S.Amdt. 3178

SA 3178. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2953 proposed by Ms. Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to
provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United
States, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table;
as follows:

Strike subsection (e) of section 1306 (relating to a
vehicle research and development program) and insert the
following:
(e) Federal Demonstration of Technologies.--
(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
(A) Electric transportation technology.--The term
``electric transportation technology'' has the meaning given
the term in section 131(a) of the Energy Independence and
Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17011(a)).
(B) Transportation technology.--The term ``transportation
technology'' means transportation technology other than
electric transportation technology.
(2) Assessment and report.--The Secretary, in coordination
with the Administrator of General Services, shall--
(A) make information available to procurement programs of
Federal agencies regarding the potential to demonstrate
technologies resulting from activities funded through
programs under this Act; and
(B) complete an assessment of the electric transportation
technology of each Federal agency, including the vehicle
fleets of the United States Postal Service and the Department
of Defense, and submit to Congress a report that describes--
(i) for each Federal agency, which types of transportation
technology the agency uses that would or would not be
suitable for near-term and medium-term conversion to electric
transportation technology, taking into account the types of
transportation technology for which electric transportation
technology could provide comparable functionality and
lifecycle costs;
(ii) how many plug-in electric drive vehicles and other
electric transportation technologies could be deployed by the
Federal Government in the 5-year-period and the 10-year-
period following the date of the report, assuming that
electric transportation technologies are available and are
purchased when new transportation technologies are needed or
existing transportation technologies are replaced;
(iii) the estimated cost to the Federal Government,
including estimated fuel and operating costs savings over the
life of the transportation technology and the estimated
payback period, for transportation technology purchases under
clause (ii);
(iv) a description of any updates to the assessment and
report based on new market data; and
(v) a description of--

(I) how the United States Postal Service is carrying out
its plan to replace the fleet of Long Life Vehicles of the
United States Postal Service; and
(II) what steps are being taken to ensure that--

(aa) the procurement takes advantage of new fuel saving
technologies through regular transition of the fleet; and
(bb) best industry practices that take into account fuel
efficiency, including the use of electric transport
technology, are followed.
(3) Inventory and data collection.--
(A) In general.--In carrying out the assessment and report
under paragraph (2), the Secretary, in consultation with the
Administrator of General Services, shall--
(i) develop an information request for each Federal agency
that operates a fleet of not fewer than 20 motor vehicles;
and
(ii) establish guidelines for each Federal agency to use in
developing a plan to deploy electric transportation
technologies.
(B) Agency responses.--Each Federal agency that operates a
fleet of not fewer than 20 motor vehicles shall--
(i) collect information on the vehicle fleet and other
transportation technologies of the agency in response to the
information request described in subparagraph (A)(i); and
(ii) develop a plan to deploy electric transportation
technologies.
(C) Analysis of responses.--The Secretary shall--
(i) analyze the information submitted by each Federal
agency under subparagraph (B)(i);
(ii) approve or suggest amendments to the plan of each
Federal agency to ensure that the plan is consistent with the
goals and requirements of this Act; and
(iii) submit a plan to Congress and the Administrator of
General Services to be used in developing the pilot program
described in paragraph (4).
(4) Pilot program to deploy electric transportation
technologies in the federal transportation technology
fleet.--
(A) In general.--The Administrator of General Services
shall acquire electric transportation technologies and the
requisite charging infrastructure to be deployed in a range
of locations in the Federal fleet during the 5-year period
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.
(B) Data collection.--The Administrator of General Services
shall collect data regarding--
(i) the cost, performance, and use of electric
transportation technologies in the Federal fleet;
(ii) the deployment and integration of electric
transportation technologies in the Federal fleet; and
(iii) the contribution of electric transportation
technologies in the Federal fleet toward reducing the use of
fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions.
(C) Report.--Not later than 6 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a
report that--
(i) describes the status of electric transportation
technologies in the Federal fleet; and
(ii) includes an analysis of the data collected under this
paragraph.
(5) Federal reporting requirements.--Electricity consumed
by Federal agencies to fuel electric transportation
technologies shall be--
(A) considered to be an alternative fuel as defined in--
(i) section 400AA(g) of the Energy Policy and Conservation
Act (42 U.S.C. 6374(g)); and
(ii) section 301 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42
U.S.C. 13211)); and
(B) accounted for under Federal fleet management reporting
requirements rather than under Federal building management
reporting requirements.
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