Sec. 3. Expanding access to electric vehicles in underserved or disadvantaged communities
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The Secretary shall conduct an assessment of the state of, challenges to, and opportunities for, deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in underserved or disadvantaged communities in urban, suburban, and rural communities throughout the United States. In carrying out the assessment under paragraph (1), the Secretary, to the maximum extent practicable, shall work with each State to enumerate and identify, with detail at the level of ZIP Codes and census tracts, in urban, suburban, and rural areas within each State— the number of existing and planned publicly accessible level 2 charging stations and direct current fast charging stations for individually owned light-duty and medium-duty electric vehicles; the number of existing and planned level 2 charging stations and direct current fast charging stations for public sector and commercial— fleet electric vehicles; and medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles; and the number and type of electric vehicle charging stations installed in or around, or available to occupants of— public housing; or affordable housing.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report on the results of the assessment conducted under subsection (a), which shall— describe the state of deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in underserved or disadvantaged communities in urban, suburban, and rural areas in the United States, including— the state of deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure that is— publicly accessible; installed in or around, or available to occupants of— public housing; or affordable housing; installed in or around, or available to occupants of, multi-unit dwellings; available to public sector and commercial fleets; or installed in, or available at, places of work; the policies, plans, and programs that States, cities, utilities, and private entities are using to encourage greater deployment and use of electric vehicles and any associated electric vehicle charging infrastructure, including programs to encourage deployment of publicly accessible electric vehicle charging infrastructure that is available to residents of publicly or privately owned multi-unit dwellings; ownership models for level 2 charging stations and direct current fast charging stations located in or around— residential multi-unit dwellings; commercial buildings; and publicly accessible areas; mechanisms for financing electric vehicle charging infrastructure; and the rates charged for the use of level 2 charging stations and direct current fast charging stations; identify current barriers to expanding the deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in underserved or disadvantaged communities in urban, suburban, and rural areas, including barriers to expanding the deployment of publicly accessible electric vehicle charging infrastructure; identify the potential for, and barriers to, recruiting and entering into contracts with locally owned small and disadvantaged businesses, including women- and minority-owned businesses, to deploy electric vehicle charging infrastructure in underserved or disadvantaged communities in urban, suburban, and rural areas; compile and provide an analysis of best practices and policies used by State and local governments, nonprofit organizations, and private entities to increase deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in underserved or disadvantaged communities in urban, suburban, and rural areas, including best practices and policies relating to— public outreach and engagement; increasing deployment of publicly accessible electric vehicle charging infrastructure; and increasing deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in or around publicly or privately owned multi-unit dwellings; to the maximum extent practicable, enumerate and identify, with detail at the level of ZIP Codes and census tracts, in urban, suburban, and rural areas within each State— the number of existing and planned publicly accessible level 2 charging stations and direct current fast charging stations for individually owned light-duty and medium-duty electric vehicles; the number of existing and planned level 2 charging stations and direct current fast charging stations for public sector and commercial— fleet electric vehicles; and medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles; and the number and type of electric vehicle charging stations installed in or around, or available to occupants of— public housing; or affordable housing; and describe the methodology used to obtain the information provided in the report.
Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall— update the assessment conducted under subsection (a); and submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and make publicly available a report that— updates the information reported under subsection (b); and includes a description of case studies and key lessons learned after the date on which the report under subsection
(b)was submitted with respect to expanding the deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in underserved or disadvantaged communities in urban, suburban, and rural areas.