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[CITE: 42USC13271]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 134--ENERGY POLICY
 
                 SUBCHAPTER IV--ELECTRIC MOTOR VEHICLES
 
Sec. 13271. Definitions

    For the purposes of this subchapter--
        (1) the term ``antitrust laws'' means the Acts set forth in 
    section 12 of title 15;
        (2) the term ``associated equipment'' means equipment necessary 
    for the regeneration, refueling, or recharging of batteries or other 
    forms of electric energy used to power an electric motor vehicle 
    and, in the case of electric-hybrid vehicles, such term includes 
    nonpetroleum-related equipment necessary for, and solely related to, 
    the demonstration of such vehicles;
        (3) the term ``discount payment'' means the amount determined 
    pursuant to section 13283 of this title;
        (4) the term ``electric motor vehicle'' means a motor vehicle 
    primarily powered by an electric motor that draws current from 
    rechargeable storage batteries, fuel cells, photovoltaic arrays, or 
    other sources of electric current and may include an electric-hybrid 
    vehicle;
        (5) the term ``electric-hybrid vehicle'' means a vehicle 
    primarily powered by an electric motor that draws current from 
    rechargeable storage batteries, fuel cells, or other source of 
    electric current and also relies on a non-electric source of power;
        (6) the term ``eligible metropolitan area'' means any 
    Metropolitan Area (as such term is defined by the Office of 
    Management and Budget pursuant to section 3504 of title 44) with a 
    1980 population of 250,000 or more that has been designated by a 
    proposer and the Secretary for a demonstration project under this 
    subchapter, except that the Secretary may designate an area with a 
    1990 population of 50,000 or more as an eligible metropolitan area;
        (7) the term ``infrastructure and support systems'' includes 
    support and maintenance services and facilities, electricity 
    delivery mechanisms and methods, regulatory treatment of investment 
    in electric motor vehicles and associated equipment, consumer 
    education programs, safety and health procedures, and battery 
    availability, replacement, recycling, and disposal, that may be 
    required to enable electric utilities, manufacturers, and others to 
    support the operation and maintenance of electric motor vehicles and 
    associated equipment;
        (8) the term ``motor vehicle'' has the meaning given such term 
    under section 7550(2) of this title;
        (9) the term ``non-Federal person'' means an entity not part of 
    the Federal Government that is either--
            (A) organized under the laws of the United States or the 
        laws of a State of the United States; or
            (B) a unit of State or local government;

        (10) the term ``proposer'' means a non-Federal person that 
    submits a proposal to conduct a demonstration project under this 
    subchapter;
        (11) the term ``price differential'' means--
            (A) in the case of a purchased electric motor vehicle, the 
        difference between the manufacturer's suggested retail price of 
        such electric motor vehicle and the manufacturer's suggested 
        retail price of a comparable conventionally fueled motor 
        vehicle; and
            (B) in the case of a leased electric motor vehicle, the 
        difference between the monthly lease payment of such electric 
        motor vehicle over the life of the lease and the monthly lease 
        payment of a comparable conventionally fueled motor vehicle over 
        the life of the lease; and

        (12) the term ``user'' means a person or entity that purchases 
    or leases an electric motor vehicle.

(Pub. L. 102-486, title VI, Sec. 601, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2899.)
