80DABC60B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>capable of
operating for more than 175 miles on 1 fueling of compressed or liquified
natural gas and is capable of operating on gasoline or diesel fuel.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9726767240C54C5489A4C51A80648BEB"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Light and
medium duty vehicles</header><text>A motor vehicle is described in this
subparagraph if such motor vehicle—</text>
<clause id="id5A2E6691CB4749F7B7BA67B0BD53348A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is made by a
manufacturer,</text>
</clause><clause id="id7412191B0077434ABE051120064557F1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has a gross
vehicle weight rating of not more 8,500 pounds,</text>
</clause><clause id="id097FE98C4E07464C8F1BF3BFDBC28BA0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is—</text>
<subclause id="id45216AFEFD744CAA962A3260883F20ED"><enum>(I)</enum><text>only capable of
operating on compressed or liquified natural gas, or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idF523023BBB9D41C0B6A42C2345FC8FFC"><enum>(II)</enum><text>capable of
operating for more than 175 miles on 1 fueling of compressed or liquified
natural gas and is capable of operating on gasoline or diesel fuel,</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="idD696B23F3B444FAE96EFAC23F8C4ED34"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>is of a
character subject to depreciation, and</text>
</clause><clause id="id854397D9F13D46209C7E39209417777E"><enum>(v)</enum><text>is acquired by a
taxpayer who—</text>
<subclause id="idED14FBEDB93E41B68EEEB71257C5915C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>owns and operates
not less than 10 motor vehicles in the course of a trade or business at the
time of the acquisition, and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idE7D69739E2DE4EC7A9E6186B9C025583"><enum>(II)</enum><text>has placed in
service more than 2 motor vehicles described in clauses (i) through (iv) or
described in subparagraph (D)(iii) after the date of the enactment of this
paragraph.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFDA08C39DC144B19B2D10E2E3BEA4914"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Converted or
repowered vehicles</header>
<clause id="idF25EE315E0E54231943C3728A5D34156"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A motor vehicle is described in this subparagraph if such
motor vehicle is a motor vehicle described in clause (ii) or clause (iii) which
is converted or repowered so that it—</text>
<subclause id="id6343D329889F4984829D74CDB8B01117"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is only capable
of operating on compressed or liquified natural gas, or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idCCE9C50716F444D392867DC6B045054D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is capable of
operating for more than 175 miles on 1 fueling of compressed or liquified
natural gas and is capable of operating on gasoline or diesel fuel, is capable
of operating on compressed or liquefied natural gas.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id88AE05B889A54576B802A01F39AF9D7F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Heavy duty
vehicles</header><text>A motor vehicle is described in this clause if such
motor vehicle—</text>
<subclause id="id9F485101270E467087CE495EB55D6B54"><enum>(I)</enum><text>has a gross
vehicle weight rating of more than 8,500 pounds, and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id04E4660C4D9A4FC683473474DAF00143"><enum>(II)</enum><text>was not capable
of operating on compressed or liquified natural gas before the date of such
conversion or repower.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="idEE42A6D0A9934C3D8B099CF9F71E198B"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Light and
medium duty vehicles</header><text>A motor vehicle is described in this clause
if such motor vehicle—</text>
<subclause id="id8754D42F177C4F08A137F27C56D41AAA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>has a gross
vehicle weight rating of not more 8,500 pounds,</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id29E47C5217EB4175ACFAD77C5BE26B51"><enum>(II)</enum><text>was not capable
of operating on compressed or liquified natural gas before the date of such
conversion or repower,</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id72D9AD1B801A4ACBA7620B2D7534CB5A"><enum>(III)</enum><text>is of a
character subject to depreciation,</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id942B26C30ECD419589C5F9A68533F969"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>is acquired by a
taxpayer who owns and operates not less than 10 motor vehicles in the course of
a trade or business at the time of the acquisition, and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idA4AF16F4D5CE4C79B0387B253E48C5B0"><enum>(V)</enum><text>is acquired by a
taxpayer who has placed in service more than 2 motor vehicles described in
subclauses (I) through (III) or described in subparagraph (C) after the date of
the enactment of this paragraph.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id9BA822D5AAD84981B88982F2B25A37B3"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Special
rules</header>
<subclause id="HB562868D9851422381FDE152EC63DBD3"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Treatment as
new</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the original use of any
motor vehicle described in clause (i) shall be treated as beginning with the
first use after the date of the conversion or repower.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H8EDF3211241941698BA4B394A0E8EEDC"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text>In the case of a used vehicle which is converted or
repowered, nothing in this section shall be construed to require that the motor
vehicle be acquired in the year the credit is claimed under this section with
respect to such vehicle.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA904550D0A4B465C911B33DF990EDF56"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Special
rule</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, in the case of a motor
vehicle which—</text>
<clause id="id02D4C1FD62114F049C6FE239B97FAE4D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is described in
subparagraph (C) or (D)(iii),</text>
</clause><clause id="id50CA1B084EA14C329CD91BE1B62ABCDE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is placed in
service after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, and</text>
</clause><clause id="idE424F5E5FBB041998D3704E2DD833F2D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is placed in
service by a taxpayer in a taxable year prior to the taxable year in which such
taxpayer places in service the third such motor vehicle described in
subparagraph (C) or (D)(iii) after such date of enactment.</text>
</clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">such
motor vehicle shall be treated as placed in service in the taxable year in
which such third motor vehicle is placed in
service.</continuation-text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE97BB44401B94B8E998CAC9863264481"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Subparagraph (B) of section 30B(e)(5) of such Code is
amended by inserting <quote>(other than a qualified natural gas motor
vehicle)</quote> after <quote>paragraph (3)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id10871E78E71B4C3B91D971A7571BD5CB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Mixed-Fuel
vehicles</header><text>Subparagraph (C) of section 30B(e)(5) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>a mixed-fuel vehicle which
operates using</quote> and all that follows and
inserting</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id93EA8DB6C5D3428F8FE08F1CAC641DF4" style="OLC">
<text>a mixed-fuel vehicle
which—</text><clause id="id25ADC8C74E7C4243843F0D15CF99AD99"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the case of
such a vehicle which is capable of operating on compressed or liquified natural
gas, operates using at least 65 percent compressed or liquified natural gas and
not more than 35 percent petroleum-based fuel, and</text>
</clause><clause id="id3DEA8D5F08ED46D2ABAC6BDCB4F527FB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of
any other such vehicle, operates using at least 75 percent alternative fuel and
not more than 25 percent petroleum-based
fuel.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id81C59E26582646D6AD6DF013B43AC605"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Alternative
minimum tax treatment</header><text>Subparagraph (B) of section 38(c)(4) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating clauses (i) through
(ix) as clauses (ii) through (x), respectively, and by inserting after before
clause (ii) (as so redesignated) the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50071F15DBAB46AB92241C58E91FD63E" style="OLC">
<clause id="ID7ffd07d8971a4532b6eff98a321c30b9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount of the
credit determined under section 30B which is attributable to a qualified
natural gas motor vehicle (as defined in section
30B(e)(7)).</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6ABEFCEF80494E8B86CF22B397D3CFD0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to property
placed in service after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H6B25A6F4A05D496FB27613A35C8F9EDD"><enum>512.</enum><header>Natural gas
vehicle bonds</header>
<subsection id="idE923CA26090649DE85919D7840598278"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subpart I of part IV
of subchapter A of chapter 1 (relating to qualified tax credit bonds) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by section 306, is amended by adding
at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBF9F5FB722954E88BB07677F122C52BD" style="OLC">
<section id="ID69f9d6dc09264b2e99fbc3f53090ad73"><enum>54H.</enum><header>Natural gas
vehicle bonds</header>
<subsection id="ID645d81a51d2d4387822d308b5e37fe36"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Natural gas
vehicle bond</header><text>For purposes of this subpart, the term <term>natural
gas vehicle bond</term> means any bond issued as part of an issue if—</text>
<paragraph id="idD526EAD251B14BFA8E347E578F6311AB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>100 percent of
the available project proceeds of such issue are to be used for capital
expenditures incurred by a governmental body for 1 or more qualified natural
gas vehicle projects placed in service by such governmental body primarily for
governmental or public use,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id689E4B94BA5A4EA3B66EEBFD359D9CCF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the bond is
issued by a governmental body,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id34C7E7313B574291A00B8F14ACDB883D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the issuer
designates such bond for purposes of this section, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idBB872D692BD44B33AF551EFEDE75DA0A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in lieu of the
requirements of section 54A(d)(2), the issue meets the requirements of
subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDf89bdd064a8c4a1a8d165dbb512aad58"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on
amount of bonds designated</header>
<paragraph id="idB9A48C019AAF40A592B7854D1629A07A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The maximum aggregate face amount of bonds which may be
designated under subsection (a) by any issuer shall not exceed the limitation
amount allocated under this subsection to such issuer.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID584e7016c80e46ccac214bb86d9df6ec"><enum>(2)</enum><header>National
limitation on amount of bonds designated</header><text>There is a national
natural gas vehicle bond limitation of $3,000,000,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2d2d0639f4e74ca995ee4e308a2cb8f1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allocation by
Secretary</header><text>The Secretary shall allocate the amount described in
paragraph (2) among qualified natural gas vehicle projects in such manner as
the Secretary determines appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID9a90ba234b304043ab3a5365a37c0c23"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Special rules
relating to expenditures</header>
<paragraph id="ID675909b3c32b4749a244a9ffd26c648a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An issue shall be treated as meeting the requirements of
this subsection if, as of the date of issuance, the issuer reasonably
expects—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID723f641d246844c8b5a59803cc7d4b5d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>100 percent or
more of the available project proceeds of such issue are to be spent for 1 or
more qualified natural gas vehicle projects within the 5-year period beginning
on the date of issuance of the natural gas vehicle bond,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF7A11260DBCC4E4AA45E800B0511DA90"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a binding
commitment with a third party to spend at least 10 percent of such available
project proceeds will be incurred within the 6-month period beginning on the
date of issuance of the natural gas vehicle bond, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2E1DE313F17D4D26A985D075D3F0F45C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>such projects
will be completed with due diligence and such available project proceeds will
be spent with due diligence.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID24077af2179c4abe9939cd05f85841d8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Extension of
period</header><text>Upon submission of a request prior to the expiration of
the period described in paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary may extend such period
if the issuer establishes that the failure to satisfy the 5-year requirement is
due to reasonable cause and the related projects will continue to proceed with
due diligence.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID92f7cc8a51c74bd8a2168c41c8b31b13"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Failure to
spend required amount of bond proceeds within 5 years</header><text>To the
extent that less than 100 percent of the available project proceeds of such
issue are expended by the close of the 5-year period beginning on the date of
issuance (or if an extension has been obtained under paragraph (2), by the
close of the extended period), the issuer shall redeem all of the nonqualified
bonds within 90 days after the end of such period. For purposes of this
paragraph, the amount of the nonqualified bonds required to be redeemed shall
be determined in the same manner as under section 142.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID88e602ee13df4b26b5df3ce70e80ac81"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Governmental
body</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>governmental
body</term> means any State, territory, possession of the United States, the
District of Columbia, Indian tribal government, and any political subdivision
thereof.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID70ab0565fede40feb7dd0563b864d3ce"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Qualified
natural gas vehicle project</header><text>For purposes of this subpart, the
term <term>qualified natural gas vehicle project</term> means—</text>
<paragraph id="idAACE15E00DF244F59ED5348431B3019D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 or more qualified natural gas vehicles
(as defined in section 30B(e)(7)), or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6AE87B1CB19C46E186360814060275C7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 or more qualified alternative fuel
vehicle refueling properties which are used to store and or dispense compressed
or liquefied natural gas (within the meaning of section 30C(c)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDf2b171f688b64e4a91ad590fcc14b878"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>This
section shall not apply with respect to any bond issued after December 31,
2019.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID9ef415c8e95a448b9297715d27cba612"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="ID8781c688b63340b89ba26a53fd7d8379"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Paragraph (1) of
section 54A(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by section 306,
is amended by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of subparagraph (E), by
inserting <quote>or</quote> at the end of subparagraph (F), and by inserting
after subparagraph (F) the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8C32B11CD1E4430F89732E26A66CD06B" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="IDf2b1394773fd4443b24b2dd72a811926"><enum>(G)</enum><text>a natural gas
vehicle
bond,</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0816fec5c18c4f5aad7af3f59f717713"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Subparagraph (C)
of section 54A(d)(2) of such Code, as amended by section 306, is amended by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of clause (v), by striking the period at
the end of clause (vi) and inserting <quote>, and</quote>, and by adding at the
end the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5501F8658A334C2EA37322FFD83F3C46" style="OLC">
<clause id="IDe17f63e351c642cfb7c70009c00a3f65"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>in the case of
a natural gas vehicle bond, a purpose specified in section
54H(a)(1).</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id29F1F2349D6D49AAA693DC93CE1B70EE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections for subpart I of part IV of
subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code, as amended by section 306, is amended
by adding at the end the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block id="idf7d6bef2-336f-4013-9dee-4a1b75e70b72" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry idref="ID69f9d6dc09264b2e99fbc3f53090ad73" level="section">Sec. 54H. Natural gas vehicle
bonds.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9feb4fd50f304bdaacbde7957564c70e"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to bonds
issued after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id93821A5DCBA04BB6B7E26FC4115E5F09"><enum>513.</enum><header>Incentives for
manufacturing facilities producing vehicles fueled by compressed or liquified
natural gas</header>
<subsection id="id8927D006A81F411F9140F1B9AA6A404D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Deduction for
manufacturing facilities</header>
<paragraph id="idA124100303D740A1AC96A19DA7C1DFD6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Part VI of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to itemized deductions for individuals and
corporations) is amended by inserting after section 179E the following new
section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5ADB6E5FC421473EA6C17B9F057F442E" style="OLC">
<section id="id98128FC7158C40E7AEABF0734E8B8A5B"><enum>179F.</enum><header>Expensing for
manufacturing facilities producing vehicles fueled by compressed natural gas or
liquified natural gas</header>
<subsection id="id2DF1098B377746E28DB892E48CE89426"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Treatment as
expenses</header><text>A taxpayer may elect to treat the applicable percentage
of the cost of any qualified natural gas vehicle manufacturing facility
property as an expense which is not chargeable to a capital account. Any cost
so treated shall be allowed as a deduction for the taxable year in which the
qualified manufacturing facility property is placed in service.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id65B9782CD9724B79A51A6ED26707A28F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicable
percentage</header><text>For purposes of subsection (a), the applicable
percentage is—</text>
<paragraph id="idFFE11F00F2D142D5A0EDE3BB9DDC1374"><enum>(1)</enum><text>100 percent, in
the case of qualified natural gas vehicle manufacturing facility property which
is placed in service before January 1, 2015, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7140944257B24F2DABFC9A716D2E169C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>50 percent, in
the case of qualified natural gas vehicle manufacturing facility property which
is placed in service after December 31, 2014, and before January 1,
2020.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID68b0b01685d04dcfb2c4399b4759a6b0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Election</header>
<paragraph id="IDcee8946d276c4f1184e3c913f04970cb"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An election under this section for any taxable year shall
be made on the taxpayer's return of the tax imposed by this chapter for the
taxable year. Such election shall be made in such manner as the Secretary may
by regulations prescribe.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID733c924abc96478fbe85b229ee90c594"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Election
irrevocable</header><text>Any election made under this section may not be
revoked except with the consent of the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5D919ACCD75E4C269DD3A35B35C4B4F2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Qualified
natural gas vehicle manufacturing facility property</header><text>For purposes
of this section—</text>
<paragraph id="id18A06A84882B4AAB8037426AC0F79146"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>qualified natural gas vehicle
manufacturing facility property</term> means any qualified property—</text>
<subparagraph id="id15010DDCE17C42AE8B5EF3BBEDBC04B7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the original use
of which commences with the taxpayer,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5CF3E76C68EF4A6EB13EEDFC8BC195AF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>which is placed
in service by the taxpayer after the date of the enactment of this section and
before January 1, 2020, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0036B2467F344EEB8E201E70EFEC723F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>no written
binding contract for the construction of which was in effect on or before the
date of the enactment of this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idCE0A072E32134EBAA4787F2D8E5D335D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualified
property</header>
<subparagraph id="id40F95BF412774D188DD119F98A659EDE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>qualified property</term> means any
property which is a facility or a portion of a facility used for the production
of—</text>
<clause id="id79C2636961C74E84BA7DB887E976BDEE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any qualified
natural gas vehicles (as defined in section 30B(e)(7)), or</text>
</clause><clause id="id6AAE7CD0956E4AE4AB689CD95FE66D70"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any eligible
component.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id52EF9FF33AAC45E6BCC3430668B97369"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligible
component</header><text>The term <term>eligible component</term> means any
component which is designed specifically for use in such a qualified natural
gas vehicle.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1BFFFAB6726B4270AE7DF1FB091854C2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Special rule
for dual use property</header>
<paragraph id="id422B249CDD1A4A0BB63B0B053E48CDAF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In the case of any qualified natural gas vehicle
manufacturing facility property which is used to produce both property
described in clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection (d)(2)(A) and property which is
not so described, the amount of costs taken into account under subsection (a)
shall be reduced by an amount equal to—</text>
<subparagraph id="id216092DB55B84B8FBCF5963071D22674"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the total amount
of such costs (determined before the application of this subsection),
multiplied by</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id36E60ED4DED548C8880B565320542A16"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the percentage of
property expected to be produced which is not so described.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id012F2033082A499284464D232D7B1555"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall prescribe such
regulations as are necessary to carry out the purpose of this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id351F8916465C465391934AA48CB10BA8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections of part VI of subchapter B of
chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after
the item relating to section 179E the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block id="idc4d3d079-beca-4170-ad84-5c6cb0e020c0" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry idref="id98128FC7158C40E7AEABF0734E8B8A5B" level="section">Sec. 179F. Expensing for manufacturing facilities producing
vehicles fueled by compressed natural gas or liquified natural
gas.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1A93577851684727AB23F64E5F2811B1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Refund of
credit for prior year minimum tax liability</header><text>Section 53 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to credit for prior year minimum tax
liability) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id312755A726AC42CCB86712447E353B8C" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idF588F99A65A74928A40340D4AD612CB4"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Election To
treat amounts attributable to qualified manufacturing facility</header>
<paragraph id="id7F19FBF331C544BF84D999F4C8617C2A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In the case of an eligible taxpayer, the amount
determined under subsection (c) for the taxable year (after the application of
subsection (e)) shall be increased by an amount equal to the applicable
percentage of any qualified natural gas vehicle manufacturing facility property
which is placed in service during the taxable year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4E0F41D267734B1E874E8A3E29C10575"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicable
percentage</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1), the applicable
percentage is—</text>
<subparagraph id="id56860D6EEAB3450DACCFADB1332476C0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>35 percent, in
the case of qualified natural gas vehicle manufacturing facility property which
is placed in service before January 1, 2015, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id63A7015694D2419BB1FBF1A986A3D2A7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>17.5 percent, in
the case of qualified natural gas vehicle manufacturing facility property which
is placed in service after December 31, 2014, and before January 1,
2020.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id80643336A1024C54AA2B5D8E01EA9539"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible
taxpayer</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term <term>eligible
taxpayer</term> means any taxpayer—</text>
<subparagraph id="idBFF49C67D3D74411AF8CD9D18CAA225D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>who places in
service qualified natural gas vehicle manufacturing facility property during
the taxable year,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id62A423CA2E4E450B8C9B725065F3E5CD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>who does not make
an election under section 179F(c), and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id64B8961337C149478EA0EA944CB678F3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>who makes an
election under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idD235D1A20F044B569922662D10551614"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Other
definitions and special rules</header>
<subparagraph id="id5DD81B039D4A403A9A1FBF93CA101DD1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Qualified
natural gas vehicle manufacturing facility property</header><text>The term
<term>qualified natural gas vehicle manufacturing facility property</term> has
the meaning given such term under section 179F(d).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id47D641E85D614C669B6E83A6E1073EB6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Special rule
for dual use property</header><text>In the case of any qualified natural gas
vehicle manufacturing facility property which is used to produce both qualified
property (as defined in section 179F(d)) and other property which is not
qualified property, the amount of costs taken into account under paragraph (1)
shall be reduced by an amount equal to—</text>
<clause id="idD3AF2772A4734DCC9F808DA9655494F9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the total amount
of such costs (determined before the application of this subparagraph),
multiplied by</text>
</clause><clause id="id4F59EBCAC91647AC838B0D9D0ED46B61"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the percentage
of property expected to be produced which is not qualified property.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9D1D8543DB214712B27BB669B539BC00"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Election</header>
<clause id="idD51A1818D08C4A459CF4203D8C5464FA"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An election under this subsection for any taxable year
shall be made on the taxpayer's return of the tax imposed by this chapter for
the taxable year. Such election shall be made in such manner as the Secretary
may by regulations prescribe.</text>
</clause><clause id="idC29F856A1B614C4583BF0A1D3AA66BED"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Election
irrevocable</header><text>Any election made under this subsection may not be
revoked except with the consent of the Secretary.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0C383E6320814A7D8C8FC92FBB2115F1"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Credit
refundable</header><text>For purposes of this title (other than this section),
the credit allowed by reason of this subsection shall be treated as if it were
allowed under subpart
C.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3D55D91E5DEF4384AF63BA52B08EECF5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable
years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idA1818FF38AF64D46A0BFCDD516C606E0"><enum>514.</enum><header>Study of
increasing natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas vehicles in Federal
fleet</header>
<subsection id="idE246E1DF45C0493495D7D4714F3402C8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator of General Services, in consultation
with the Administrator and the Secretary, shall conduct a study of the means by
which the Federal fleet could increase the number of light-, medium-, and
heavy-duty natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas vehicles in the
fleet.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id38261A7F4F47458A89C0686A4607EE79"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Components</header><text>In
conducting the study, the Administrator of General Services shall—</text>
<paragraph id="IDaae266d448e445e59c17635de23c9af7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>take into
consideration Executive Order 13514 (74 Fed. Reg. 52117; relating to Federal
leadership in environmental, energy, and economic performance) requiring
agencies to meet a 30 percent reduction in vehicle fleet petroleum use by
2020;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID066d5f274bb343ea909699be3a1835c9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assess—</text>
<subparagraph id="idB21A4B59FD77476995470BBD60CE6EFD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the barriers to
increasing the number of natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas vehicles in
the Federal fleet;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9199e718f5ea4767a8e8d814b53b527c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the potential for
maximizing the use of natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas vehicles in the
fleet;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4a3f73c6845647fdbc7600b0f77957bc"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the expected
reductions in petroleum use and greenhouse gas emissions as part of the
potential impacts of increasing natural gas and liquefied petroleum in the
fleet; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0e7bd55a59534adabbc6904216afabf7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the lifecycle
costs involved in fleet conversions, including the cost savings from reduced
fuel consumption;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID858cd9e5418547e5adf5475330dc58d9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide a
separate analysis of the potential costs of installing the specific fueling
infrastructure required to increase natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas in
the fleet; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9ce31943c97d40bba027c4a1bf2e88a2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>include
feasibility assessments for increasing the number of light-, medium-, and
heavy-duty natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas vehicles in the fleet over a
base period of 10 years and accelerated periods of 3 and 5 years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1e80c3ecad304adc9bbb7a52effaaecd"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator
of General Services shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a
report on the results of the study conducted under this section.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>VI</enum><header>Heating oil and
propane conservation</header>
<section id="id790868EFDCB54240A905DDF9FCDD69DF"><enum>601.</enum><header>Energy
efficiency improvements for heating oil, propane, and kerosene use in homes and
commercial buildings</header>
<subsection id="id33C55E03E6704B36983B8F1224787377"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="idD4C5058E9E3440B88EE128A697E3BB35"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Cost-effective</header><text>The
term <term>cost-effective</term>, with respect to an energy efficiency program,
means that the program meets the total resource cost test, which requires that
the net present value of economic benefits over the life of the program or
measure (including avoided supply and delivery costs and deferred or avoided
investments) is greater than the net present value of the economic costs over
the life of the program, including program costs and incremental costs borne by
the energy consumer.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0AD08EA190C84D8BAF1EBB5A2939924E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Department</header><text>The
term <term>Department</term> means the Department of Energy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9B671C1022B24C19A5F246518BCBA857"><enum>(3)</enum><header>NORA</header><text>The
term <term>NORA</term> means a national oilheat research alliance established
pursuant to section 704 of the National Oilheat Research Alliance Act of 2000
(42 U.S.C. 6201 note; Public Law 106–469) or a successor entity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE7AFA47C12C24F358C3BB30F6A0A7581"><enum>(4)</enum><header>PERC</header><text>The
term <term>PERC</term> means the Propane Education and Research Council
authorized by the Propane Education and Research Act of 1996 (15 U.S.C. 6401 et
seq.) or a successor entity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8057A478F49A4D9E82F2A73441460712"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Energy.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id18FFF8AF0F8E4270BBB30ACD36F09493"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Energy
Efficiency Improvement for Heating Oil, Propane, and Kerosene Program</header>
<paragraph id="idBEAD27EA30E146CA9F9D8CAF10CC486E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established in the Department the Energy Efficiency Improvement for Heating
Oil, Propane, and Kerosene Program under which the Secretary shall provide
funds to each State that has elected to participate in programs operated by
NORA or PERC to carry out cost-effective energy efficiency programs for homes
and buildings that use home heating oil, propane, and kerosene.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE8BF3EB5086E48CC96E2653A8B6BAB4F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Distribution of
funds</header><text>The Secretary shall distribute funds under paragraph (1)
among the States based on the relative amount of funds collected in each State
under the National Oilheat Research Alliance Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 6201 note;
Public Law 106–469) and the Propane Education and Research Act of 1996 (15
U.S.C. 6401 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8FAC830FAB90447DAE14BB0A79C92BFE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of
proceeds</header>
<paragraph id="id2CE4498E096A4716A8235D1033087AD4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A State shall use the amounts distributed under
subsection (b)(2) to carry out cost-effective energy efficiency programs for
consumers that use home heating oil, propane, or kerosene for residential or
commercial purposes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE781AD85953F449E93CD10ED6242B419"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administration
and delivery mechanisms</header><text>In administering a program under this
section, a State shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4A96746A1020495293483772B5C3AB32"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to the maximum
extent practicable, deliver efficiency programs through, or integrated with,
existing energy efficiency programs supervised by the State, including, as
appropriate, energy efficiency programs administered by parties other than the
State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idADDF9485E7624059AC34EBE7D4D8A9A0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to the maximum
extent practicable, coordinate the administration and delivery of energy
efficiency programs supported under this section, among other such programs and
with existing programs for various fuel types, to deliver comprehensive,
fuel-blind, coordinated programs to consumers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id86145F2D4D0E491EBEB4C029351D0384"><enum>(C)</enum><text>ensure that
funding provided under this section does not displace or substitute for
existing or alternative sources of funding for energy efficiency
programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF9BE2268345E40158953B63CC33C3287"><enum>(D)</enum><text>taking into
account subparagraphs (A) through (C), designate 1 or more energy efficiency
program administrators for cost-effective home heating oil, propane, and
kerosene efficiency programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id555C70D762EC4B57AC8FA2452681D8B0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>designate an
existing, or establish a new, stakeholder oversight council or equivalent to
review efficiency program designs and efficiency program cost-effectiveness and
make recommendation for improvement and ensure coordination between efficiency
programs for other fuels such as electricity and natural gas;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9EBAA8A7D3EC436E85EC1E73E57CCEDD"><enum>(F)</enum><text>establish
methodologies and processes for the manner by which efficiency programs are
developed, administered, reviewed, and approved in the State and report to the
Secretary annually on the methodologies and processes used to develop,
administer, review, and approve home heating oil, propane, and kerosene
programs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA52E31A137D9499D822ECF71097DC82D"><enum>(G)</enum><text>ensure that
evaluation, monitoring, and verification of the efficiency programs are
conducted by an independent third-party annually with reporting to the States,
public, and the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id34DBD7EBC5824E0DBEB02B30F5E2C4AC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<paragraph id="idA18F76C5A4A14602A30663A6D19BEFC9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>State</header><text>Not
later than April 30 of each year, each State that receives funds under this
section shall submit to the Secretary a report for the previous calendar year
in accordance with such requirements as the Secretary may prescribe
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC24D555A6EAF4F78AA539E28A7F533DB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>describes the use
by the State of funds provided by this section, including a description of the
cost-effective energy efficiency programs funded;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id277A1170BA404012A2C3722802883CDD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>demonstrates the
consumer savings, cost-effectiveness of, and the lifetime and annual energy
savings achieved by, energy efficiency programs funded under this section;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7F37C2B0287F4A699A274CC8BE1A7B9F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>includes a report
prepared by an independent third party, in accordance with such regulations as
the Secretary may issue, evaluating the performance of the cost-effective
energy efficiency programs funded under this section, including consumer
savings, cost-effectiveness of, and the lifetime and annual energy savings of
the efficiency programs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idEF27F15F746042819C410F5DA73218A1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretary</header>
<subparagraph id="idA3A6306E40F7482785AC42A7E01054C4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than April 30, 2013, and every 2 years
thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report containing—</text>
<clause id="idBF84355ACB564CCBBF43AC0D3652591F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an
evaluation of the consumer savings, cost-effectiveness of, and the lifetime and
annual energy savings achieved by, energy efficiency programs funded under this
section; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idBC009736FDFF46DD9F90B0DF8981F664"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>recommendations
for means of more effectively achieving consumer savings, cost-effectiveness,
and lifetime and annual energy savings through efficiency programs for home
heating oil, propane, and kerosene consumer for residential or commercial
purposes.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC1EBF166400B4FACA88377899957C82C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>The
Secretary shall make the reports submitted under subparagraph (A) available to
the public, including by publishing the reports on the Internet.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id06B9D6D097C64978A6A6B0D3B470D656"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text>If
the Secretary determines that a State is not in compliance with this section,
the Secretary may distribute funds that would have been distributed to the
State under subsection (b)2) among the remaining States, on a pro rata basis,
for use in carrying out programs under this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID450fdfe2517440f8a36fde8fe2781e3f"><enum>602.</enum><header> Renewable
biomass thermal energy for commercial buildings</header>
<subsection id="IDe4a2498f64f64a90b33ff8dcb23bd618"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="ID98629dfe4c1842ad892443a7f0f8aca3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Commercial
building</header>
<subparagraph id="ID484fcb8148b0415081694a9e6fe3be1b"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>commercial building</term> means a
building that—</text>
<clause id="IDb340ebc4753b496b9bf2a76cdcbcc784"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is
located in the United States; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID934d11f95a994036ae2d4b8395590bd0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>was in existence
or initially designed as of December 31, 2009.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID354c62c760254c12bc58fa560e4530cc"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The
term <term>commercial building</term> does not include—</text>
<clause id="ID8b66b95de8944b3a8ef82481ebbd402b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
federally owned building; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID60b8c0b0a74e437fa1019a5b7cdcacc2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
residential building.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID99128f836a224481b1a53526ba5ad461"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible
building</header><text>The term <term>eligible building</term> means a
commercial building or multifamily residential building that uses (or, if under
development but not yet constructed, is designed to consume) heating oil or
another petroleum product as the primary thermal energy source of the
building.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa50124722b2848f29c1a6462a9f4e71a"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Multifamily
residential building</header>
<subparagraph id="ID59c445bd8dba4aceb8fba4b746d6f0c9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>multifamily residential building</term>
means a structure of 5 or more dwelling units that—</text>
<clause id="IDaea14a4b43084401820f40da4d6977fd"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is
located in the United States; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID3cf17fcbd6df4f76ab0dcae066c91a9d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>was in existence
or initially designed as of December 31, 2009.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID56eaeef7d0384b6db5c4a9d6c3349553"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>The
term <term>multifamily residential building</term> does not include a federally
owned building.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idC5451674DD7443ABA27DD8BE9EE7F913"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The
term <term>program</term> means the renewable biomass thermal energy loan
program established under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID58ce38c05fcd4b9fbc660473142f4eb2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Qualified
boiler</header><text>The term <term>qualified boiler</term> means a wood or
wood-pellet fired boiler or furnace that—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF57C8A358BC14D78BAB47F4EEE97E4C5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has a capacity of
not less than 300,000 Btu per hour; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC344183D040F442697E8B3C22C87FDFE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>meets or exceeds
60 percent total system efficiency based on lower heating value.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDbeac798104054e08b5d9bcc1b87065e5"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Qualified
program delivery entity</header><text>The term <term>qualified program delivery
entity</term> means a State, political subdivision of a State, tribal
government, energy utility, natural gas utility, nonprofit or community-based
organization, energy service company, retailer, or any other qualified entity
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDb3868a62ad374d3481914fc0ec8687cb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>meets the
eligibility requirements of this section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID107f458e470a4f01a3fc2837fdf119e8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is approved by
the State that administers the program in the State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idC8AB6CB8E787444DAC24D8361BFF7F0C"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Energy.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID4c9410678a8f411aa263186a5e167047"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Secretary shall establish a renewable biomass thermal energy loan program under
which the Secretary shall make grants to States to support financial assistance
provided by qualified program delivery entities for replacing, in eligible
buildings, thermal energy systems that use heating oil or another petroleum
product in qualified boilers.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID6861524b13954208994f3256510f5434"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligibility of
qualified program delivery entities</header><text>To be eligible to participate
in the program, a qualified program delivery entity—</text>
<paragraph id="IDfb71a4aaf9844d808705f2646ab13a01"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall offer a
financing product under which eligible participants may pay over time for the
cost to the owner of an eligible building (after all applicable Federal, State,
local, and other rebates or incentives are applied) of replacing or redesigning
a thermal energy system that uses heating oil or another petroleum product with
a qualified boiler;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDbd5a2bb7315440acb287d43dc270db2f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall offer an
incentive or other strategy for encouraging the owner of an eligible building
to make energy efficiency improvements to the thermal energy delivery system of
an eligible building at the same time as a qualified boiler is
installed;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0ef5315ddf324eb7a791038a6ed15d68"><enum>(3)</enum><text>shall establish
standard underwriting criteria to determine the eligibility of program
applicants, which criteria shall be consistent with commercially recognized
best practices applicable to the form of financial assistance being provided
(as determined by the designated entity administering the program in the
State); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID302c3b2712ac4a3088847321aee18281"><enum>(4)</enum><text>may establish and
offer financing mechanisms to pool the needs of multiple eligible buildings
into a single finance package in order to lower transactions costs and enable
projects in small or low-income municipalities to participate in the
program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDfc64b45830ea450091e1e69c2305d7d7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text>In
making funds available to States for each fiscal year under this section, the
Secretary shall use the formula used to allocate funds to States to carry out
State energy conservation plans established under part D of title III of the
Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6321 et seq.).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDbfde81dc09dd4e80b648ef1142c97312"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Qualified
program delivery entities</header><text>Before making a grant to a State under
this section, the Secretary shall require the Governor of the State to provide
to the Secretary a letter of assurance that the State—</text>
<paragraph id="IDefcc35fc63ae415286959219eec5487e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>has 1 or more
qualified program delivery entities that meet the requirements of this
section;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb3180c34e63a4178a26657b139ef1ff6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>has established a
loan program mechanism that incorporates an effective repayment mechanism,
which may include—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDf7cc499fcdbd464bb28ec2ca377f970e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>on-utility-bill
repayment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID91dbfbcbb39448109e7743915246dd1a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>tax assessment or
other form of property assessment financing;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa6ba821fbad74b3fb89e92c9dbd35715"><enum>(C)</enum><text>municipal service
charges;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4e363f55a16c4590a2eb7779de979160"><enum>(D)</enum><text>energy or energy
efficiency services contracts; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID007451d98dab41e8b88ee8509627ddf8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>alternative
contractual repayment mechanisms that have been demonstrated to have
appropriate risk mitigation features; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDaefd4eaf7c1d46cea7eeb74f1010386b"><enum>(3)</enum><text>will provide, in
a timely manner, all information regarding the administration of the program as
the Secretary may require to permit the Secretary to meet the reporting
requirements of subsection (h).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID86882b6c8b9048ae85022caeeab7d73d"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Use of grant
funds</header><text>Grant funds made available to States under the program may
be used to support financing products offered by qualified program delivery
entities to eligible participants, by providing—</text>
<paragraph id="ID94bc2954f9c94d4c80ca08ed4aaad9aa"><enum>(1)</enum><text>interest rate
reductions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID93c6242f554544b48ce13366bf083c1f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>loan loss
reserves or other forms of credit enhancement;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID411fb675942b42bfa1086eafc086684e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>revolving loan
funds from which qualified program delivery entities may offer direct
loans;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDff28876e64ff448ca59cca93e4d30ed1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>other debt
instruments or financial products necessary—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID4f354675fd1848f3ae1ff8bb63ee51dd"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to maximize
leverage provided through available funds; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8d381cae49e54e1a8fd6980c5870be56"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to support
widespread deployment of qualified boilers; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9ed8d6748732484d8daec76e68751966"><enum>(5)</enum><text>technical
assistance delivered for nonprofit or community based organizations and local
governments in economically distressed counties, on financing options or
project development and design offered to eligible entities, particularly
eligible entities located in low-income communities, HUB zones, or other
Federal designations aimed at increasing the participation and benefit from
Federal programs of underserved or low-income communities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDb0d71a5d24c8422eab9ce64d59481712"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Use of
repayment funds</header><text>In the case of a revolving loan fund established
by a State described in subsection (f)(3), a qualified program delivery entity
may use funds repaid by eligible participants under the program to provide
financial assistance for additional eligible participants to make improvements
described in subsection (b) in a manner that is consistent with this section or
other such criteria as are prescribed by the State.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID0e4f9ca4eff0415c938fdce1fd06e46f"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Program
evaluation</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a program evaluation that
describes—</text>
<paragraph id="ID8b6fa51fbcf342de8300dbc862dfb75d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>how many eligible
participants have participated in the program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDada2a4b792274f06b7b789a5fe6ae8e4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>how many jobs
have been created through the program, directly and indirectly;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7831828bd9224ec6ba54ce92afd9660a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>what steps could
be taken to promote further deployment of qualified boilers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb374baa2c77f4bca8003b1268d30ebc3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the quantity of
verifiable energy savings, renewable energy deployment, eligible building owner
energy bill savings, and other benefits of the program; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="IDde2a16687f144c98951be7b0d767e119"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the performance
of the programs carried out by qualified program delivery entities under this
section, including information on the rate of default and repayment.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id24867EED7E3448E0BCE914C0A2F001D5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this section such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2011
through 2020.</text>
</subsection></section>