[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 133 (Saturday, August 6, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4348-S4349]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5470. Mr. PORTMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 5194 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill H.R. 5376, to 
provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        Strike section 70002 and insert the following:

     SEC. 70002. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE CLEAN FLEETS.

       (a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise 
     available, there is appropriated to the United States Postal 
     Service for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the 
     Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be deposited into the 
     Postal Service Fund established under section 2003 of title 
     39, United States Code--
       (1) $1,290,000,000, to remain available through September 
     30, 2031, for the purchase of zero-emission delivery vehicles 
     with respect to which the requirements described in 
     paragraphs (1), (2)(A), and (3)(A) of subsection (b) are 
     satisfied; and
       (2) $1,710,000,000, to remain available through September 
     30, 2031, for the purchase, design, and installation of the 
     requisite infrastructure to support zero-emission delivery 
     vehicles at facilities that the United States Postal Service 
     owns or leases from non-Federal entities.

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       (b) Requirements.--
       (1) Final assembly requirement.--The requirement described 
     in this paragraph is that final assembly of the vehicle 
     occurs in North America.
       (2) Critical minerals requirement.--
       (A) In general.--The requirement described in this 
     subparagraph with respect to a vehicle is that, with respect 
     to the battery from which the electric motor of such vehicle 
     draws electricity, the percentage of the value of the 
     applicable critical minerals (as defined in section 45X(c)(6) 
     of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by section 
     13502(a) of this Act) contained in such battery that were--
       (i) extracted or processed in the United States;
       (ii) extracted or processed in any country with which the 
     United States has a free trade agreement in effect; or
       (iii) recycled in North America,
     is equal to or greater than the applicable percentage.
       (B) Applicable percentage.--For purposes of subparagraph 
     (A), the applicable percentage shall be--
       (i) in the case of a vehicle placed in service before 
     January 1, 2024, 40 percent;
       (ii) in the case of a vehicle placed in service during 
     calendar year 2024, 50 percent;
       (iii) in the case of a vehicle placed in service during 
     calendar year 2025, 60 percent;
       (iv) in the case of a vehicle placed in service during 
     calendar year 2026, 70 percent; and
       (v) in the case of a vehicle placed in service after 
     December 31, 2026, 80 percent.
       (3) Battery component requirement.--
       (A) In general.--The requirement described in this 
     subparagraph with respect to a vehicle is that, with respect 
     to the battery from which the electric motor of such vehicle 
     draws electricity, the percentage of the value of the 
     components contained in such battery that were manufactured 
     or assembled in North America is equal to or greater than the 
     applicable percentage.
       (B) Applicable percentage.--For purposes of subparagraph 
     (A), the applicable percentage shall be--
       (i) in the case of a vehicle placed in service before 
     January 1, 2024, 50 percent;
       (ii) in the case of a vehicle placed in service during 
     calendar year 2024 or 2025, 60 percent;
       (iii) in the case of a vehicle placed in service during 
     calendar year 2026, 70 percent;
       (iv) in the case of a vehicle placed in service during 
     calendar year 2027, 80 percent;
       (v) in the case of a vehicle placed in service during 
     calendar year 2029, 90 percent; and
       (vi) in the case of a vehicle placed in service after 
     December 31, 2028, 100 percent.
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