Sec. 4. Upgrading the fleet of the Postal Service
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The Postmaster General may enter into contracts to upgrade the postal fleet to increase long-term savings by reducing collision, maintenance, fuel, or other costs. In determining whether to enter into contracts under paragraph (1), the Postal Service shall review and identify routes for which the Postal Service provides delivery to determine if motor vehicles used on such routes can be replaced or retrofitted with commercially available technologies that— increase average fuel economy; reduce collisions with other motorized vehicles, nonmotorized vehicles, and pedestrians; or reduce emissions of carbon dioxide.
The Postmaster General shall develop guidelines for contracted vehicles and vehicles purchased or leased for use by the Postal Service, that, at a minimum, require that— in the case of a passenger car, the car meets— with respect to emissions of carbon dioxide, the more stringent of— the applicable standards developed by the Environmental Protection Agency under title II of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7521 et seq. ); or on average, less than 235 grams per mile; and with respect to average fuel economy, the more stringent of— the applicable average fuel economy standards developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration under chapter 329 of title 49, United States Code; or 37.8 miles per gallon; in the case of a light-duty truck, the truck meets— with respect to emissions of carbon dioxide, the more stringent of— the applicable standards developed by the Environmental Protection Agency under title II of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7521 et seq. ); or on average, less than 310 grams per mile; and with respect to average fuel economy, the more stringent of— the applicable average fuel economy standards developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration under chapter 329 of title 49, United States Code; or 28.8 miles per gallon; medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles comply with applicable standards— for emissions of carbon dioxide developed by the Administrator of 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 Secretary of Transportation under chapter 329 of title 49, United States Code; and for safety, the vehicles described in paragraphs
(1)through
(3)are equipped with commercially available crash avoidance solutions, including— camera-based sensors; and automatic emergency braking for new vehicles. The standards described in subsection
(b)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 enactment of this Act. The Postmaster General shall reduce the total consumption of petroleum products by vehicles in the postal fleet by not less than 2 percent annually through the end of fiscal year 2025, relative to the baseline established for fiscal year 2005.
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