42 U.S.C. § 13212 : US Code - Section 13212: Minimum Federal fleet requirement

Search 42 U.S.C. § 13212 : US Code - Section 13212: Minimum Federal fleet requirement

(a) General requirements
(1) The Federal Government shall acquire at least -
(A) 5,000 light duty alternative fueled vehicles in fiscal year
1993;
(B) 7,500 light duty alternative fueled vehicles in fiscal year
1994; and
(C) 10,000 light duty alternative fueled vehicles in fiscal
year 1995.
(2) The Secretary shall allocate the acquisitions necessary to
meet the requirements under paragraph (1).
(b) Percentage requirements
(1) Of the total number of vehicles acquired by a Federal fleet,
at least -
(A) 25 percent in fiscal year 1996;
(B) 33 percent in fiscal year 1997;
(C) 50 percent in fiscal year 1998; and
(D) 75 percent in fiscal year 1999 and thereafter,
shall be alternative fueled vehicles.
(2) The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of
General Services where appropriate, may permit a Federal fleet to
acquire a smaller percentage than is required in paragraph (1), so
long as the aggregate percentage acquired by all Federal fleets is
at least equal to the required percentage.
(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term "Federal fleet"
means 20 or more light duty motor vehicles, located in a
metropolitan statistical area or consolidated metropolitan
statistical area, as established by the Bureau of the Census, with
a 1980 population of more than 250,000, that are centrally fueled
or capable of being centrally fueled and are owned, operated,
leased, or otherwise controlled by or assigned to any Federal
executive department, military department, Government corporation,
independent establishment, or executive agency, the United States
Postal Service, the Congress, the courts of the United States, or
the Executive Office of the President. Such term does not include -

(A) motor vehicles held for lease or rental to the general
public;
(B) motor vehicles used for motor vehicle manufacturer product
evaluations or tests;
(C) law enforcement vehicles;
(D) emergency vehicles;
(E) motor vehicles acquired and used for military purposes that
the Secretary of Defense has certified to the Secretary must be
exempt for national security reasons; or
(F) nonroad vehicles, including farm and construction vehicles.
(c) Allocation of incremental costs
The General Services Administration and any other Federal agency
that procures motor vehicles for distribution to other Federal
agencies shall allocate the incremental cost of alternative fueled
vehicles over the cost of comparable gasoline vehicles across the
entire fleet of motor vehicles distributed by such agency.
(d) Application of requirements
The provisions of section 6374 of this title relating to the
Federal acquisition of alternative fueled vehicles shall apply to
the acquisition of vehicles pursuant to this section.
(e) Resale
The Administrator of General Services shall take all feasible
steps to ensure that all alternative fueled vehicles sold by the
Federal Government shall remain alternative fueled vehicles at time
of sale.
(f) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated for carrying out this
section, such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1993
through 1998, to remain available until expended.