[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4810 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4810
To establish a voucher program for the purchase and installation of
emission reducing technologies for Class 8 trucks, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 29, 2021
Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To establish a voucher program for the purchase and installation of
emission reducing technologies for Class 8 trucks, 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 ``Supporting Trucking Efficiency and
Emission Reductions Act'' or the ``STEER Act''.
SEC. 2. VOUCHER PROGRAM FOR EMISSION REDUCING TECHNOLOGIES ON CLASS 8
TRUCKS.
(a) Voucher Program.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a program to
provide vouchers for covered expenditures associated with retrofitting
emission reducing active technologies on Class 8 trucks (in this
section referred to as the ``program'').
(b) Voucher Program Requirements.--
(1) Eligible entities.--A voucher under the program may be
made to an individual, a State or local government, a private
entity, a not-for-profit entity, a nonprofit entity, or other
applicants as deemed appropriate by the Secretary.
(2) Eligible equipment.--
(A) In general.--Not later than 150 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
publish and maintain on the Department of Energy
internet website a list of emission reducing active
technologies that are eligible for the program.
(B) Updates.--The Secretary may add to, or
otherwise revise, the list of emission reducing active
technologies under subparagraph (A) if the Secretary
determines that such addition or revision will likely
lead to--
(i) greater usage of emission reducing
active technologies; or
(ii) greater access to emission reducing
active technologies by users.
(C) Location requirement.--To be eligible for the
program, the emission reducing active technologies
described in subparagraph (A) shall be installed in the
United States.
(3) Application.--
(A) In general.--An eligible entity under paragraph
(1) may submit to the Secretary an application for a
voucher under the program. Such application shall
include--
(i) the estimated cost of covered
expenditures to be expended on the emission
reducing active technologies that are eligible
under paragraph (2);
(ii) the estimated installation cost of the
emission reducing active technologies that are
eligible under paragraph (2);
(iii) the global positioning system
location, including the integer number of
degrees, minutes, and seconds, where such
emission reducing active technologies are to be
installed;
(iv) the technical specifications of such
emission reducing active technologies; and
(v) any other information determined by the
Secretary to be necessary for a complete
application.
(B) Review process.--The Secretary shall review an
application for a voucher under the program and approve
an eligible entity under paragraph (1) to receive such
voucher if the application meets the requirements of
the program under this subsection.
(C) Notification to eligible entity.--Not later
than 90 days after the date on which the eligible
entity under paragraph (1) applies for a voucher under
the program, the Secretary shall notify the eligible
entity whether the eligible entity will be awarded a
voucher under the program following the submission of
additional materials required under paragraph (5).
(4) Voucher amount.--The amount of a voucher made under the
program for each technology for covered expenditures shall
cover the lesser of--
(A) $4,000 or 75 percent of total costs per unit
for fleets operating 10 trucks or less;
(B) $3,500 or 72.5 percent of total costs per unit
for fleets operating 50 trucks or less;
(C) $3,000 or 70.0 percent of total costs per unit
for fleets operating 100 trucks or less; and
(D) $2,500 or 67.5 percent of total costs per unit
for fleets operating more than 101 trucks.
(5) Disbursement of voucher.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall disburse a
voucher under the program within 90 days to an eligible
entity under paragraph (1), following approval of an
application under paragraph (3), if such entity submits
the materials required under subparagraph (B).
(B) Materials required for disbursement of
voucher.--Not later than one year after the date on
which the eligible entity under paragraph (1) receives
notice under paragraph (3)(C) that the eligible entity
has been approved for a voucher, such eligible entity
shall submit to the Secretary the following--
(i) a record of payment for covered
expenses expended on the installation of the
emission reducing active technologies that are
eligible under paragraph (2);
(ii) a record of payment for the emission
reducing active technologies that are eligible
under paragraph (2);
(iii) the global positioning system
location of where such emission reducing active
technologies were installed;
(iv) the technical specifications of the
emission reducing active technologies that are
eligible under paragraph (2); and
(v) any other information determined by the
Secretary to be necessary.
(6) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the first date on
which the Secretary awards a voucher under the program, the
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources of the Senate a report of the number of
vouchers awarded for emission reducing active technologies.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Covered expenditure.--The term ``covered expenditure''
means an expense that is associated with the purchase and
installation of emission reducing active technologies,
including--
(A) the cost of emission reducing active
technologies; and
(B) material and labor costs associated with the
installation of such emission reducing active
technologies.
(2) Emission reducing active technology.--The term
``emission reducing active technology'' means any physical
alterations of a Class 8 truck that can be installed as a
retrofit and that adapt automatically to control vehicle
performance factors and improve fuel efficiency, including
active aerodynamic, active rolling resistance, dynamic axle
lift control, non-APU active idle reduction, and other such
emerging improvements.
(3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Energy.
(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2022 through 2026.
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