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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · S. 1953 (Introduced in Senate) — To amend title 23, United States Code, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction pr... · Sec. 1402

Sec. 1402. Reduction of truck emissions at port facilities

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The Secretary shall establish a program to reduce idling at port facilities, under which the Secretary shall— study how ports and intermodal port transfer facilities would benefit from increased opportunities to reduce emissions at ports, including through the electrification of port operations; study emerging technologies and strategies that may help reduce port-related emissions from idling trucks; and coordinate and provide funding to test, evaluate, and deploy projects that reduce port-related emissions from idling trucks, including through the advancement of port electrification and improvements in efficiency, focusing on port operations, including heavy-duty commercial vehicles, and other related projects.
In carrying out the program under this subsection, the Secretary may consult with the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. In carrying out subsection (a)(1)(C), the Secretary shall award grants to fund projects that reduce emissions at ports, including through the advancement of port electrification. A grant awarded under paragraph
(1)shall not exceed 80 percent of the total cost of the project funded by the grant. In carrying out the grant program under this subsection, the Secretary shall— to the maximum extent practicable, leverage existing resources and programs of the Department and other relevant Federal agencies; and coordinate with other Federal agencies, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate. The Secretary shall solicit applications for grants under paragraph
(1)at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary determines to be necessary. The Secretary shall make grants under paragraph
(1)by not later than April 1 of each fiscal year for which funding is made available. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any project funded by a grant under this subsection shall be treated as a project on a Federal-aid highway under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code. Not later than 1 year after the date on which all of the projects funded with a grant under subsection
(b)are completed, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that includes— the findings of the studies described in subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)of subsection (a)(1); the results of the projects that received a grant under subsection (b); any recommendations for workforce development and training opportunities with respect to port electrification; and any policy recommendations based on the findings and results described in paragraphs
(1)and (2).
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