Sec. 100003. Registration fee on motor vehicles
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Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: The Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration shall impose for each year the following registration fee amounts on the owner of a vehicle registered for operation by a State motor vehicle department: $250 for a covered electric vehicle. $100 for a covered hybrid vehicle. The Administrator shall withhold, from amounts required to be apportioned to any State under section 104(b), an amount equal to 125 percent to the amount required to be remitted under subsection (c)(2).
The Administrator shall withhold the amount on the first day of each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 2026, in which the State does not meet the requirements of subsection (c). A State motor vehicle department shall— incorporate the collection of the fees established under subsection
(a)into the vehicle registration and renewal processes administered by such department, so long as such fees are imposed for each year in which the fees are required; or obtain approval from the Administrator to establish an alternate means of compliance for the collection of such fees that is acceptable to the Administrator. Not later than 30 days after the last day of each month, a State motor vehicle department shall remit to the Administrator the balance of the total fee amounts collected under this section in the preceding month less the portion reserved for administrative expenses under subsection (e). The amounts specified in subsection
(a)shall be increased on an annual basis to account for the rate of inflation each fiscal year in accordance with the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In any fiscal year in which a State is in compliance with this section, such State may retain an amount not to exceed 1 percent of the total fees collected under this section for administrative expenses. The fees imposed under paragraphs
(1)and
(2)of subsection
(a)shall terminate on October 1, 2035. In this section: The term covered electric vehicle means a covered motor vehicle with an electric motor as the sole means of propulsion of such vehicle. The term covered motor vehicle has the meaning given the term motor vehicle under section 154(a) but excludes a motor vehicle that is a covered farm vehicle or commercial motor vehicle (as such terms are defined in section 390.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations). The term covered hybrid vehicle means a covered motor vehicle propelled by a combination of an electric motor and an internal combustion engine or other power source and components thereof. . The Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration shall provide grants to State motor vehicle departments to implement a process to carry out section 180 of title 23, United States Code. Out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $104,000,000 is to remain available until September 30, 2029, beginning in the first fiscal year following the date of enactment of this Act, for grants under paragraph (1). Each State motor vehicle department may receive not more than $2,000,000 under this subsection. The Administrator shall issue such regulations and guidance as are necessary to— carry out section 180 of title 23, United States Code (as added by this Act); and establish a process for the timely and accurate remittance of fees collected under such section through an electronic method. Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report on the status of the implementation of section 180 of title 23, United States Code (as added by this Act). The analysis for chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 180. Registration fee on motor vehicles. .