Sec. 10005. Government-wide authority for electric charging infrastructure at no cost to the taxpayer
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Chapter 79 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: The term covered individual means— any employee (as defined in section 2105 of this title; a member of a uniformed service; any other individual who performs services for or on behalf of a Federal agency under a contract or subcontract with a Federal agency; or a visitor to a Federal agency or facility. The term Federal agency has the meaning given the term Executive agency in section 105 of this title, and also includes the U.S.
Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, the military departments as defined in section 102 of this title, and the judicial branch. The head of a Federal agency may— construct, install, operate, and maintain electric charging infrastructure on a reimbursable basis in parking areas under the jurisdiction of the Federal agency; and provide electricity on a reimbursable basis in parking areas under the jurisdiction of the Federal agency for use by privately owned vehicles used by covered individuals.
In carrying out paragraph (1), the head of a Federal agency may use 1 or more vendors on a commission or no-cost contract basis. The head of a Federal agency may use electric charging infrastructure installed for official agency vehicles, to the extent that it is available, to provide electric vehicle charging under this section. The head of a Federal agency may encourage the inclusion of options for generating electricity from renewable energy as part of the design of parking areas for the agency.
The head of a Federal agency shall charge fees for electricity provided to covered individuals sufficient to cover the initial and continuing costs to the head of the Federal agency of carrying out this section, including the costs of any vendors or other costs associated with maintaining the electric charging infrastructure. Any fees or commissions collected by the head of a Federal agency under this section— shall be— deposited monthly into the account of the Treasury from which the amounts were made available to carry out this section, notwithstanding section 3302(b) of title 31; and transferred from the Treasury to an appropriate account of the agency if the agency operates with a budget outside of the Treasury; and shall be available for obligation by the head of the Federal agency without further appropriation during— the fiscal year collected; and the fiscal year following the fiscal year collected.
If a Federal agency charges covered employees parking fees for use of a facility that contains an electric vehicle charging facility provided under this section, employees using the electric vehicle charging facility shall pay the same parking fee as covered employees not using the electric vehicle charging facility. . The analysis for chapter 79 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 7907. Government-Wide Authority for Electric Charging Infrastructure. .