[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 3, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S1311]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1356. Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her to the bill S. 2657, to support innovation in advanced 
geothermal research and development, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place in subtitle G of title I, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. 17__. 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 the paragraph designation and heading 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''; and
       (3) 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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