H.R.5860

            I 

116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION H. R. 5860 

To expand the advanced technology vehicles manufacturing incentive program, 
and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 12, 2020 
Ms. BROWNLEY of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 
To expand the advanced technology vehicles manufacturing 

incentive program, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1

tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advanced Technology 4

Vehicles Manufacturing Program Reform Act’’. 5

SEC. 2. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFAC-6

TURING INCENTIVE PROGRAM EXPANSION. 7

(a) ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLES INCLUDED.— 8

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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 136 of the Energy 1

Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 2

17013) is amended— 3

(A) in subsection (d)— 4

(i) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or 5

in paragraph (5)’’ after ‘‘subsection (b)’’; 6

and 7

(ii) by adding at the end the following 8

new paragraph: 9

‘‘(5) ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLE MANUFAC-10

TURING.—The activities described in this paragraph 11

are an automobile manufacturer, ultra efficient vehi-12

cle manufacturer, or component supplier— 13

‘‘(A) reequipping, expanding, or estab-14

lishing a manufacturing facility in the United 15

States to produce zero-emission vehicles or 16

qualifying components; or 17

‘‘(B) performing engineering integration in 18

the United States for zero-emission vehicles.’’; 19

and 20

(B) in subsection (a), by adding at the end 21

the following new paragraph: 22

‘‘(6) ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLE.—The term 23

‘zero-emission vehicle’ means a passenger vehicle 24

that produces zero exhaust emissions of any criteria 25

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pollutant, precursor pollutant, or greenhouse gas, 1

other than water vapor, in any mode of operation or 2

condition, as determined by the Administrator.’’. 3

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 4

136(a) of the Energy Independence and Security Act 5

of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17013(a)) is amended— 6

(A) in paragraph (3)— 7

(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 8

‘‘or zero-emission vehicles’’ after ‘‘ad-9

vanced technology vehicles’’; and 10

(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 11

‘‘components or advanced technology vehi-12

cles’’ and inserting ‘‘components, advanced 13

technology vehicles, or zero-emissions vehi-14

cles’’; and 15

(B) in paragraph (4)— 16

(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 17

‘‘or zero-emission vehicles’’ after ‘‘ad-18

vanced technology vehicles’’; and 19

(ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 20

‘‘or zero-emission vehicles’’ after ‘‘ad-21

vanced technology vehicles’’. 22

(b) FINANCIAL VIABILITY REQUIREMENT MODIFICA-23

TION.—Section 136(d)(3) of the Energy Independence 24

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and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17013(d)(3)) is 1

amended— 2

(1) by striking ‘‘in which, as determined by the 3

Secretary’’ and all that follows through ‘‘the pro-4

posed project;’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘for 5

which the Secretary determines— 6

‘‘(A) the award recipient— 7

‘‘(i) has a reasonable prospect of re-8

paying the principal and interest on the 9

loan;’’; 10

(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and 11

(C) as clauses (ii) and (iii), respectively; 12

(3) in clause (iii), as redesignated, by striking 13

the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 14

(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-15

paragraphs: 16

‘‘(B) the amount of the loan, in combina-17

tion with amounts available to the award recipi-18

ent from other sources, will be sufficient to 19

carry out the applicable eligible project; and 20

‘‘(C) the loan will not be subordinate to 21

other financing.’’. 22

(c) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 60 days after the 23

date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy 24

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shall promulgate regulations to carry out the amendments 1

made by this section. 2

SEC. 3. STUDY ON PROGRAM LOANS. 3

(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 4

States shall conduct a study on the barriers to the applica-5

tion for, and issuance of, loans under section 136(d) of 6

the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 7

U.S.C. 17013(d)) and potential changes to reduce such 8

barriers to increase the number of such loans. 9

(b) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the 10

date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 11

shall provide a briefing to the relevant congressional com-12

mittees, as determined by the Comptroller General, on the 13

study described in subsection (a). At the time of the brief-14

ing, the Comptroller General and such relevant congres-15

sional committees shall jointly determine the date by 16

which the report described in subsection (c) shall be sub-17

mitted to Congress and to the Secretary of Energy. 18

(c) REPORT.—Not later than the report submission 19

date determined under subsection (b), the Comptroller 20

General shall submit to Congress and to the Secretary of 21

Energy a report on the results of the study conducted 22

under subsection (a). 23

(d) RESPONSE TO REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 24

after the Secretary of Energy receives the report under 25

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subsection (c), the Secretary shall, taking into consider-1

ation such report and to the extent authorized by law, pro-2

mulgate regulations to carry out the program described 3

in section 136(d) of the Energy Independence and Secu-4

rity Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17013(d)). 5

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