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[CITE: 42USC6374c]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                     CHAPTER 77--ENERGY CONSERVATION
 
               SUBCHAPTER III--IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY
 
              Part H--Encouraging Use of Alternative Fuels
 
Sec. 6374c. Interagency Commission on Alternative Motor Fuels


(a) Establishment

    There is established a Commission to be known as the Interagency 
Commission on Alternative Motor Fuels.

(b) Membership

    The Commission shall be composed of members as follows:
        (1) the Secretary of Energy, or the designee of the Secretary, 
    who shall be the chairperson of the Commission;
        (2) the Secretary of Defense or the designee of such Secretary;
        (3) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency or 
    the designee of such Administrator;
        (4) the Secretary of Transportation or the designee of such 
    Secretary;
        (5) the Postmaster General or the designee of the Postmaster 
    General;
        (6) the Administrator of the General Services Administration or 
    the designee of such Administrator;
        (7) the Administrator of the Occupational Safety and Health 
    Administration or the designee of such Administrator; and
        (8) such other officers and employees of the Federal Government 
    as may be appointed to the Commission by the President.

(c) Operations

    (1) The Commission shall meet regularly as necessary to carry out 
the purposes of this section. Meetings shall be at the call of the 
chairperson of the Commission. The Commission shall meet to consider any 
report of the Commission before such report is submitted to the 
Congress.
    (2) The Secretary shall provide the Commission with such staff and 
office facilities as the Secretary, following consultation with the 
Commission, considers necessary to permit the Commission to carry out 
its functions under this section.
    (3) Subject to applicable law, all expenses of the Commission shall 
be paid from funds available to the Secretary, except that salaries of 
Commission members shall be paid by their home agencies.

(d) Functions

    (1) The Commission shall coordinate Federal agency efforts to 
develop and implement a national alternative fuels policy.
    (2) The Commission shall ensure the development of a long-term plan 
for the commercialization of alternative fuels.
    (3) The Commission shall ensure communication among representatives 
of all Federal agencies that are involved in alternative fuels projects 
or that have an interest in such projects.
    (4) The Commission shall provide for the exchange of information 
among persons working with, or interested in working with, the 
commercialization of alternative fuels.

(e) United States Alternative Fuels Council

    (1) The chairperson of the Commission shall, consistent with the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, establish a United States Alternative 
Fuels Council to report to the Commission about matters related to 
alternative fuels.
    (2) The Council shall be composed of members as follows:
        (A) one Member of the House of Representatives appointed by the 
    Speaker of the House of Representatives;
        (B) one Member of the House of Representatives appointed by the 
    Minority Leader of the House of Representatives;
        (C) one Member of the Senate appointed by the Majority Leader of 
    the Senate;
        (D) one Member of the Senate appointed by the Minority Leader of 
    the Senate; and
        (E) 16 persons from the private sector or from State or local 
    government who are knowledgeable about alternative fuels and their 
    possible uses and the production of alternative fuels and vehicles 
    powered by such fuels, to be appointed by the chairperson of the 
    Commission.

    (3) The Council shall meet at the call of the chairperson of the 
Commission.

(f) Detail of Federal personnel

    Upon request of the Commission, the head of any Federal agency may 
detail, on a reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of such agency to 
the Commission to assist the Commission in carrying out its duties under 
this section.

(g) Reports

    (1) The Commission shall, not later than September 30 of each of the 
years 1990 and 1991, submit an interim report to the Committees on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
Representatives, setting forth the actions taken by the Commission under 
this section.
    (2) The Commission shall, not later than September 30, 1992, submit 
a final report to the Committees on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, setting forth 
the actions taken by the Commission under this section.

(h) Termination

    The Commission and the Council shall terminate upon submission of 
the final report of the Commission under subsection (g)(2) of this 
section.

(i) Definitions

    For purposes of this section--
        (1) the term ``Commission'' means the Interagency Commission on 
    Alternative Motor Fuels established in subsection (a) of this 
    section; and
        (2) the term ``Council'' means the United States Alternative 
    Fuels Council established under subsection (e)(1) of this section.

(Pub. L. 94-163, title III, Sec. 400DD, as added Pub. L. 100-494, 
Sec. 4(a), Oct. 14, 1988, 102 Stat. 2445; amended Pub. L. 102-486, title 
IV, Sec. 402(2), (3), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2876.)

                       References in Text

    The Federal Advisory Committee Act, referred to in subsec. (e)(1), 
is Pub. L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770, as amended, which is set 
out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.


                               Amendments

    1992--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 102-486 substituted ``alternative fuels'' 
for ``alternative motor fuels'' in pars. (1), (3), and (4) and 
``alternative fuels'' for ``alcohols, natural gas, and other potential 
alternative motor fuels'' in par. (2).
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 102-486, Sec. 402(3), substituted ``alternative 
fuels'' for ``alternative motor fuels'' in par. (1) and in two places in 
par. (2)(E).

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Energy and Commerce of House of Representatives treated 
as referring to Committee on Commerce of House of Representatives by 
section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note preceding section 21 
of Title 2, The Congress.
