[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1930 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1930

To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to support the 
buildout of clean school bus charging infrastructure through community 
                  facilities direct loans and grants.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 12, 2023

   Mr. Lujan introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to support the 
buildout of clean school bus charging infrastructure through community 
                  facilities direct loans and grants.

    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 ``Community Facilities Program for 
Rural Clean School Bus Infrastructure Act''.

SEC. 2. ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES.

    Section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1926(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(27) Essential community facilities eligibility for clean 
        school bus infrastructure.--
                    ``(A) Definition of clean school bus.--In this 
                paragraph, the term `clean school bus' has the meaning 
                given the term in section 741(a)(3) of the Energy 
                Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16091(a)(3)).
                    ``(B) Eligibility.--With respect to direct loans 
                and grants made under the essential community 
                facilities programs authorized under this subsection, a 
                recipient of such a loan or grant may use the loan or 
                grant funds for--
                            ``(i) acquisition and labor costs for 
                        charging or other infrastructure needed to 
                        charge or maintain clean school buses; and
                            ``(ii) planning and technical activities to 
                        support the adoption and deployment of clean 
                        school buses.
                    ``(C) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
                authorized to be appropriated for the cost of loans and 
                grants to carry out this paragraph such sums as are 
                necessary.''.
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