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CONGRESS1
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ESSION
H. R.
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To provide that the delivery vehicle fleet of the United States Postal Service be replaced by electric motor vehicles.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr. C
ONNOLLY
of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was referredto the Committee on
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A BILL
To provide that the delivery vehicle fleet of the United StatesPostal Service be replaced by electric motor vehicles.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Service Electric
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Motor Vehicle Act’’.
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
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Congress finds that—
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2(1) Postal Service delivery vehicles which oper-
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ate using gasoline have an average fuel economy of
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8 to 12 miles per gallon;
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(2) the Inspector General of the United States
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Postal Service recently estimated that, for each de-
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livery vehicle converted from gasoline to electric, the
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Postal Service would save approximately $1,500 in
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fuel costs each year;
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(3) 97 percent of Postal Service delivery routes
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are less than 40 miles long; and
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(4) it is in the national interest to reduce Amer-
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ican dependence on foreign oil and to support do-
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mestic automobile manufacturing.
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SEC. 3. REQUIREMENTS.
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(a) I
N
G
ENERAL
.—The Postmaster General shall—
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(1) during each year in the 5–year period be-
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ginning on the date of enactment of this Act, replace
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at least 10 percent of the gasoline-powered motor ve-
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hicles in the Postal fleet with electric motor vehicles;
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(2) take such measures as may be necessary to
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ensure that, by the end of the 5-year period de-
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scribed in paragraph (1), at least 75 percent of the
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Postal fleet is comprised of electric motor vehicles;
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and
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3(3) carry out the preceding provisions of this
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subsection, in coordination with local electric dis-
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tribution companies, in a manner consistent with the
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goals of—
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(A) maintaining electric grid reliability;
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and
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(B) minimizing charging costs of electric
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motor vehicles in the Postal fleet.
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(b) B
UY
A
MERICAN
.—Notwithstanding any other
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provision of law, electric motor vehicles acquired to carry
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out this Act shall be electric motor vehicles manufactured
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in the United States. The Postmaster General shall ensure
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that manufacturers of electric motor vehicles so acquired
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solicit competitive bids for electric drive components and
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storage devices from domestic manufacturers that partici-
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pate in the Department of Energy’s Electric Drive Vehicle
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Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative (or suc-
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cessor program, as determined by the Postmaster General
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in consultation with the Secretary of Energy)..
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(c) O
VERSIGHT
.—Not later than 30 days after the
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end of each fiscal year, the Postal Service shall submit
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to the Postal Regulatory Commission a report that in-
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cludes a detailed accounting of the expenditures made,
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savings realized, and revenues received by the Postal Serv-
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ice pursuant to this section. Within 90 days after receiving
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