[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 21 (Thursday, February 4, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S690]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3290. Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself and Mr. Merkley) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2953 proposed by Ms. 
Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to provide for the modernization of the 
energy policy of the United States, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of section 1306, add the following:
       (h) Secondary Use Applications.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall carry out a research, 
     development, and demonstration program that--
       (A) builds on any work carried out under section 915 of the 
     Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16195);
       (B) identifies possible uses of a vehicle battery after the 
     useful life of the battery in a vehicle has been exhausted;
       (C) conducts long-term testing to verify performance and 
     degradation predictions and lifetime valuations for secondary 
     uses;
       (D) evaluates innovative approaches to recycling materials 
     from plug-in electric drive vehicles and the batteries used 
     in plug-in electric drive vehicles;
       (E)(i) assesses the potential for markets for uses 
     described in subparagraph (B) to develop; and
       (ii) identifies any barriers to the development of those 
     markets; and
       (F) identifies the potential uses of a vehicle battery--
       (i) with the most promise for market development; and
       (ii) for which market development would be aided by a 
     demonstration project.
       (2) Report.--Not later than 1 year 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.
       (3) Secondary use demonstration.--
       (A) In general.--Based on the results of the program 
     described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall develop 
     guidelines for projects that demonstrate the secondary uses 
     and innovative recycling of vehicle batteries.
       (B) Publication of guidelines.--Not later than 18 months 
     after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
     shall--
       (i) publish the guidelines described in subparagraph (A); 
     and
       (ii) solicit applications for funding for demonstration 
     projects.
       (C) Pilot demonstration program.--Not later than 21 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.

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