[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3347 Introduced in House (IH)]
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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
improvements, and for other purposes.
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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
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A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a program relating
to the acquisition or leasing of zero emission buses or bus facility
improvements, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Generating Reduced Emissions by
Electrifying New Buses Act'' or the ``GREEN Buses Act''.
SEC. 2. ZERO EMISSION BUS GRANTS.
(a) In General.--Section 5339(c) of title 49, United States Code,
is amended--
(1) in the heading by striking ``Low or No Emission
Grants'' and inserting ``Zero Emission Grants'';
(2) in paragraph (1)--
(A) in subparagraph (B)--
(i) in clause (i) by striking ``low or no
emission'' and inserting ``zero emission'';
(ii) in clause (ii) by striking ``low or no
emission'' and inserting ``zero emission'';
(iii) in clause (iii) by striking ``low or
no emission'' and inserting ``zero emission'';
(iv) in clause (iv) by striking
``facilities and related equipment for low or
no emission'' and inserting ``related equipment
for zero emission'';
(v) in clause (v) by striking ``facilities
and related equipment for low or no emission
vehicles;'' and inserting ``related equipment
for zero emission vehicles; or'';
(vi) in clause (vii) by striking ``low or
no emission'' and inserting ``zero emission'';
(vii) by striking clause (vi); and
(viii) by redesignating clause (vii) as
clause (vi);
(B) by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting the
following:
``(D) the term `zero emission bus' means a bus that
is a zero emission vehicle;'';
(C) by striking subparagraph (E) and inserting the
following:
``(E) the term `zero emission vehicle' means a
vehicle used to provide public transportation that
produces no carbon dioxide or particulate matter;'';
(D) in subparagraph (F) by striking ``and'' at the
end;
(E) by striking subparagraph (G) and inserting the
following:
``(G) the term `eligible area' means an area that
is--
``(i) designated as a nonattainment area
for ozone or particulate matter under section
107(d) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7407(d));
``(ii) a maintenance area, as such term is
defined in section 5303, for ozone or
particulate matter; or
``(iii) in a State that has enacted a
statewide zero emission bus transition
requirement, as determined by the Secretary;
and''; and
(F) by adding at the end the following:
``(H) the term `low-income community' means any
population census tract if--
``(i) the poverty rate for such tract is at
least 20 percent; or
``(ii) in the case of a tract--
``(I) not located within a
metropolitan area, the median family
income for such tract does not exceed
80 percent of statewide median family
income; or
``(II) located within a
metropolitan area, the median family
income for such tract does not exceed
80 percent of the greater statewide
median family income or the
metropolitan area median family
income.'';
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs
(7) and (8), respectively; and
(4) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following:
``(5) Grant eligibility.--In awarding grants under this
subsection, the Secretary shall make grants to eligible
projects relating to the acquisition or leasing of zero
emission buses or bus facility improvements--
``(A) that procure--
``(i) at least 10 zero emission buses;
``(ii) if the recipient operates less than
50 buses in peak service, at least 5 zero
emission buses; or
``(iii) hydrogen buses;
``(B) for which the recipient's board of directors
has approved a long-term integrated fleet management
plan that--
``(i) establishes a goal by a set date to
convert the entire bus fleet to zero emission
buses; or
``(ii) establishes a goal that within 10
years from the date of approval of such plan
the recipient will convert a set percentage of
the total bus fleet of such recipient to zero
emission buses; and
``(C) for which the recipient has performed a fleet
transition study that includes optimal route planning
and an analysis of how utility rates may impact the
recipient's operations and maintenance budget.
``(6) Low and moderate community grants.--Not less than 10
percent of the amounts made available under this subsection in
a fiscal year shall be distributed to projects serving
predominantly low-income communities.''.
(b) Metropolitan Transportation Planning.--Section 5303(b) of title
49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(8) Maintenance area.--The term `maintenance area' has
the meaning given the term in sections 171(2) and 175A of the
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7501(2); 7505a).''.
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