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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1892 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a Wireless Electric |
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| 6 | 6 | | Vehicle Charging Grant Program, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH5, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. S |
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| 10 | 10 | | TEVENS(for herself, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mrs. DINGELL, and Ms. TITUS) |
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| 11 | 11 | | introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En- |
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| 12 | 12 | | ergy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation |
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| 13 | 13 | | and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the |
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| 14 | 14 | | Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within |
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| 15 | 15 | | the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a |
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| 18 | 18 | | Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging Grant Program, and |
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| 19 | 19 | | for other purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wireless Electric Vehi-4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | cle Charging Grant Program Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Congress finds the following: 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) Electric vehicles are crucial to cutting 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | greenhouse gas emissions, reducing reliance on fossil 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | fuels, strengthening United States economic and na-3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | tional security, and combating the climate crisis. As 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | of 2019, the transportation sector accounts for 29 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | percent of all greenhouse gas emissions, which is the 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | most of any sector. 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (2) Increasing the adoption of electric vehicles 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | will reduce pollution and increase air quality for 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | communities located near roads with high traffic 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | density or high-volume routes. 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (3) As the automotive industry shifts towards 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | electric vehicles, investing in new electric vehicle 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | technologies will be crucial to enhancing America’s 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | competitiveness, creating jobs, and ensuring contin-15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ued economic growth. 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (4) Range anxiety is one of the chief barriers 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | to electric vehicle adoption. If deployed strategically, 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | wireless electric vehicle charging could help by pro-19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | viding drivers convenient opportunities to charge and 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | extend the range of electric vehicles. 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (5) Wireless charging technologies could be in-22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | valuable for electric transit buses, trucking, fleet ve-23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | hicles, and autonomous electric vehicles, allowing for 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | convenient and hands-free charging, while also low-25 |
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| 58 | 58 | | ering costs, as effective wireless charging would re-1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | duce the need for larger and heavier batteries. 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (6) Wireless and dynamic charging can also re-3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | duce pressure on the grid, allowing vehicles to 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | charge through space and time, shaving peak de-5 |
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| 63 | 63 | | mand and reducing the need to build massive charg-6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | ing capacity at any given location to meet growing 7 |
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| 65 | 65 | | electric vehicle charging demand. 8 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (7) Wireless can enhance electrification of 9 |
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| 67 | 67 | | fleets, including medium and heavy-duty vehicles, 10 |
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| 68 | 68 | | helping them meet operational needs that cannot be 11 |
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| 69 | 69 | | met solely by traditional charging systems. 12 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (8) Wireless electric vehicle charging has the 13 |
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| 71 | 71 | | potential to make electric vehicles more accessible 14 |
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| 72 | 72 | | and allow all people of the United States, regardless 15 |
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| 73 | 73 | | of physical ability, to enjoy the benefits of electric 16 |
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| 74 | 74 | | vehicles. 17 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (9) It is critical to establish a resilient and ro-18 |
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| 76 | 76 | | bust domestic supply chain for all electric vehicle 19 |
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| 77 | 77 | | charging infrastructure. With strong Buy America 20 |
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| 78 | 78 | | requirements, federally funded programs can 21 |
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| 79 | 79 | | incentivize companies to build facilities in the United 22 |
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| 80 | 80 | | States, creating good paying jobs and economic 23 |
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| 81 | 81 | | growth for communities. 24 |
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| 85 | 85 | | SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF WIRELESS ELECTRIC VEHICLE 1 |
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| 86 | 86 | | CHARGING GRANT PROGRAM. 2 |
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| 87 | 87 | | The Secretary of Transportation shall establish a 3 |
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| 88 | 88 | | program, in coordination with the Department of Energy, 4 |
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| 89 | 89 | | to award grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities 5 |
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| 90 | 90 | | for projects to construct, install, or improve existing wire-6 |
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| 91 | 91 | | less charging infrastructure and technology for electric ve-7 |
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| 92 | 92 | | hicles, including performance, safety, electromagnetic 8 |
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| 93 | 93 | | compatibility, interoperability, development, and testing of 9 |
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| 94 | 94 | | wireless charging. The program shall be known as the 10 |
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| 95 | 95 | | Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging Grant Program (in this 11 |
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| 96 | 96 | | Act referred to as the ‘‘Program’’). 12 |
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| 97 | 97 | | SEC. 4. DUTIES OF SECRETARY. 13 |
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| 98 | 98 | | In carrying out the Program, the Secretary— 14 |
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| 99 | 99 | | (1) may award grants for projects described in 15 |
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| 100 | 100 | | section 3, including for wireless charging located 16 |
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| 101 | 101 | | along roads, in parking lots, airports, and at coastal 17 |
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| 102 | 102 | | and inland ports; 18 |
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| 103 | 103 | | (2) shall ensure that recipients of the grants 19 |
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| 104 | 104 | | focus on the wireless charging of 1 or more of— 20 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (A) light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehi-21 |
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| 106 | 106 | | cles; 22 |
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| 107 | 107 | | (B) fleet vehicles, including the Federal ve-23 |
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| 108 | 108 | | hicle fleets; and 24 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (C) public transit; 25 |
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| 113 | 113 | | (3) shall publish an annual progress report to 1 |
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| 114 | 114 | | the relevant committees of the House of Representa-2 |
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| 115 | 115 | | tives and the Senate that includes— 3 |
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| 116 | 116 | | (A) a description of recipients of grants, 4 |
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| 117 | 117 | | amount disbursed, and reasons for the selection 5 |
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| 118 | 118 | | of projects; 6 |
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| 119 | 119 | | (B) the progress of each pilot project fund-7 |
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| 120 | 120 | | ed under the Program; 8 |
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| 121 | 121 | | (C) successes, failures, and safety of the 9 |
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| 122 | 122 | | technologies funded under the Program; 10 |
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| 123 | 123 | | (D) recommendations for future funding, 11 |
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| 124 | 124 | | best practices, and policies relating to wireless 12 |
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| 125 | 125 | | electric vehicle charging; 13 |
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| 126 | 126 | | (E) workforce impacts of each project; 14 |
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| 127 | 127 | | (F) the environmental impact of each 15 |
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| 128 | 128 | | project, such as the amount of fuel saved from 16 |
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| 129 | 129 | | the project, predicted emissions savings, 17 |
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| 130 | 130 | | changes in air quality, and any other environ-18 |
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| 131 | 131 | | mental information deemed necessary by the 19 |
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| 132 | 132 | | Secretary; and 20 |
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| 133 | 133 | | (G) any other information the Secretary 21 |
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| 134 | 134 | | considers necessary; and 22 |
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| 135 | 135 | | (4) may provide technical assistance, as deter-23 |
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| 136 | 136 | | mined appropriate by the Secretary to eligible enti-24 |
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| 139 | 139 | | •HR 1892 IH |
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| 140 | 140 | | ties with respect to activities described in paragraph 1 |
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| 141 | 141 | | (1). 2 |
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| 142 | 142 | | SEC. 5. GRANT RECIPIENTS. 3 |
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| 143 | 143 | | (a) E |
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| 144 | 144 | | LIGIBLEENTITIES.—To be eligible for a grant 4 |
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| 145 | 145 | | or technical assistance under the Program, an entity shall 5 |
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| 146 | 146 | | be, or be partnered with, any of the following: 6 |
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| 147 | 147 | | (1) A State, local, Tribal, or territorial govern-7 |
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| 148 | 148 | | ment. 8 |
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| 149 | 149 | | (2) A Metropolitan Planning Organization. 9 |
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| 150 | 150 | | (3) A special purpose district or public author-10 |
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| 151 | 151 | | ity with a transportation function. 11 |
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| 152 | 152 | | (4) A transit agency. 12 |
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| 153 | 153 | | (b) G |
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| 154 | 154 | | EOGRAPHICDIVERSITY.—In selecting eligible 13 |
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| 155 | 155 | | entities to receive grants under the Program, the Sec-14 |
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| 156 | 156 | | retary shall prioritize geographical diversity. 15 |
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| 157 | 157 | | (c) A |
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| 158 | 158 | | DDITIONALGRANTAMOUNTS.—An eligible enti-16 |
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| 159 | 159 | | ty may receive a grant from a State, local, Tribal, or terri-17 |
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| 160 | 160 | | torial government to carry out similar activities as the ac-18 |
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| 161 | 161 | | tivities funded under the Program. 19 |
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| 162 | 162 | | (d) W |
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| 163 | 163 | | ORKFORCEDEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING.— 20 |
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| 164 | 164 | | Eligible entities may use a portion of their grant to cover 21 |
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| 165 | 165 | | costs associated with training workers to construct, install, 22 |
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| 166 | 166 | | maintain, or operate the projects. 23 |
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| 167 | 167 | | (e) C |
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| 168 | 168 | | OMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.—Eligible entities 24 |
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| 169 | 169 | | may use a portion of their grant to cover costs associated 25 |
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| 173 | 173 | | with engaging the communities and affected workers, such 1 |
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| 174 | 174 | | as drivers, on the planning and design of the project and 2 |
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| 175 | 175 | | educating the public on the project. 3 |
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| 176 | 176 | | SEC. 6. COST SHARE. 4 |
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| 177 | 177 | | (a) F |
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| 178 | 178 | | EDERALSHARE.—The Federal share of a grant 5 |
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| 179 | 179 | | awarded under the Program may not exceed 80 percent 6 |
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| 180 | 180 | | of total cost of the project. 7 |
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| 181 | 181 | | (b) M |
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| 182 | 182 | | AXIMUMGRANTAMOUNT.—The amount of a 8 |
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| 183 | 183 | | grant awarded to an eligible entity under the Program 9 |
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| 184 | 184 | | may not exceed $25,000,000. 10 |
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| 185 | 185 | | SEC. 7. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. 11 |
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| 186 | 186 | | (a) P |
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| 187 | 187 | | RIORITY.—In awarding the grants under the 12 |
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| 188 | 188 | | Program, the Secretary shall prioritize projects that— 13 |
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| 189 | 189 | | (1) focus on non-disruptive designs that are 14 |
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| 190 | 190 | | compatible with existing infrastructure and bene-15 |
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| 191 | 191 | | ficial to the public, including for low income, under-16 |
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| 192 | 192 | | served, or disadvantaged communities; 17 |
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| 193 | 193 | | (2) focus on cost-effective, energy-efficient, and 18 |
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| 194 | 194 | | environmentally sustainable technologies for public 19 |
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| 195 | 195 | | use; 20 |
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| 196 | 196 | | (3) focus on compatibility with the entire range 21 |
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| 197 | 197 | | of electric vehicles and with, if determined appro-22 |
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| 198 | 198 | | priate by the Secretary, developing and evolving uni-23 |
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| 199 | 199 | | versal wireless charging standards; 24 |
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| 203 | 203 | | (4) focus on safe designs that are compatible 1 |
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| 204 | 204 | | with frequent use in a variety of weather conditions 2 |
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| 205 | 205 | | and road maintenance activities; 3 |
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| 206 | 206 | | (5) are carried out by entities that emphasize 4 |
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| 207 | 207 | | diversity, equity, and inclusion in the eligible entity’s 5 |
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| 208 | 208 | | workforce and business practices; 6 |
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| 209 | 209 | | (6) are likely to leverage Federal investment by 7 |
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| 210 | 210 | | encouraging non-Federal contributions to the 8 |
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| 211 | 211 | | project, including projects from public-private part-9 |
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| 212 | 212 | | nerships; 10 |
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| 213 | 213 | | (7) have State, local, Tribal, or territorial gov-11 |
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| 214 | 214 | | ernment support; 12 |
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| 215 | 215 | | (8) have an outreach strategy to inform and 13 |
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| 216 | 216 | | educate the public on project benefits and uses be-14 |
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| 217 | 217 | | fore, during, and after the construction of the 15 |
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| 218 | 218 | | projects; 16 |
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| 219 | 219 | | (9) have an inclusive plan to engage and ensure 17 |
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| 220 | 220 | | that the surrounding communities and impacted 18 |
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| 221 | 221 | | workers, such as the drivers of the vehicles, are in-19 |
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| 222 | 222 | | cluded in the planning and design process; 20 |
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| 223 | 223 | | (10) focus on interoperability development and 21 |
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| 224 | 224 | | testing; 22 |
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| 225 | 225 | | (11) focus on fleets, including medium and 23 |
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| 226 | 226 | | heavy-duty vehicles, which through transitioning to 24 |
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| 230 | 230 | | electric can have a significant impact on reducing 1 |
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| 231 | 231 | | fuel consumption and CO2 emissions; and 2 |
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| 232 | 232 | | (12) help improve the life of the vehicle’s bat-3 |
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| 233 | 233 | | tery. 4 |
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| 234 | 234 | | (b) W |
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| 235 | 235 | | AGERATEREQUIREMENT.—The Secretary 5 |
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| 236 | 236 | | shall require that each recipient of a grant under the Pro-6 |
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| 237 | 237 | | gram provides reasonable assurances that all laborers and 7 |
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| 238 | 238 | | mechanics employed to carry out the projects for which 8 |
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| 239 | 239 | | the assistance is provided, including laborers and mechan-9 |
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| 240 | 240 | | ics employed by contractors or subcontractors, will be paid 10 |
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| 241 | 241 | | wages at rates not less than those for similar work in the 11 |
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| 242 | 242 | | locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accord-12 |
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| 243 | 243 | | ance with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United 13 |
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| 244 | 244 | | States Code (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Davis-Bacon 14 |
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| 245 | 245 | | Act’’). 15 |
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| 246 | 246 | | (c) N |
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| 247 | 247 | | EUTRALITYTOWARDORGANIZEDLABOR.—The 16 |
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| 248 | 248 | | recipient of grants under the Program shall have, and en-17 |
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| 249 | 249 | | sure that all employed by contractors and subcontractors 18 |
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| 250 | 250 | | of the covered entity with respect to the covered activities 19 |
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| 251 | 251 | | have— 20 |
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| 252 | 252 | | (1) an explicit policy of neutrality with regard 21 |
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| 253 | 253 | | to— 22 |
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| 254 | 254 | | (A) labor organizing for the employees en-23 |
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| 255 | 255 | | gaged in the covered activities; and 24 |
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| 259 | 259 | | (B) such employees’ choice to form and 1 |
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| 260 | 260 | | join labor organizations; and 2 |
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| 261 | 261 | | (2) policies that require— 3 |
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| 262 | 262 | | (A) the posting and maintenance of notices 4 |
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| 263 | 263 | | in the workplace to such employees of their 5 |
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| 264 | 264 | | rights under the National Labor Relations Act 6 |
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| 265 | 265 | | (29 U.S.C. 151 et seq.); and 7 |
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| 266 | 266 | | (B) that such employees are, at the begin-8 |
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| 267 | 267 | | ning of their employment, provided notice and 9 |
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| 268 | 268 | | information regarding the employees’ rights 10 |
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| 269 | 269 | | under such Act. 11 |
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| 270 | 270 | | (d) B |
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| 271 | 271 | | UYAMERICA.— 12 |
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| 272 | 272 | | (1) I |
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| 273 | 273 | | N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-13 |
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| 274 | 274 | | graph (2), recipients of grants under the Program 14 |
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| 275 | 275 | | shall comply with the requirements described in sec-15 |
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| 276 | 276 | | tion 5323(j) of title 49, United States Code. 16 |
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| 277 | 277 | | (2) W |
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| 278 | 278 | | AIVER.—The Secretary may provide any 17 |
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| 279 | 279 | | waiver to the requirements described in paragraph 18 |
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| 280 | 280 | | (1) in the same manner and to the same extent as 19 |
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| 281 | 281 | | the Secretary of Transportation may provide a waiv-20 |
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| 282 | 282 | | er under section 5323(j)(2) of title 49, United 21 |
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| 283 | 283 | | States Code. 22 |
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| 284 | 284 | | SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS. 23 |
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| 285 | 285 | | In this Act: 24 |
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| 289 | 289 | | (1) ELECTRIC VEHICLE.—The term ‘‘electric 1 |
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| 290 | 290 | | vehicle’’ means a zero-emission vehicle powered by 2 |
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| 291 | 291 | | an electric battery and train. 3 |
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| 292 | 292 | | (2) S |
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| 293 | 293 | | TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-4 |
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| 294 | 294 | | ing given the term in section 101 of title 23, United 5 |
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| 295 | 295 | | States Code. 6 |
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| 296 | 296 | | (3) W |
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| 297 | 297 | | IRELESS CHARGING.—The term ‘‘wireless 7 |
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| 298 | 298 | | charging’’ means the charging of a battery by induc-8 |
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| 299 | 299 | | tive charging or by any means in which a battery is 9 |
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| 300 | 300 | | charged without a wire, or plug-in wire, connecting 10 |
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| 301 | 301 | | the power source and battery. 11 |
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| 302 | 302 | | SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 12 |
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| 303 | 303 | | There is authorized to be appropriated $250,000,000 13 |
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| 304 | 304 | | to carry out this Act, to remain available until expended. 14 |
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