GREEN Buses Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3347 To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a program relating to the acquisition or leasing of zero emission buses or bus facility im- provements, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 19, 2021 Mr. LARSEN of Washington (for himself, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. KILMER, and Mr. GALLEGO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a pro- gram relating to the acquisition or leasing of zero emis- sion buses or bus facility improvements, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Generating Reduced 4 Emissions by Electrifying New Buses Act’’ or the 5 ‘‘GREEN Buses Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:49 Jun 30, 2021 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3347.IH H3347 ckeast on DSKBC47HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3347 IH SEC. 2. ZERO EMISSION BUS GRANTS. 1 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5339(c) of title 49, 2 United States Code, is amended— 3 (1) in the heading by striking ‘‘LOW OR NO 4 EMISSION GRANTS’’ and inserting ‘‘ZERO EMISSION 5 GRANTS’’; 6 (2) in paragraph (1)— 7 (A) in subparagraph (B)— 8 (i) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘low or no 9 emission’’ and inserting ‘‘zero emission’’; 10 (ii) in clause (ii) by striking ‘‘low or 11 no emission’’ and inserting ‘‘zero emis- 12 sion’’; 13 (iii) in clause (iii) by striking ‘‘low or 14 no emission’’ and inserting ‘‘zero emis- 15 sion’’; 16 (iv) in clause (iv) by striking ‘‘facili- 17 ties and related equipment for low or no 18 emission’’ and inserting ‘‘related equip- 19 ment for zero emission’’; 20 (v) in clause (v) by striking ‘‘facilities 21 and related equipment for low or no emis- 22 sion vehicles;’’ and inserting ‘‘related 23 equipment for zero emission vehicles; or’’; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:49 Jun 30, 2021 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3347.IH H3347 ckeast on DSKBC47HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3347 IH (vi) in clause (vii) by striking ‘‘low or 1 no emission’’ and inserting ‘‘zero emis- 2 sion’’; 3 (vii) by striking clause (vi); and 4 (viii) by redesignating clause (vii) as 5 clause (vi); 6 (B) by striking subparagraph (D) and in- 7 serting the following: 8 ‘‘(D) the term ‘zero emission bus’ means a 9 bus that is a zero emission vehicle;’’; 10 (C) by striking subparagraph (E) and in- 11 serting the following: 12 ‘‘(E) the term ‘zero emission vehicle’ 13 means a vehicle used to provide public transpor- 14 tation that produces no carbon dioxide or par- 15 ticulate matter;’’; 16 (D) in subparagraph (F) by striking ‘‘and’’ 17 at the end; 18 (E) by striking subparagraph (G) and in- 19 serting the following: 20 ‘‘(G) the term ‘eligible area’ means an area 21 that is— 22 ‘‘(i) designated as a nonattainment 23 area for ozone or particulate matter under 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:49 Jun 30, 2021 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3347.IH H3347 ckeast on DSKBC47HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3347 IH section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act (42 1 U.S.C. 7407(d)); 2 ‘‘(ii) a maintenance area, as such 3 term is defined in section 5303, for ozone 4 or particulate matter; or 5 ‘‘(iii) in a State that has enacted a 6 statewide zero emission bus transition re- 7 quirement, as determined by the Secretary; 8 and’’; and 9 (F) by adding at the end the following: 10 ‘‘(H) the term ‘low-income community’ 11 means any population census tract if— 12 ‘‘(i) the poverty rate for such tract is 13 at least 20 percent; or 14 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a tract— 15 ‘‘(I) not located within a metro- 16 politan area, the median family in- 17 come for such tract does not exceed 18 80 percent of statewide median family 19 income; or 20 ‘‘(II) located within a metropoli- 21 tan area, the median family income 22 for such tract does not exceed 80 per- 23 cent of the greater statewide median 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:49 Jun 30, 2021 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3347.IH H3347 ckeast on DSKBC47HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 3347 IH family income or the metropolitan 1 area median family income.’’; 2 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as 3 paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively; and 4 (4) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the 5 following: 6 ‘‘(5) GRANT ELIGIBILITY.—In awarding grants 7 under this subsection, the Secretary shall make 8 grants to eligible projects relating to the acquisition 9 or leasing of zero emission buses or bus facility im- 10 provements— 11 ‘‘(A) that procure— 12 ‘‘(i) at least 10 zero emission buses; 13 ‘‘(ii) if the recipient operates less than 14 50 buses in peak service, at least 5 zero 15 emission buses; or 16 ‘‘(iii) hydrogen buses; 17 ‘‘(B) for which the recipient’s board of di- 18 rectors has approved a long-term integrated 19 fleet management plan that— 20 ‘‘(i) establishes a goal by a set date to 21 convert the entire bus fleet to zero emis- 22 sion buses; or 23 ‘‘(ii) establishes a goal that within 10 24 years from the date of approval of such 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:49 Jun 30, 2021 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3347.IH H3347 ckeast on DSKBC47HB2PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 3347 IH plan the recipient will convert a set per- 1 centage of the total bus fleet of such re- 2 cipient to zero emission buses; and 3 ‘‘(C) for which the recipient has performed 4 a fleet transition study that includes optimal 5 route planning and an analysis of how utility 6 rates may impact the recipient’s operations and 7 maintenance budget. 8 ‘‘(6) LOW AND MODERATE COMMUNITY 9 GRANTS.—Not less than 10 percent of the amounts 10 made available under this subsection in a fiscal year 11 shall be distributed to projects serving predomi- 12 nantly low-income communities.’’. 13 (b) METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.— 14 Section 5303(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amend- 15 ed by adding at the end the following: 16 ‘‘(8) MAINTENANCE AREA.—The term ‘mainte- 17 nance area’ has the meaning given the term in sec- 18 tions 171(2) and 175A of the Clean Air Act (42 19 U.S.C. 7501(2); 7505a).’’. 20 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:49 Jun 30, 2021 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3347.IH H3347 ckeast on DSKBC47HB2PROD with BILLS