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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2188 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct an |
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| 6 | 6 | | analysis of the costs of converting light-duty vehicles in the Federal |
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| 7 | 7 | | fleet to electric vehicles, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH18, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. F |
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| 11 | 11 | | EENSTRA(for himself, Mr. FINSTAD, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, and Mr. |
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| 12 | 12 | | N |
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| 13 | 13 | | UNNof Iowa) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 14 | 14 | | Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the |
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| 15 | 15 | | Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently de- |
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| 16 | 16 | | termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions |
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| 17 | 17 | | as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 18 | 18 | | A BILL |
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| 19 | 19 | | To require the Comptroller General of the United States |
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| 20 | 20 | | to conduct an analysis of the costs of converting light- |
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| 21 | 21 | | duty vehicles in the Federal fleet to electric vehicles, |
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| 22 | 22 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Comparison of Sus-4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | tainable Transportation Act’’ or the ‘‘COST Act’’. 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •HR 2188 IH |
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| 31 | 31 | | SEC. 2. COST ANALYSIS OF CONVERTING FEDERAL FLEET 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES. 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (a) C |
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| 34 | 34 | | OSTANALYSIS.—The Comptroller General of 3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | the United States shall conduct— 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (1) an analysis of the costs of replacing the 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | light-duty vehicles in the Federal fleet that are 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | fueled by gasoline with electric vehicles, including 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; and 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (2) an analysis of the costs of replacing the 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | light-duty vehicles in the Federal fleet that are 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | fueled by gasoline with flex-fuel ethanol vehicles. 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (b) I |
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| 44 | 44 | | NCLUSIONS.—Each analysis conducted under 12 |
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| 45 | 45 | | subsection (a) shall include the costs necessary for deploy-13 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ment of infrastructure for each applicable type of electric 14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | vehicle or flex-fuel ethanol vehicle that it is feasible to be 15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | used in the Federal fleet nationwide. 16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (c) P |
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| 50 | 50 | | UBLICATION.—Not later than 1 year after the 17 |
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| 51 | 51 | | date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 18 |
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| 52 | 52 | | shall publish online the cost analyses conducted under sub-19 |
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| 53 | 53 | | section (a). 20 |
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| 54 | 54 | | SEC. 3. ANALYSIS OF LIFECYCLE EMISSIONS OF E85 CAPA-21 |
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| 55 | 55 | | BLE FLEX-FUEL AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES. 22 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (a) A |
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| 57 | 57 | | NALYSIS.—The Secretary of Energy, utilizing 23 |
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| 58 | 58 | | the most recent Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, 24 |
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| 59 | 59 | | and Energy use in Transportation model (commonly re-25 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ferred to as the ‘‘GREET model’’) developed by Argonne 26 |
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| 64 | 64 | | National Laboratory, shall conduct a lifecycle analysis of 1 |
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| 65 | 65 | | greenhouse gas emissions from each of the following types 2 |
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| 66 | 66 | | of vehicles: 3 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (1) A conventional gasoline vehicle. 4 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (2) An E85 capable flex-fuel vehicle. 5 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (3) A battery electric vehicle. 6 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (b) R |
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| 71 | 71 | | EPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 7 |
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| 72 | 72 | | of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall 8 |
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| 73 | 73 | | submit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech-9 |
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| 74 | 74 | | nology of the House of Representatives, and the Com-10 |
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| 75 | 75 | | mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 11 |
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| 76 | 76 | | Senate a report on the lifecycle analyses conducted under 12 |
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| 77 | 77 | | subsection (a). 13 |
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| 78 | 78 | | SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 14 |
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| 79 | 79 | | In this Act: 15 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (1) E85.—The term ‘‘E85’’ means a fuel con-16 |
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| 81 | 81 | | taining 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline. 17 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (2) F |
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| 83 | 83 | | EDERAL FLEET .—The term ‘‘Federal 18 |
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| 84 | 84 | | fleet’’ means the fleet of federally owned or operated 19 |
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| 85 | 85 | | motor vehicles as reported in the most recent Fed-20 |
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| 86 | 86 | | eral Fleet Report of the General Services Adminis-21 |
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| 87 | 87 | | tration. 22 |
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| 91 | 91 | | (3) LIGHT-DUTY VEHICLE.—The term ‘‘light- 1 |
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| 92 | 92 | | duty vehicle’’ means a vehicle with a gross vehicle 2 |
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| 93 | 93 | | weight rating of less than or equal to 8,500 pounds. 3 |
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