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(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘1993–
1
2004’’ and inserting ‘‘1993 through 2008’’; and
2
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘2005–
3
2008’’ and inserting ‘‘2009 through 2012’’.
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SEC. 805. PROCUREMENT OF ALTERNATIVE FUELED AND
5
HYBRID LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS.
6
(a) V
EHICLE
F
LEETS
N
OT
C
OVERED BY
R
EQUIRE
-
7
MENT IN
E
NERGY
P
OLICY
A
CT OF
1992.—
8
(1) H
YBRID VEHICLES
.—The head of each agen-
9
cy of the executive branch shall coordinate with the
10
Administrator of General Services to ensure that only
11
hybrid vehicles are procured by or for each agency
12
fleet of light duty trucks that is not in a fleet of vehi-
13
cles to which section 303 of the Energy Policy Act of
14
1992 (42 U.S.C. 13212) applies.
15
(2) W
AIVER AUTHORITY
.—The head of an agen-
16
cy, in consultation with the Administrator, may
17
waive the applicability of the policy regarding the
18
procurement of hybrid vehicles in paragraph (1) to
19
that agency to the extent that the head of that agency
20
determines necessary—
21
(A) to meet specific requirements of the
22
agency for capabilities of light duty trucks;
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(B) to procure vehicles consistent with the
1
standards applicable to the procurement of fleet
2
vehicles for the Federal Government;
3
(C) to adjust to limitations on the commer-
4
cial availability of light duty trucks that are hy-
5
brid vehicles; or
6
(D) to avoid the necessity of procuring a
7
hybrid vehicle for the agency when each of the
8
hybrid vehicles available for meeting the require-
9
ments of the agency has a cost to the United
10
States that exceeds the costs of comparable non-
11
hybrid vehicles by a factor that is significantly
12
higher than the difference between—
13
(i) the real cost of the hybrid vehicle to
14
retail purchasers, taking into account the
15
benefit of any tax incentives available to re-
16
tail purchasers for the purchase of the hy-
17
brid vehicle; and
18
(ii) the costs of the comparable non-
19
hybrid vehicles to retail purchasers.
20
(3) A
PPLICABILITY
TO
PROCUREMENTS
AFTER
21
FISCAL YEAR 2004
.—This subsection applies with re-
22
spect to procurements of light duty trucks in fiscal
23
year 2005 and subsequent fiscal years.
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(b) R
EQUIREMENT
T
O
E
XCEED
R
EQUIREMENT IN
E
N
-
1
ERGY
P
OLICY
A
CT OF
1992.—
2
(1) L
IGHT DUTY TRUCKS
.—The head of each
3
agency of the executive branch shall coordinate with
4
the Administrator of General Services to ensure that,
5
of the light duty trucks procured in fiscal years after
6
fiscal year 2004 for the fleets of light duty vehicles of
7
the agency to which section 303 of the Energy Policy
8
Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13212) applies—
9
(A) 5 percent of the total number of such
10
trucks that are procured in each of fiscal years
11
2005 and 2006 are alternative fueled vehicles or
12
hybrid vehicles; and
13
(B) 10 percent of the total number of such
14
trucks that are procured in each fiscal year after
15
fiscal year 2006 are alternative fueled vehicles or
16
hybrid vehicles.
17
(2) C
OUNTING OF TRUCKS
.—Light duty trucks
18
acquired for an agency of the executive branch that
19
are counted to comply with section 303 of the Energy
20
Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13212) for a fiscal year
21
shall be counted to determine the total number of light
22
duty trucks procured for that agency for that fiscal
23
year for the purposes of paragraph (1), but shall not
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be counted to satisfy the requirement in that para-
1
graph.
2
(c) D
EFINITIONS
.—In this section:
3
(1) H
YBRID VEHICLE
.—The term ‘‘hybrid vehi-
4
cle’’ means—
5
(A) a motor vehicle that draws propulsion
6
energy from onboard sources of stored energy
7
that are both—
8
(i) an internal combustion or heat en-
9
gine using combustible fuel; and
10
(ii) a rechargeable energy storage sys-
11
tem; and
12
(B) any other vehicle that is defined as a
13
hybrid vehicle in regulations prescribed by the
14
Secretary of Energy for the administration of
15
title III of the Energy Policy Act of 1992.
16
(2) A
LTERNATIVE FUELED VEHICLE
.—The term
17
‘‘alternative fueled vehicle’’ has the meaning given
18
that term in section 301 of the Energy Policy Act of
19
1992 (42 U.S.C. 13211).
20
(d) I
NAPPLICABILITY
TO
D
EPARTMENT
OF
D
E
-
21
FENSE
.—This section does not apply to the Department of
22
Defense, which is subject to comparable requirements under
23
section 318 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
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Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107–107; 115 Stat. 1055;
1
10 U.S.C. 2302 note).
2
SEC. 806. USE OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS.
3
(a) E
XCLUSIVE
U
SE OF
A
LTERNATIVE
F
UELS IN
D
UAL
4
F
UELED
V
EHICLES
.—The head of each agency of the execu-
5
tive branch shall coordinate with the Administrator of Gen-
6
eral Services to ensure that, not later than January 1, 2009,
7
the fuel actually used in the fleet of dual fueled vehicles used
8
by the agency is an alternative fuel.
9
(b) W
AIVER
A
UTHORITY
.—
10
(1) C
APABILITY WAIVER
.—
11
(A) A
UTHORITY
.—If the Secretary of Trans-
12
portation determines that not all of the dual
13
fueled vehicles can operate on alternative fuels at
14
all times, the Secretary may waive the require-
15
ment of subsection (a) in part, but only to the
16
extent that—
17
(i) not later than January 1, 2009, not
18
less than 50 percent of the total annual vol-
19
ume of fuel used in the dual fueled vehicles
20
shall be alternative fuels; and
21
(ii) not later than January 1, 2011,
22
not less than 75 percent of the total annual
23
volume of fuel used in the dual fueled vehi-
24
cles shall be alternative fuels.
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(B) E
XPIRATION
.—In no case may a waiver
1
under subparagraph (A) remain in effect after
2
December 31, 2012.
3
(2) R
EGIONAL FUEL AVAILABILITY WAIVER
.—The
4
Secretary may waive the applicability of the require-
5
ment of subsection (a) to vehicles used by an agency
6
in a particular geographic area where the alternative
7
fuel otherwise required to be used in the vehicles is
8
not reasonably available to retail purchasers of the
9
fuel, as certified to the Secretary by the head of the
10
agency.
11
(c) D
EFINITIONS
.—In this section:
12
(1) A
LTERNATIVE FUEL
.—The term ‘‘alternative
13
fuel’’ has the meaning given that term in section
14
32901(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code.
15
(2) D
UAL FUELED VEHICLE
.—The term ‘‘dual
16
fueled vehicle’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘dual
17
fueled automobile’’ in section 32901(a)(8) of title 49,
18
United States Code.
19
(3) F
LEET
.—The term ‘‘fleet’’, with respect to
20
dual fueled vehicles, has the meaning that is given
21
that term with respect to light duty motor vehicles in
22
section 301(9) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42
23
U.S.C. 13211(9)).
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SEC. 807. HYBRID ELECTRIC AND FUEL CELL VEHICLES.
1
(a) E
XPANSION OF
S
COPE
.—The Secretary of Energy
2
shall expand the research and development program of the
3
Department of Energy on advanced technologies for improv-
4
ing the environmental cleanliness of vehicles to emphasize
5
research and development on the following:
6
(1) Fuel cells, including—
7
(A) high temperature membranes for fuel
8
cells; and
9
(B) fuel cell auxiliary power systems.
10
(2) Hydrogen storage.
11
(3) Advanced vehicle engine and emission control
12
systems.
13
(4) Advanced batteries and power electronics for
14
hybrid vehicles.
15
(5) Advanced fuels.
16
(6) Advanced materials.
17
(b) A
UTHORIZATION OF
A
PPROPRIATIONS
.—There is
18
authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy
19
for fiscal year 2003, the amount of $225,000,000 for car-
20
rying out the expanded research and development program
21
provided for under this section.
22
SEC. 808. DIESEL FUELED VEHICLES.
23
(a) D
IESEL
C
OMBUSTION AND
A
FTER
T
REATMENT
24
T
ECHNOLOGIES
.—The Secretary of Energy shall accelerate
25
research and development directed toward the improvement
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of diesel combustion and after treatment technologies for use
1
in diesel fueled motor vehicles.
2
(b) G
OAL
.—
3
(1) C
OMPLIANCE WITH TIER 2 EMISSION STAND
-
4
ARDS BY 2010
.—The Secretary shall carry out sub-
5
section (a) with a view to developing and dem-
6
onstrating diesel technology meeting tier 2 emission
7
standards not later than 2010.
8
(2) T
IER 2 EMISSION STANDARDS DEFINED
.—In
9
this subsection, the term ‘‘tier 2 emission standards’’
10
means the motor vehicle emission standards promul-
11
gated by the Administrator of the Environmental
12
Protection Agency on February 10, 2000, under sec-
13
tions 202 and 211 of the Clean Air Act to apply to
14
passenger cars, light trucks, and larger passenger ve-
15
hicles of model years after the 2003 vehicle model
16
year.
17
SEC. 809. FUEL CELL DEMONSTRATION.
18
(a) P
ROGRAM
R
EQUIRED
.—The Secretary of Energy
19
and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly carry out a pro-
20
gram to demonstrate—
21
(1) fuel cell technologies developed in the PNGV
22
and Freedom Car programs;
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(2) fuel cell technologies developed in research
1
and development programs of the Department of De-
2
fense; and
3
(3) follow-on fuel cell technologies.
4
(b) P
URPOSES OF
P
ROGRAM
.—The purposes of the pro-
5
gram are to identify and support technological advances
6
that are necessary to achieve accelerated availability of fuel
7
cell technology for use both for nonmilitary and military
8
purposes.
9
(c) C
OOPERATION
W
ITH
I
NDUSTRY
.—
10
(1) I
N GENERAL
.—The demonstration program
11
shall be carried out in cooperation with industry, in-
12
cluding the automobile manufacturing industry and
13
the automotive systems and component suppliers in-
14
dustry.
15
(2) C
OST SHARING
.—The Secretary of Energy
16
and the Secretary of Defense shall provide for indus-
17
try to bear, in cash or in kind, at least one-half of
18
the total cost of carrying out the demonstration pro-
19
gram.
20
(d) D
EFINITIONS
.—In this section:
21
(1) PNGV
PROGRAM
.—The term ‘‘PNGV pro-
22
gram’’ means the Partnership for a New Generation
23
of Vehicles, a cooperative program engaged in by the
24
Departments of Commerce, Energy, Transportation,
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and Defense, the Environmental Protection Agency,
1
the National Science Foundation, and the National
2
Aeronautics and Space Administration with the auto-
3
motive industry for the purpose of developing a new
4
generation of vehicles with capabilities resulting in
5
significantly improved fuel efficiency together with
6
low emissions without compromising the safety, per-
7
formance, affordability, or utility of the vehicles.
8
(2) F
REEDOM CAR PROGRAM
.—The term ‘‘Free-
9
dom Car program’’ means a cooperative research pro-
10
gram engaged in by the Department of Energy with
11
the United States Council on Automotive Research as
12
a follow-on to the PNGV program.
13
SEC. 810. BUS REPLACEMENT.
14
(a) R
EQUIREMENT
FOR
S
TUDY
.—The Secretary of
15
Transportation shall carry out a study to determine how
16
best to provide for converting the composition of the fleets
17
of buses in metropolitan areas and school systems from
18
buses utilizing current diesel technology to—
19
(1) buses that draw propulsion from onboard fuel
20
cells;
21
(2) buses that are hybrid electric vehicles;
22
(3) buses that are fueled by clean-burning fuels,
23
such as renewable fuels (including agriculture-based
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biodiesel fuels), natural gas, and ultra-low sulphur
1
diesel;
2
(4) buses that are powered by clean diesel en-
3
gines: or
4
(5) an assortment of buses described in para-
5
graphs (1), (2), (3), and (4).
6
(b) R
EPORT
.—
7
(1) R
EQUIREMENT
.—The Secretary of Transpor-
8
tation shall submit a report on the results of the study
9
on bus fleet conversions under subsection (a) to Con-
10
gress.
11
(2) C
ONTENT
.—The report on bus fleet conver-
12
sions shall include the following:
13
(A) An assessment of effectuating conver-
14
sions by the following means:
15
(i) Replacement of buses.
16
(ii) Replacement of power and propul-
17
sion systems in buses utilizing current die-
18
sel technology.
19
(iii) Other means.
20
(B) Feasible schedules for carrying out the
21
conversions.
22
(C) Estimated costs of carrying out the con-
23
versions.
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