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[CITE: 42USC6374b]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                     CHAPTER 77--ENERGY CONSERVATION
 
               SUBCHAPTER III--IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY
 
              Part H--Encouraging Use of Alternative Fuels
 
Sec. 6374b. Alternative fuels bus program


(a) 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 September 30, 1990, 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.

(b) Funding

    There are authorized to be appropriated for the period encompassing 
the fiscal years ending September 30, 1990, September 30, 1991, and 
September 30, 1992, a total of $2,000,000 to carry out the purposes of 
this section.

(c) ``Bus'' defined

    For purposes of this section, the term ``bus'' means a vehicle which 
is designed to transport 30 individuals or more.

(Pub. L. 94-163, title III, Sec. 400CC, as added Pub. L. 100-494, 
Sec. 4(a), Oct. 14, 1988, 102 Stat. 2445; amended Pub. L. 102-486, title 
IV, Sec. 402(1), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2875.)


                               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''.
