Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Part B · Chapter 134 — Energy Policy
§ 13431. General transportation
Statutory text
Program direction
The Secretary shall conduct a 5-year program, in accordance with sections 13541 and 13542 of this title, on cost effective technologies to reduce the demand for oil in the transportation sector for all motor vehicles, including existing vehicles, through increased energy efficiency and the use of alternative fuels. Such program shall include a broad range of technological approaches, and shall include field demonstrations of sufficient scale and number in operating environments to prove technical and economic viability to meet the goals stated in section 13401 of this title. Such program shall include the activities required under sections 13432 through 13437 of this title, and ongoing activities of a similar nature at the Department of Energy.
Program plan
Within 180 days after , the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Congress a 5-year program plan to guide activities under this part. In preparing the program plan, the Secretary shall consult with appropriate representatives of industry, utilities, institutions of higher education, Federal agencies, including national laboratories, and professional and technical societies.
Proposals
Within 1 year after , the Secretary shall solicit proposals for conducting activities under this section.
“Alternative fuels” defined
For purposes of this part, the term “alternative fuels” includes natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, hydrogen, fuels other than alcohol that are derived from biological materials, and any fuel the content of which is at least 85 percent by volume methanol, ethanol, or other alcohol.
Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this part, including all transportation sector energy conservation research and development (other than activities under section 13435 of this title) and all transportation sector biofuels energy systems under solar energy, $119,144,000 for fiscal year 1993 and $160,000,000 for fiscal year 1994.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out section 13435 of this title—
$60,300,000 for fiscal year 1993;
$75,000,000 for fiscal year 1994;
$80,000,000 for fiscal year 1995;
$80,000,000 for fiscal year 1996;
$90,000,000 for fiscal year 1997; and
$100,000,000 for fiscal year 1998.
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 XX § 2021 · 106 Stat. 2776
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 13431
(Pub. L. 102–486, title XX, § 2021, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3061.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 102–486, title XX, § 2021, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3061.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 2021. GENERAL TRANSPORTATION. (a) Program Direction.— The Secretary shall conduct a 5-year program, in accordance with sections 3001 and 3002 of this Act, on cost effective technologies to reduce the demand for oil in the transportation sector for all motor vehicles, including existing vehicles, through increased energy efficiency and the use of alternative fuels. Such program shall include a broad range of technological approaches, and shall include field demonstrations of sufficient scale and number in operating environments to prove technical and economic viability to meet the goals stated in section 2001. Such program shall include the activities required under sections 2022 through 2027, and ongoing activities of a similar nature at the Department of Energy. (b) Program Plan.— Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Congress a 5-year program plan to guide activities under this subtitle. In preparing the program plan, the Secretary shall consult with appropriate representatives of industry, utilities, institutions of higher education, Federal agencies, including national laboratories, and professional and technical societies. (c) Proposals.— Within 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall solicit proposals for conducting activities under this section. (d) Definition.— For purposes of this subtitle, the term “alternative fuels” includes natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, hydrogen, fuels other than alcohol that are derived from biological materials, and any fuel the content of which is at least 85 percent by volume methanol, ethanol, or other alcohol. (e) Authorization of Appropriations.— (1) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this subtitle, including all transportation sector energy conservation research and development (other than activities under section 2025) and all transportation sector biofuels energy systems under solar energy, $119,144,000 for fiscal year 1993 and $160,000,000 for fiscal year 1994. (2) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out section 2025— (A) $60,300,000 for fiscal year 1993; (B) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 1994; (C) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 1995; (D) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 1996; (E) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 1997; and (F) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1998.
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