[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1449 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1449

   To amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to add 
certain medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles to the advanced technology 
               vehicles manufacturing incentive program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 21, 2015

  Ms. Stabenow (for herself and Mr. Peters) 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 amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to add 
certain medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles to the advanced technology 
               vehicles manufacturing incentive program.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Building Better Trucks Act''.

SEC. 2. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

    Section 136 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 
U.S.C. 17013) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
                        through (C) as clauses (i) through (iii), 
                        respectively, and indenting appropriately;
                            (ii) by striking ``(1) Advanced technology 
                        vehicle.--'' and all that follows through 
                        ``meets--'' and inserting the following:
            ``(1) Advanced technology vehicle.--The term `advanced 
        technology vehicle' means--
                    ``(A) an ultra efficient vehicle;
                    ``(B) a light duty vehicle that meets--'';
                            (iii) in subparagraph (B)(iii) (as so 
                        redesignated), by striking the period at the 
                        end and inserting ``; or''; and
                            (iv) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) a medium-duty or heavy-duty vehicle that--
                            ``(i)(I) is subject to regulations 
                        established by the Secretary of Transportation 
                        under parts 523, 534, and 535 of title 49, Code 
                        of Federal Regulations (or successor 
                        regulations); or
                            ``(II) is included in a vehicle type or 
                        class that offers opportunities to 
                        substantially reduce consumption of 
                        conventional motor fuel, as determined by the 
                        Secretary by rule; and
                            ``(ii) reduces consumption of conventional 
                        motor fuel by 10 percent or greater as compared 
                        to model year 2010 medium- and heavy-duty 
                        vehicles of a similar vehicle type or class, 
                        unless the Secretary determines by rule that--
                                    ``(I) the percentage is not 
                                achievable for a specific vehicle type 
                                or class; and
                                    ``(II) an alternative percentage 
                                for that vehicle type or class will 
                                result in substantial reductions in 
                                motor fuel consumption within the 
                                United States.''; and
                    (B) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(4) Qualifying components.--The term `qualifying 
        components' means components, systems, or groups of subsystems 
        that the Secretary determines--
                    ``(A) to be designed to improve fuel economy or 
                otherwise substantially reduce consumption of 
                conventional motor fuel; or
                    ``(B) to contribute measurably to the overall 
                improved fuel use of an advanced technology vehicle.'';
            (2) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph 
        (1), by inserting ``or other vehicle'' after ``ultra efficient 
        vehicle'';
            (3) by striking subsection (f) and inserting the following:
    ``(f) Fees.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall charge a closing fee 
        of 50 basis points of the loan to cover applicable 
        administrative expenses.
            ``(2) Use of fees.--Fees collected under paragraph (1) 
        shall--
                    ``(A) be deposited by the Secretary into the 
                general fund of the Treasury; and
                    ``(B) remain available until expended, subject to 
                such other conditions as are contained in annual 
                appropriations Acts.''; and
            (4) in subsection (h)(1)(B), by striking ``automobiles, or 
        components of automobiles'' and inserting ``automobiles or 
        other vehicles, or components of automobiles or other 
        vehicles''.
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