Postal Service Electric Vehicle Act

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(Original Signature of Member)

111TH CONGRESS1ST SESSION H. R.ll

To provide that the delivery vehicle fleet of the United States Postal Service

be replaced by electric motor vehicles.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was referred

to the Committee onllllllllllllll

A BILL

To provide that the delivery vehicle fleet of the United States

Postal Service be replaced by electric motor vehicles.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1

tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,2

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.3

This Act may be cited as the Postal Service Electric4

Motor Vehicle Act.5

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.6

Congress finds that7

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(3) carry out the preceding provisions of this1

subsection, in coordination with local electric dis-2

tribution companies, in a manner consistent with the3

goals of4

(A) maintaining electric grid reliability;5

and6

(B) minimizing charging costs of electric7

motor vehicles in the Postal fleet.8

(b) BUY AMERICAN.Notwithstanding any other9

provision of law, electric motor vehicles acquired to carry10

out this Act shall be electric motor vehicles manufactured11

in the United States. The Postmaster General shall ensure12

that manufacturers of electric motor vehicles so acquired13

solicit competitive bids for electric drive components and14

storage devices from domestic manufacturers that partici-15

pate in the Department of Energys Electric Drive Vehicle16

Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative (or suc-17

cessor program, as determined by the Postmaster General18

in consultation with the Secretary of Energy)..19

(c) OVERSIGHT.Not later than 30 days after the20

end of each fiscal year, the Postal Service shall submit21

to the Postal Regulatory Commission a report that in-22

cludes a detailed accounting of the expenditures made,23

savings realized, and revenues received by the Postal Serv-24

ice pursuant to this section. Within 90 days after receiving25



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a report under the preceding sentence, the Postal Regu-1

latory Commission shall submit to Congress a copy of such2

report, together with any findings and recommendations3

which the Commission considers appropriate. In addition4

to any information otherwise required, each report under5

this subsection shall include6

(1) an assessment of how replacing gasoline-7

powered motor vehicles with electric motor vehicles8

meets goals or objectives established by the Postal9

Service for the replacement of the Postal fleet; and10

(2) the economic and environmental impact11

which the actions taken by the Postal Service under12

subsection (a) have had, including with respect to13

(A) projected per vehicle operating costs14

per mile;15

(B) projected revenues from vehicle-to-grid16

and other grid-related services; and17

(C) emissions reduction and other environ-18

mental benefits.19

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.20

For purposes of this Act21

(1) the term motor vehicle means any self-22

propelled vehicle designed for transporting persons23

or property on a street or highway;24



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(2) the term electric motor vehicle means a1

motor vehicle powered solely by an electric motor2

that draws current from rechargeable storage bat-3

teries, fuel cells, photovoltaic arrays, or other4

sources of electric current;5

(3) the term Postal fleet means that portion6

of the Federal fleet (within the meaning of section7

303(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C.8

13212(b)) which is owned, operated, leased, or oth-9

erwise controlled by or assigned to the Postal Serv-10

ice and used primarily in the delivery of mail;11

(4) the term Postal Service means the United12

States Postal Service; and13

(5) the term United States, as used in a geo-14

graphical sense, includes the District of Columbia,15

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United16

States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the17

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,18

and any other Commonwealth, territory, or posses-19

sion of the United States.20



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