Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Part A · Chapter 134 — Energy Policy
§ 13285. Reports to Congress
Statutory text
Progress reports
The Secretary shall report annually to Congress on the progress being made, through demonstration projects supported under this part, to accelerate the development and use of electric motor vehicles.
Report on encouraging purchase and use of electric motor vehicles
Within 18 months after , the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report on methods for encouraging the purchase and use of electric motor vehicles. Such report shall—
address the potential cost of purchasing and maintaining electric motor vehicles, including the initial cost of the batteries and the cost of replacement batteries;
identify methods for reducing, subsidizing, or sharing such costs; and
include recommendations for legislative and administrative measures to encourage the purchase and use of electric motor vehicles.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Energy Policy Act of 1992
Pub. L. 102–486 title VI § 615 · 106 Stat. 2776
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 13285
(Pub. L. 102–486, title VI, § 615, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2903.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 102–486, title VI, § 615, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2903.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 615. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. (a) Progress Reports.— The Secretary shall report annually to Congress on the progress being made, through demonstration projects supported under this subtitle, to accelerate the development and use of electric motor vehicles. (b) Report on Encouraging the Purchase and Use of Electric Motor Vehicles.— Within 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report on methods for encouraging the purchase and use of electric motor vehicles. Such report shall— (1) address the potential cost of purchasing and maintaining electric motor vehicles, including the initial cost of the batteries and the cost of replacement batteries; (2) identify methods for reducing, subsidizing, or sharing such costs; and (3) include recommendations for legislative and administrative measures to encourage the purchase and use of electric motor vehicles.
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