Sec. 3. United States Postal Service fleet efficiency
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The purposes of this section are to provide for the upgrade of the vehicle fleet of the United States Postal Service, to improve mail delivery services to benefit customers and the environment, to increase savings by reducing maintenance or other costs, and to set benchmarks to maximize fuel economy and reduce emissions for the Postal fleet with the goal of making the Postal Service a national leader in efficiency and technology innovation. Section 804(4) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act ( 42 U.S.C. 8287c(4) ) is amended— in subparagraph (A), by striking or after the semicolon; in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: in the case of a contract in which the United States Postal Service is a party— the purchase or lease of low emission and fuel efficient vehicles; a measure to upgrade a vehicle owned, operated, leased, or otherwise controlled by or assigned to the United States Postal Service to increase average fuel economy and reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide of such vehicle; or the construction of infrastructure, including electric vehicle charging stations, to support vehicles described in clauses
(i)and (ii). . The Postmaster General shall develop guidelines for contracted vehicles and vehicles purchased or leased for use by the Postal Service, that, at a minimum, provide— for light-duty vehicles— that emissions of carbon dioxide comply with applicable standards developed by the Environmental Protection Agency under title II of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521 et seq.) and may not exceed, on average, 250 grams per mile; and to meet applicable average fuel economy standards developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration under chapter 329 of title 49, United States Code, of 34.1 miles per gallon; and for medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles, that comply with applicable standards— for emissions of carbon dioxide developed by the Environmental Protection Agency under title II of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7521 et seq. ); and for average fuel economy developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration under chapter 329 of title 49, United States Code. The standards described in subparagraph
(A)shall apply to contracted vehicles and vehicles purchased or leased for use by the Postal Service after the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. The Postmaster General shall reduce the total consumption of petroleum products by vehicles in the Postal fleet by a minimum of 2 percent annually through the end of fiscal year 2025, relative to the baseline established for fiscal year 2005. The Postmaster General shall conduct a cost-benefit analysis of vehicles in the Postal fleet to determine if the cost to maintain any such vehicle outweighs the benefit or savings of replacing the vehicle. To inform and prioritize purchases, the Postmaster General shall review and identify Postal delivery routes to determine if motor vehicles used on such routes can be replaced with technologies that increase average fuel economy or reduce emissions of carbon dioxide. The Postmaster General shall submit a report to Congress— not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, that contains a plan to achieve the requirements of paragraph
(1)and recommendations for vehicle body design specifications for vehicles purchased for the Postal fleet that would increase average fuel economy and reduce emissions of carbon dioxide of any such vehicle; and annually, that describes— the progress in meeting the annual target described in paragraph (1)(C); and any changes to Postal delivery routes or vehicle purchase strategies made pursuant to paragraph (3). To meet the requirements of this section, the Postmaster General may not— reduce the frequency of delivery of mail to fewer than 6 days each week; close post offices or postal distribution facilities; take any action that would restrict or diminish a collective bargaining agreement or eliminate or reduce any employee benefits; or enter into a contract with a private company to perform duties that, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, are performed by bargaining unit employees. In this section: The term contracted vehicle — means any motor vehicle used in carrying out a contract for surface mail delivery pursuant to section 5005(a)(3) of title 39, United States Code; and does not include any motor vehicle used in carrying out a contract for surface mail delivery pursuant to sections 406 and 407 of such title. The term motor vehicle means any self-propelled vehicle designed for transporting persons or property on a street or highway. The term Postal delivery route means the transportation route for surface mail delivery. The term Postal fleet means any vehicle that is owned, operated, leased, or otherwise controlled by or assigned to the Postal Service. The term Postal Service means the United States Postal Service.
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