[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1181 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1181

  To expand the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Program to 
include commercial trucks and United States flagged vessels, to return 
unspent funds and loan proceeds to the United States Treasury to reduce 
               the national debt, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 4, 2015

  Mr. Cassidy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To expand the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Program to 
include commercial trucks and United States flagged vessels, to return 
unspent funds and loan proceeds to the United States Treasury to reduce 
               the national debt, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Energy Technologies Access and 
Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

    (a) Definitions.--Section 136(a) of the Energy Independence and 
Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17013(a)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), as 
        paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively;
            (2) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and 
                (C) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively;
                    (B) in the matter preceding clause (i), as 
                redesignated, by striking ``means an ultra efficient 
                vehicle or a light duty vehicle that meets--'' and 
                inserting the following: ``means--
                    ``(A) an ultra efficient vehicle or a light duty 
                vehicle that meets--'';
                    (C) in clause (iii), as redesignated, by striking 
                the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) a commercial truck manufactured in the United 
                States that meets at least 125 percent of the average 
                base year combined fuel economy for vehicles with 
                substantially similar attributes; and
                    ``(C) a United States flagged vessel.'';
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) Commercial truck.--The term `commercial truck' means 
        an on-highway vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 
        10,000 pounds or more.''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) United states flagged vessel.--The term `United 
        States flagged vessel' means any vessel that has been issued a 
        certificate of documentation under chapter 121 of title 46, 
        United States Code.''.
    (b) Manufacturing Grants.--Section 136(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
17013(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by redesignating subparagraphs (A), 
        (B), and (C) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively;
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
        subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
            (3) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), as 
        redesignated--
                    (A) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(1) Awards authorized.--The Secretary''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``commercial truck manufacturers, 
                vessel manufacturers in the United States,'' after 
                ``vehicle manufacturers''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Performance measures.--The Secretary, through the 
        Loan Programs Office, shall--
                    ``(A) accelerate efforts to engage sufficient 
                engineering expertise to verify that borrowers under 
                this section are delivering projects in accordance with 
                applicable loan agreements; and
                    ``(B) develop sufficient and quantifiable 
                performance measures to achieve the intent of the 
                direct loan program established under subsection 
                (d).''.
    (c) Direct Loan Program.--
            (1) Debt reduction.--Section 136(d) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
        17013(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Dedication of proceeds to debt reduction.--All the 
        proceeds from the repayment of loans under this subsection 
        shall be used by the Secretary of the Treasury to pay down the 
        national debt.''.
            (2) Sunset.--Section 136(d) of the Energy Independence and 
        Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17013(d)) shall be repealed on 
        January 1, 2020.
            (3) National debt repayment.--Any amount appropriated for 
        loans pursuant to section 136(d) of the Energy Independence and 
        Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17013(d)) that remains 
        unobligated as of the date set forth in paragraph (2) is 
        rescinded and shall be used by the Secretary of the Treasury to 
        pay down the national debt.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 136(i) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 17013(i)) is amended by striking ``2008 through 2012'' and 
inserting ``2015 through 2020''.
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