Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Part H · Chapter 77 — Energy Conservation
§ 6374b. Alternative fuels bus program
Statutory text
Testing
The Secretary, in cooperation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, shall, beginning in the fiscal year ending , assist State and local government agencies in the testing in urban settings of buses capable of operating on alternative fuels for the emissions levels, durability, safety, and fuel economy of such buses, comparing the different types with each other and with diesel powered buses, as such buses will be required to operate under Federal safety and environmental standards applicable to such buses for the model year 1991. To the extent practicable, testing assisted under this section shall apply to each of the various types of alternative fuel buses.
Funding
There are authorized to be appropriated for the period encompassing the fiscal years ending , , and , a total of $2,000,000 to carry out the purposes of this section.
“Bus” defined
For purposes of this section, the term “bus” means a vehicle which is designed to transport 30 individuals or more.
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 and Conservation Act
Pub. L. 94–163 title III § 400CC · 89 Stat. 871
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 6374b
Pub. L. 94–163, title III, § 400CC, as added Pub. L. 100–494, § 4(a), Oct. 14, 1988, 102 Stat. 2445
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 94–163, title III, § 400CC, as added Pub. L. 100–494, § 4(a), Oct. 14, 1988, 102 Stat. 2445Energy Policy Act of 1992
Pub. L. 102–486 title IV § 402(1) · 106 Stat. 2776
Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 6374b(a)
Pub. L. 102–486 substituted “alternative fuels” for “alcohol and buses capable of operating on natural gas”
Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 6374b(a)
Pub. L. 102–486 substituted “each of the various types of alternative fuel buses” for “both buses capable of operating on alcohol and buses capable of operating on natural gas”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–486 substituted “alternative fuels” for “alcohol and buses capable of operating on natural gas” and “each of the various types of alternative fuel buses” for “both buses capable of operating on alcohol and buses capable of operating on natural gas”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) in section 400CC(a)— (A) by striking “alcohol and buses capable of operating on natural gas” and inserting in lieu thereof “alternative fuels”; and (B) by striking “both buses capable of operating on alcohol and buses capable of operating on natural gas” and inserting in lieu thereof “each of the various types of alternative fuel buses”;
2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–486 substituted “alternative fuels” for “alcohol and buses capable of operating on natural gas” and “each of the various types of alternative fuel buses” for “both buses capable of operating on alcohol and buses capable of operating on natural gas”.
Credits
1988–1992 · 2 acts
- 1988Pub. L. 94–163, title III, § 400CC, as added Pub. L. 100–494, § 4(a), , 102 Stat. 2445
- 1992amended Pub. L. 102–486, title IV, § 402(1), , 106 Stat. 2875.
Show as published
(Pub. L. 94–163, title III, § 400CC, as added Pub. L. 100–494, § 4(a), , 102 Stat. 2445; amended Pub. L. 102–486, title IV, § 402(1), , 106 Stat. 2875.)