Sec. 21009. Research, development, demonstration, and deployment program
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Section 5312 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in the section heading, by striking and inserting projects ; program in subsection (a), in the subsection heading, by striking and inserting Projects ; Program in subsection (d)— in paragraph (3)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting demonstration, deployment, or evaluation before project that ; in subparagraph (A), by striking and at the end; in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and by adding at the end the following: the deployment of low or no emission vehicles, zero emission vehicles, or associated advanced technology. ; and by striking paragraph
(5)and inserting the following: The Secretary may not make grants under this subsection for the demonstration, deployment, or evaluation of a vehicle that is in revenue service unless the Secretary determines that the project makes significant technological advancements in the vehicle. In this subsection— the term direct carbon emissions means the quantity of direct greenhouse gas emissions from a vehicle, as determined by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; the term low or no emission vehicle means— a passenger vehicle used to provide public transportation that the Secretary determines sufficiently reduces energy consumption or harmful emissions, including direct carbon emissions, when compared to a comparable standard vehicle; or a zero emission vehicle used to provide public transportation; and the term zero emission vehicle means a low or no emission vehicle that produces no carbon or particulate matter. ; by redesignating subsections
(e)and
(f)as subsections
(f)and (g), respectively; by inserting after subsection
(d)the following: In this subsection— the term covered institution of higher education means an institution of higher education with which the Secretary enters into a contract or cooperative agreement, or to which the Secretary makes a grant, under paragraph (2)(B) to operate a facility designated under paragraph (2)(A); the terms direct carbon emissions and low or no emission vehicle have the meanings given those terms in subsection (d)(6); the term institution of higher education has the meaning given the term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1002 ); and the term low or no emission vehicle component means an item that is separately installed in and removable from a low or no emission vehicle. The Secretary shall designate not more than 2 facilities to conduct testing, evaluation, and analysis of low or no emission vehicle components intended for use in low or no emission vehicles. The Secretary shall enter into a contract or cooperative agreement with, or make a grant to, not more than 2 institutions of higher education to each operate and maintain a facility designated under subparagraph (A). An institution of higher education described in clause
(i)shall have— previous experience with transportation-related advanced component and vehicle evaluation; laboratories capable of testing and evaluation; direct access to or a partnership with a testing facility capable of emulating real-world circumstances in order to test low or no emission vehicle components installed on the intended vehicle; extensive knowledge of public-private partnerships in the transportation sector, with emphasis on development and evaluation of materials, products, and components; the ability to reduce costs to partners by leveraging existing programs to provide complementary research, development, testing, and evaluation; and the means to conduct performance assessments on low or no emission vehicle components based on industry standards. A covered institution of higher education shall establish and collect fees, which shall be approved by the Secretary, for the assessment of low or no emission components at the applicable facility designated under subparagraph (A). The Secretary shall enter into a contract or cooperative agreement with, or make a grant to, each covered institution of higher education under which— the Secretary shall pay 50 percent of the cost of assessing a low or no emission vehicle component at the applicable facility designated under subparagraph
(A)from amounts made available to carry out this section; and the remaining 50 percent of such cost shall be paid from amounts recovered through the fees established and collected pursuant to subparagraph (C). A manufacturer of a low or no emission vehicle component is not required to assess the low or no emission vehicle component at a facility designated under subparagraph (A). Notwithstanding whether a low or no emission vehicle component is assessed at a facility designated under subparagraph (A), each new bus model shall comply with the requirements under section 5318. Each facility designated under subparagraph
(A)shall be separate and distinct from the facility operated and maintained under section 5318. Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2015 , and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall issue a report on low or no emission vehicle component assessments conducted at each facility designated under paragraph (2)(A), which shall include information related to the maintainability, reliability, performance, structural integrity, efficiency, and noise of those low or no emission vehicle components. Each assessment conducted at a facility designated under paragraph (2)(A) shall be made publically available, including to affected industries. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require— a low or no emission vehicle component to be tested at a facility designated under paragraph (2)(A); or the development or disclosure of a privately funded component assessment. ; in subsection (f), as so redesignated— in paragraph (2), by striking and at the end; by redesignating paragraph
(3)as paragraph (4); by inserting after paragraph
(2)the following: a list of any projects that returned negative results in the preceding fiscal year and an analysis of such results; and ; and in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, by inserting before the period at the end the following: based on projects in the pipeline, ongoing projects, and anticipated research efforts necessary to advance certain projects to a subsequent research phase ; and by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall establish— a public transportation cooperative research program under this subsection; and an independent governing board for the program, which shall recommend public transportation research, development, and technology transfer activities the Secretary considers appropriate. The Secretary may make grants to, and cooperative agreements with, the National Academy of Sciences to carry out activities under this subsection that the Secretary determines appropriate. If there would be a clear and direct financial benefit to an entity under a grant or contract financed under this section, the Secretary shall establish a Government share consistent with that benefit. . Chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking section 5313. The table of sections for chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking the items relating to sections 5312 and 5313 and inserting the following: 5312. Research, development, demonstration, and deployment program. [5313. Repealed.] .
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