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Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Act 2006

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                                    [DISCUSSION DRAFT]
                                                 MAY 12, 2006
                  T
               109TH CONGRESS
                                          H. R.
                    2D SESSION
                    o reduce the Nation’s dependence on foreign sources of oil by promoting
                  plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and related advanced vehicle technologies.
                         IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                      .               introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
                               Committee onA
                 M
                                                     BILL
               To reduce the Nation’s dependence on foreign sources of
                     oil by promoting plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and re-
                     lated advanced vehicle technologies.
                1          Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
                2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
                3    SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
                4          This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Plug-In Hybrid Elec-
                5 tric Vehicle Act of 2006’’.
                6    SEC. 2. NEAR-TERM VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.
                7          (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

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                1             (1) BATTERY.—The term ‘‘battery’’ means a
                2      device or system for the electrochemical storage of
                3      energy.
                4             (2) BIOMASS.—The term ‘‘biomass’’ has mean-
                5      ing given the term in section 932 of the Energy Pol-
                6      icy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16232).
                7             (3) E85.—The term ‘‘E85’’ means a fuel blend
                8      containing 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gaso-
                9      line by volume.
               10             (4) ELECTRIC      DRIVE TRANSPORTATION TECH-
               11      NOLOGY.—The         term ‘‘electric drive transportation
               12      technology’’ means—
               13                   (A) vehicles that use an electric motor for
               14             all or part of their motive power and that may
               15             or may not use offboard electricity, including
               16             battery electric vehicles, fuel cell vehicles, hy-
               17             brid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric ve-
               18             hicles, flexible fuel plug-in hybrid electric vehi-
               19             cles, and electric rail; and
               20                   (B) equipment relating to transportation
               21             or mobile sources of air pollution that use an
               22             electric motor to replace an internal combustion
               23             engine for all or part of the work of the equip-
               24             ment,    including    corded   electric equipment

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                1             linked to transportation or mobile sources of air
                2             pollution.
                3             (5) FLEXIBLE     FUEL PLUG-IN HYBRID ELEC-
                4      TRIC VEHICLE.—The         term ‘‘flexible fuel plug-in hy-
                5      brid electric vehicle’’ means a plug-in hybrid electric
                6      vehicle—
                7                  (A) warranted by its manufacturer as ca-
                8             pable of operating on any combination of gaso-
                9             line or E85 for its onboard internal combustion
               10             or heat engine; or
               11                  (B) that uses a fuel cell for battery charg-
               12             ing when disconnected from offboard power
               13             sources.
               14             (6) FUEL   CELL VEHICLE.—The        term ‘‘fuel cell
               15      vehicle’’ means an onroad vehicle that uses a fuel
               16      cell (as defined in section 803 of the Energy Policy
               17      Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16152)).
               18             (7) HYBRID     ELECTRIC VEHICLE.—The           term
               19      ‘‘hybrid electric vehicle’’ means an onroad vehicle
               20      that—
               21                  (A) can operate on either liquid combus-
               22             tible fuel or electric power provided by an on-
               23             board battery; and
               24                  (B) utilizes regenerative power capture
               25             technology to recover energy expended in brak-

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                1             ing the vehicle for use in recharging the bat-
                2             tery.
                3             (8) PLUG-IN   HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE.—The
                4      term ‘‘plug-in hybrid electric vehicle’’ means a hy-
                5      brid electric vehicle that can operate solely on elec-
                6      tric power for a minimum of 20 miles under city
                7      driving conditions, and that is capable of recharging
                8      its battery from an offboard electricity source.
                9      (b) PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Energy shall con-
               10 duct a program of research, development, demonstration,
               11 and commercial application for plug-in hybrid electric ve-
               12 hicles and other electric drive transportation technology,
               13 including activities with respect to—
               14             (1) high capacity, high efficiency batteries, to—
               15                   (A) improve battery life, energy storage ca-
               16             pacity, and power delivery capacity; and
               17                   (B) improve manufacturability, and to
               18             minimize waste and hazardous material produc-
               19             tion in the entire value chain, including after
               20             the end of the useful life of the batteries;
               21             (2) high efficiency onboard and offboard charg-
               22      ing components;
               23             (3) high power drive train systems for pas-
               24      senger and commercial vehicles and for supporting
               25      equipment;

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                1             (4) control systems, power trains, and systems
                2      integration for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, flexi-
                3      ble fuel plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and hybrid
                4      electric vehicles, including—
                5                   (A) development of efficient cooling sys-
                6             tems; and
                7                   (B) analysis and development of control
                8             systems that minimize the emissions profile of
                9             such vehicles, including emissions associated
               10             with generating electricity used by such vehi-
               11             cles; and
               12             (5) a nationwide outreach strategy for electric
               13      drive transportation technologies providing teaching
               14      materials and support for university education fo-
               15      cused on electric drive system and component engi-
               16      neering.
               17      (c) GOALS.—The goals of the program established
               18 under subsection (b) shall be to develop, in partnership
               19 with industry and institutions of higher education,
               20 projects that focus on—
               21             (1) innovative electric drive transportation tech-
               22      nology developed in the United States;
               23             (2) growth of employment in the United States
               24      in electric drive transportation technology design
               25      and manufacturing;

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                1               (3) validation of the plug-in hybrid electric vehi-
                2         cle potential through fleet demonstrations; and
                3               (4) acceleration of fuel cell commercial applica-
                4         tion through comprehensive development and dem-
                5         onstration of the electric drive transportation tech-
                6         nology systems.
                7         (d) DEMONSTRATION              COMMERCIAL APPLICA-
                                                    AND
                8          PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Energy shall conduct
                     TION
                9 a program of demonstration and commercial application
               10 for testing and evaluation of plug-in hybrid electric vehi-
               11 cles and flexible fuel plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. The
               12 Secretary shall award grants under this subsection on a
               13 competitive basis, but shall give preference to applications
               14 that are matched with State or local funds. Awards under
               15 this subsection shall be for a maximum of—
               16               (1) $10,000 per vehicle in fiscal years 2007
               17         through 2009;
               18               (2) $8,000 per vehicle in fiscal years 2010
               19         through 2012;
               20               (3) $6,000 per vehicle in fiscal year 2013;
               21               (4) $3,000 per vehicle in fiscal year 2014;
               22               (5) $2,000 per vehicle in fiscal year 2015; and
               23               (6) $1,000 per vehicle in fiscal year 2016.
               24         (e) MERIT BASED FEDERAL INVESTMENTS.—Re-
               25 search, development, demonstration, and commercial ap-

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                1 plication activities carried out by the Department of En-
                2 ergy under this Act shall be awarded consistent with sec-
                3 tion 988(a) through (d) and section 989 of the Energy
                4 Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16352(a) through (d) and
                5 16353).
                6         (f) AUTHORIZATION           APPROPRIATIONS.—There
                                                  OF
                7 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary—
                8               (1)    for   carrying   out     subsection   (b),
                9         $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through
               10         2016; and
               11               (2)    for   carrying   out     subsection   (d),
               12         $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through
               13         2016.
               14    SEC. 3. LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIALS RESEARCH AND DEVEL-
               15                    OPMENT.
               16         (a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after the
               17 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy
               18 shall establish a research and development program to de-
               19 termine ways—
               20               (1) to reduce the weight of light and heavy duty
               21         vehicles to improve fuel efficiency without compro-
               22         mising passenger safety; and
               23               (2) to reduce the cost and improve the
               24         manufacturability of lightweight materials (such as

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                1      steel alloys and carbon fibers) required for the con-
                2      struction of lighter-weight vehicles.
                3      (b) AUTHORIZATION           APPROPRIATIONS.—There
                                               OF
                4 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for car-
                5 rying out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years
                6 2007 through 2012.

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