§16051 Joint flexible fuel/hybrid vehicle commercialization initiative

Summary

The Secretary must set up a program to improve and help bring to market two kinds of vehicles: combination hybrid/flexible fuel vehicles and plug-in hybrid/flexible fuel vehicles. Eligible entity means a for‑profit company, a nonprofit company, or an institution of higher education. Program means the program the Secretary creates under this law. The Secretary will give grants and favor proposals that cut petroleum use the most (measured in miles per gallon), reach at least 250 miles per gallon of petroleum fuel, and are most likely to be sold to the public within 5 years. Within 90 days after August 8, 2005, the Secretary must publish in the Federal Register how technologies will be checked and how grants will be run. Within 260 days after August 8, 2005, and every year after that, the Secretary must report to Congress naming grant winners, describing the funded technologies, assessing whether they meet the program goals, listing unfunded applications, and suggesting federal laws to help commercialization. Money is authorized as follows and remains available until spent: $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.