Sec. 12. Sense of Congress on infrastructure and public works projects
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It is the sense of the Congress that— any future infrastructure and public works legislation should include incentives that encourage the greater use of domestic natural gas; the increased use of abundant, low-cost domestic natural gas provides numerous economic and environmental benefits that could be further encouraged by rewarding projects and programs that pave the way for expanded use of natural gas such as upgrading or extending natural gas pipelines, expanding access to natural gas in areas underserved by natural gas, and linking natural gas supplies to existing or new manufacturing hubs, airports, port facilities and other industrial or commercial centers; and such legislation should encourage businesses to use natural gas to fuel motor vehicles and nonroad equipment by providing a point scoring system that rewards businesses with not less than a 10 percent and no more than a 20 percent advantage for using natural gas to fuel a majority of their vehicles used to carryout infrastructure development or public works projects.