Green Bus Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2164 To require any bus purchased for use in public transportation with funds provided by the Federal Transit Administration to be a zero-emission bus, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 9, 2019 Ms. BROWNLEY of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To require any bus purchased for use in public transpor- tation with funds provided by the Federal Transit Ad- ministration to be a zero-emission bus, 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 ‘‘Green Bus Act of 4 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:05 Apr 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2164.IH H2164 amozie on DSK9F9SC42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2164 IH SEC. 2. ZERO-EMISSION BUS REQUIREMENTS. 1 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 53 of title 49, United 2 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5312 3 the following: 4 ‘‘§ 5313. Zero-emission bus requirements 5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other re- 6 quirements of this chapter, not later than October 1, 7 2029, any bus purchased or leased with funds provided 8 under this chapter or otherwise provided by the Federal 9 Transit Administration for purposes of providing public 10 transportation shall be a zero-emission bus. 11 ‘‘(b) DEFINITION OF ZERO-EMISSION BUS.—In this 12 section, the term ‘zero-emission bus’ means a bus that 13 produces no carbon or particulate matter.’’. 14 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec- 15 tions for chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, is 16 amended by inserting after the item related to section 17 5312 the following new item: 18 ‘‘5313. Zero-emission bus requirements.’’. SEC. 3. REPORT ON BEST PRACTICES IMPLEMENTING 19 ZERO-EMISSION BUS FLEETS. 20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 21 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transpor- 22 tation shall compile, and make publicly available, a report 23 containing best practices and lessons learned by transit 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:05 Apr 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2164.IH H2164 amozie on DSK9F9SC42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 2164 IH agencies and States that have implemented or are in the 1 process of implementing zero-emission bus fleets. 2 (b) CONSULTATION.—In compiling the report, the 3 Secretary shall consult with transit agencies, States, zero- 4 emission bus manufacturers, and other stakeholders that 5 the Secretary determines are appropriate. 6 (c) UPDATES TO REPORT.—The Secretary shall up- 7 date the report required under subsection (a) annually. 8 SEC. 4. EXTENSIONS OF CERTAIN LOW- OR NO-EMISSION 9 VEHICLE PROGRAMS. 10 (a) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION FOR CERTAIN 11 PROGRAMS.— 12 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 13 Section 5338(a) of title 49, United States Code, is 14 amended by adding at the end the following: 15 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO- 16 PRIATIONS.—There shall be available from the Mass 17 Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund for fis- 18 cal years 2021 through 2029 such funds as are spe- 19 cifically allocated for those fiscal years under para- 20 graph (2). Nothing in this paragraph shall be con- 21 strued to authorize the appropriation of any 22 amounts not so allocated.’’. 23 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 24 5338(a)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:05 Apr 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2164.IH H2164 amozie on DSK9F9SC42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 2164 IH amended by inserting ‘‘or paragraph (3)’’ after 1 ‘‘paragraph (1)’’. 2 (b) LOW- AND NO-EMISSION COMPONENT ASSESS- 3 MENT PROGRAM.—Section 5338(a)(2)(G) of title 49, 4 United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 5 ‘‘(G) $28,000,000 for each of fiscal years 6 2016 through 2019 and $45,000,000 for each 7 of fiscal years 2020 through 2029 shall be 8 available to carry out section 5312, of which— 9 ‘‘(i) $3,000,000 for each of fiscal 10 years 2016 through 2019 and $5,000,000 11 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2029 12 shall be available to carry out section 13 5312(h); and 14 ‘‘(ii) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal 15 years 2016 through 2019 and $20,000,000 16 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2029 17 shall be available to carry out section 18 5312(i);’’. 19 (c) LOW- OR NO-EMISSION VEHICLE PROGRAM.— 20 Section 5338(a)(2)(M) of title 49, United States Code, is 21 amended— 22 (1) by striking ‘‘and $344,044,179 for fiscal 23 year 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘, $450,000,000 for fiscal 24 year 2020, $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:05 Apr 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2164.IH H2164 amozie on DSK9F9SC42PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 2164 IH $550,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, $600,000,000 for 1 fiscal year 2023, $650,000,000 for fiscal year 2024, 2 $700,000,000 for fiscal year 2025, $750,000,000 for 3 fiscal year 2026, $800,000,000 for fiscal year 2027, 4 $850,000,000 for fiscal year 2028, and 5 $900,000,000 for fiscal year 2029’’; and 6 (2) by striking ‘‘2020 shall be available to carry 7 out section 5339(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘2019, 8 $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, $200,000,000 for 9 fiscal year 2021, $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, 10 $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2023, $350,000,000 for 11 fiscal year 2024, $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2025, 12 $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2026, $500,000,000 for 13 fiscal year 2027, $550,000,000 for fiscal year 2028, 14 and $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2029 shall be avail- 15 able to carry out section 5339(c)’’. 16 (d) PLANNING PROGRAMS.—Section 5338(a)(2)(A) 17 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking 18 ‘‘and $142,036,417 for fiscal year 2020’’ and inserting 19 ‘‘and $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 20 2029’’. 21 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:05 Apr 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2164.IH H2164 amozie on DSK9F9SC42PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 2164 IH SEC. 5. PREFERENCE UNDER LOW- OR NO-EMISSION VEHI- 1 CLE PROGRAM FOR OPERATORS WITH FULL 2 FLEET TRANSITION PLANS. 3 Section 5339(c) of title 49, United States Code, is 4 amended by adding at the end the following: 5 ‘‘(8) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants under 6 this subsection, the Secretary shall give preference 7 to applicants who have completed a full fleet transi- 8 tion plan.’’. 9 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:05 Apr 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2164.IH H2164 amozie on DSK9F9SC42PROD with BILLS