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(D) An assessment of the benefits of the con-
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versions in terms of emissions control and reduc-
2
tion of fuel consumption.
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SEC. 811. AVERAGE FUEL ECONOMY STANDARDS FOR PICK-
4
UP TRUCKS.
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(a) I
N
G
ENERAL
.—Section 32902(a) of title 49, United
6
States Code, is amended—
7
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after the after ‘‘A
UTO
-
8
MOBILES
.—’’; and
9
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
10
graph:
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‘‘(2) The average fuel economy standard for pickup
12
trucks manufactured by a manufacturer in a model year
13
after model year 2004 shall be no higher than 20.7 miles
14
per gallon. No average fuel economy standard prescribed
15
under another provision of this section shall apply to pick-
16
up trucks.’’.
17
(b)
D
EFINITION
O
F
P
ICKUP
T
RUCK
.—Section
18
32901(a) of such title is amended by adding at the end the
19
following new paragraph:
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‘‘(17) ‘pickup truck’ has the meaning given that
21
term in regulations prescribed by the Secretary for
22
the administration of this chapter, as in effect on
23
January 1, 2002, except that such term shall also in-
24
clude any additional vehicle that the Secretary de-
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fines as a pickup truck in regulations prescribed for
1
the administration of this chapter after such date.’’.
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SEC. 812. EXCEPTION TO HOV PASSENGER REQUIREMENTS
3
FOR ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES.
4
Section 102(a)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is
5
amended by inserting after ‘‘required’’ the following: ‘‘(un-
6
less, in the discretion of the State transportation depart-
7
ment, the vehicle is being operated on, or is being fueled
8
by, an alternative fuel (as defined in section 301(2) of the
9
Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13211(2)))’’.
10
SEC. 813. DATA COLLECTION.
11
Section 205 of the Department of Energy Organization
12
Act (42 U.S.C. 7135) is amended by adding at the end the
13
following:
14
‘‘(m) In order to improve the ability to evaluate the
15
effectiveness of the Nation’s renewable fuels mandate, the
16
Administrator shall conduct and publish the results of a
17
survey of renewable fuels consumption in the motor vehicle
18
fuels market in the United States monthly, and in a man-
19
ner designed to protect the confidentiality of individual re-
20
sponses. In conducting the survey, the Administrator shall
21
collect information retrospectively to 1998, both on a na-
22
tional basis and a regional basis, including—
23
(1) the quantity of renewable fuels produced;
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(2) the cost of production;
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(3) the cost of blending and marketing;
1
(4) the quantity of renewable fuels blended;
2
(5) the quantity of renewable fuels imported; and
3
(6) market price data.
4
SEC. 814. GREEN SCHOOL BUS PILOT PROGRAM.
5
(a) E
STABLISHMENT
.—The Secretary of Energy and
6
the Secretary of Transportation shall jointly establish a
7
pilot program for awarding grants on a competitive basis
8
to eligible entities for the demonstration and commercial
9
application of alternative fuel school buses and ultra-low
10
sulfur diesel school buses.
11
(b) R
EQUIREMENTS
.—Not later than 3 months after
12
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
13
establish and publish in the Federal Register grant require-
14
ments on eligibility for assistance, and on implementation
15
of the program established under subsection (a), including
16
certification requirements to ensure compliance with this
17
subtitle.
18
(c) S
OLICITATION
.—Not later than 6 months after the
19
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall solicit
20
proposals for grants under this section.
21
(d) E
LIGIBLE
R
ECIPIENTS
.—A grant shall be awarded
22
under this section only—
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(1) to a local governmental entity responsible for
1
providing school bus service for one or more public
2
school systems; or
3
(2) jointly to an entity described in paragraph
4
(1) and a contracting entity that provides school bus
5
service to the public school system or systems.
6
(e) T
YPES OF
G
RANTS
.—
7
(1) I
N
GENERAL
.—Grants under this section
8
shall be for the demonstration and commercial appli-
9
cation of technologies to facilitate the use of alter-
10
native fuel school buses and ultra-low sulfur diesel
11
school buses instead of buses manufactured before
12
model year 1977 and diesel-powered buses manufac-
13
tured before model year 1991.
14
(2) N
O ECONOMIC BENEFIT
.—Other than the re-
15
ceipt of the grant, a recipient of a grant under this
16
section may not receive any economic benefit in con-
17
nection with the receipt of the grant.
18
(3) P
RIORITY
OF
GRANT
APPLICATIONS
.—The
19
Secretary shall give priority to awarding grants to
20
applicants who can demonstrate the use of alternative
21
fuel buses and ultra-low sulfur diesel school buses in-
22
stead of buses manufactured before model year 1977.
23
(f) C
ONDITIONS OF
G
RANT
.—A grant provided under
24
this section shall include the following conditions:
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(1) All buses acquired with funds provided under
1
the grant shall be operated as part of the school bus
2
fleet for which the grant was made for a minimum
3
of 5 years.
4
(2) Funds provided under the grant may only be
5
used—
6
(A) to pay the cost, except as provided in
7
paragraph (3), of new alternative fuel school
8
buses or ultra-low sulfur diesel school buses, in-
9
cluding State taxes and contract fees; and
10
(B) to provide—
11
(i) up to 10 percent of the price of the
12
alternative fuel buses acquired, for necessary
13
alternative fuel infrastructure if the infra-
14
structure will only be available to the grant
15
recipient; and
16
(ii) up to 15 percent of the price of the
17
alternative fuel buses acquired, for necessary
18
alternative fuel infrastructure if the infra-
19
structure will be available to the grant re-
20
cipient and to other bus fleets.
21
(3) The grant recipient shall be required to pro-
22
vide at least the lesser of 15 percent of the total cost
23
of each bus received or $15,000 per bus.
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(4) In the case of a grant recipient receiving a
1
grant to demonstrate ultra-low sulfur diesel school
2
buses, the grant recipient shall be required to provide
3
documentation to the satisfaction of the Secretary
4
that diesel fuel containing sulfur at not more than 15
5
parts per million is available for carrying out the
6
purposes of the grant, and a commitment by the ap-
7
plicant to use such fuel in carrying out the purposes
8
of the grant.
9
(g) B
USES
.—Funding under a grant made under this
10
section may only be used to demonstrate the use of new al-
11
ternative fuel school buses or ultra-low sulfur diesel school
12
buses that—
13
(1) have a gross vehicle weight greater than
14
14,000 pounds;
15
(2) are powered by a heavy duty engine;
16
(3) in the case of alternative fuel school buses,
17
emit not more than—
18
(A) for buses manufactured in model year
19
2002, 2.5 grams per brake horsepower-hour of
20
nonmethane hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen
21
and .01 grams per brake horsepower-hour of par-
22
ticulate matter; and
23
(B) for buses manufactured in model years
24
2003 through 2006, 1.8 grams per brake horse-
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power-hour of nonmethane hydrocarbons and ox-
1
ides of nitrogen and .01 grams per brake horse-
2
power-hour of particulate matter; and
3
(4) in the case of ultra-low sulfur diesel school
4
buses, emit not more than the lesser of—
5
(A) the emissions of nonmethane hydro-
6
carbons, oxides of nitrogen, and particulate mat-
7
ter of the best performing technology of the same
8
class of ultra-low sulfur diesel school buses com-
9
mercially available at the time the grant is
10
made; or
11
(B) the applicable following amounts—
12
(i) for buses manufactured in model
13
year 2002 or 2003, 3.0 grams per brake
14
horsepower-hour of oxides of nitrogen and
15
.01 grams per brake horsepower-hour of
16
particulate matter; and
17
(ii) for buses manufactured in model
18
years 2004 through 2006, 2.5 grams per
19
brake horsepower-hour of nonmethane hy-
20
drocarbons and oxides of nitrogen and .01
21
grams per brake horsepower-hour of partic-
22
ulate matter.
23
(h) D
EPLOYMENT AND
D
ISTRIBUTION
.—The Secretary
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shall seek to the maximum extent practicable to achieve na-
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tionwide deployment of alternative fuel school buses through
1
the program under this section, and shall ensure a broad
2
geographic distribution of grant awards, with a goal of no
3
State receiving more than 10 percent of the grant funding
4
made available under this section for a fiscal year.
5
(i) L
IMIT ON
F
UNDING
.—The Secretary shall provide
6
not less than 20 percent and not more than 25 percent of
7
the grant funding made available under this section for any
8
fiscal year for the acquisition of ultra-low sulfur diesel
9
school buses.
10
(j) D
EFINITIONS
.—For purposes of this section—
11
(1) the term ‘‘alternative fuel school bus’’ means
12
a bus powered substantially by electricity (including
13
electricity supplied by a fuel cell), or by liquefied nat-
14
ural gas, compressed natural gas, liquefied petroleum
15
gas, hydrogen, propane, or methanol or ethanol at no
16
less than 85 percent by volume;
17
(2) the term ‘‘idling’’ means not turning off an
18
engine while remaining stationary for more than ap-
19
proximately 3 minutes; and
20
(3) the term ‘‘ultra-low sulfur diesel school bus’’
21
means a school bus powered by diesel fuel which con-
22
tains sulfur at not more than 15 parts per million.
23
(k) R
EDUCTION OF
S
CHOOL
B
US
I
DLING
.—Each local
24
educational agency (as defined in section 9101 of the Ele-
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mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1
7801)) that receives Federal funds under the Elementary
2
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et
3
seq.) is encouraged to develop a policy to reduce the inci-
4
dence of school buses idling at schools when picking up and
5
unloading students.
6
SEC. 815. FUEL CELL BUS DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRA-
7
TION PROGRAM.
8
(a) E
STABLISHMENT OF
P
ROGRAM
.—The Secretary
9
shall establish a program for entering into cooperative
10
agreements with private sector fuel cell bus developers for
11
the development of fuel cell-powered school buses, and subse-
12
quently with not less than two units of local government
13
using natural gas-powered school buses and such private
14
sector fuel cell bus developers to demonstrate the use of fuel
15
cell-powered school buses.
16
(b) C
OST
S
HARING
.—The non-Federal contribution for
17
activities funded under this section shall be not less than—
18
(1) 20 percent for fuel infrastructure develop-
19
ment activities; and
20
(2) 50 percent for demonstration activities and
21
for development activities not described in paragraph
22
(1).
23
(c) F
UNDING
.—No more than $25,000,000 of the
24
amounts authorized under section 815 may be used for car-
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rying out this section for the period encompassing fiscal
1
years 2003 through 2006.
2
(d) R
EPORTS TO
C
ONGRESS
.—Not later than 3 years
3
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not later
4
than October 1, 2006, the Secretary shall transmit to the
5
appropriate congressional committees a report that—
6
(1) evaluates the process of converting natural
7
gas infrastructure to accommodate fuel cell-powered
8
school buses; and
9
(2) assesses the results of the development and
10
demonstration program under this section.
11
SEC. 816. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
12
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
13
retary of Energy for carrying out sections 814 and 815,
14
to remain available until expended—
15
(1) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
16
(2) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
17
(3) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; and
18
(4) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.
19
SEC. 817. TEMPORARY BIODIESEL CREDIT EXPANSION.
20
(a) B
IODIESEL
C
REDIT
E
XPANSION
.—Section 312(b)
21
of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13220(b)) is
22
amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the fol-
23
lowing:
24
‘‘(2) U
SE
.—
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‘‘(A) I
N
GENERAL
.—A fleet or covered
1
person—
2
‘‘(i) may use credits allocated under
3
subsection (a) to satisfy more than 50 per-
4
cent of the alternative fueled vehicle require-
5
ments of a fleet or covered person under this
6
title, title IV, and title V; but
7
‘‘(ii) may use credits allocated under
8
subsection (a) to satisfy 100 percent of the
9
alternative fueled vehicle requirements of a
10
fleet or covered person under title V for 1 or
11
more of model years 2002 through 2005.
12
‘‘(B) A
PPLICABILITY
.—Subparagraph (A)
13
does not apply to a fleet or covered person that
14
is a biodiesel alternative fuel provider described
15
in section 501(a)(2)(A).’’.
16
(b) T
REATMENT AS
S
ECTION 508
C
REDITS
.—Section
17
312(c) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C.
18
13220(c)) is amended—
19
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking
20
‘‘C
REDIT NOT
’’ and inserting ‘‘T
REATMENT AS
’’; and
21
(2) by striking ‘‘shall not be considered’’ and in-
22
serting ‘‘shall be treated as’’.
23
(c) A
LTERNATIVE
F
UELED
V
EHICLE
S
TUDY AND
R
E
-
24
PORT
.—
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