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[CITE: 42USC13236]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 134--ENERGY POLICY
 
         SUBCHAPTER II--ALTERNATIVE FUELS--NON-FEDERAL PROGRAMS
 
Sec. 13236. Alternative fuel bus program


(a) Cooperative agreements and joint ventures

    (1) The Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the 
Secretary, may enter into cooperative agreements and joint ventures 
proposed by any municipal, county, or regional transit authority in an 
urban area with a population over 100,000 (according to latest available 
census information) to demonstrate the feasibility of commercial 
application, including safety of specific vehicle design, of using 
alternative fuels for urban buses and other motor vehicles used for mass 
transit.
    (2) The cooperative agreements and joint ventures under paragraph 
(1) may include interested or affected private firms willing to provide 
assistance in cash, or in kind, for any such demonstration.
    (3) Federal assistance provided under cooperative agreements and 
joint ventures entered into under paragraph (1) to demonstrate the 
feasibility of commercial application of using alternative fuels for 
urban buses shall be in addition to Federal assistance provided under 
any other law for such purpose.

(b) Limitations

    (1) The Secretary of Transportation may not enter into cooperative 
agreement or joint venture under subsection (a) of this section with any 
municipal, county, or regional transit authority, unless such government 
body agrees to provide 20 percent of the costs of such demonstration.
    (2) The Secretary of Transportation may grant such priority under 
this section to any entity that demonstrates that the use of alternative 
fuels for transportation would have a significant beneficial effect on 
the environment.

(c) School buses

    The Secretary of Transportation may also provide, in accordance with 
such rules as he may prescribe, financial assistance to any agency, 
municipality, or political subdivision in an urban area referred to in 
subsection (a) of this section, of any State or the District of Columbia 
for the purpose of meeting the incremental costs of school buses that 
are dedicated vehicles and used regularly for such transportation during 
the school term. Such costs may include the purchase and installation of 
alternative fuel refueling facilities to be used for school bus 
refueling, and the conversion of school buses to dedicated vehicles. The 
Secretary of Transportation may provide such assistance directly to a 
person who is a contractor of such agency, municipality, or political 
subdivision, upon the request of the agency, municipality, or political 
subdivision, and who, under such contract, provides for such 
transportation. Any conversion under this subsection shall comply with 
the warranty and safety requirements for alternative fuel conversions 
contained in section 7587 \1\ of this title.
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    \1\ See References in Text note below.
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(d) Authorization of appropriations

    There are authorized to be appropriated not more than $30,000,000 
for each of the fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995 for purposes of this 
section.

(Pub. L. 102-486, title IV, Sec. 410, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2884.)

                       References in Text

    Section 7587 of this title, referred to in subsec. (c), was in the 
original ``section 247 of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990'', Pub. 
L. 101-549, and was translated as reading ``section 247 of the Clean Air 
Act'', meaning section 247 of act July 14, 1955, ch. 360, title II, as 
added Nov. 15, 1990, Pub. L. 101-549, title II, Sec. 229(a), 104 Stat. 
2523, to reflect the probable intent of Congress, because the Clean Air 
Act Amendments of 1990 does not contain a section 247, and section 247 
of the Clean Air Act relates to alternate fuel conversions for vehicles.
