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§6364 Operation of battery recharging stations in parking areas used by Federal employees

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 77— - ENERGY CONSERVATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Part Part D— - Other Federal Energy Conservation Measures › § 6364

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows the General Services Administration (GSA) and other federal agencies to put in, run, and keep electric battery recharging stations or let people use a 120-volt outlet in federal parking areas for employees’ personal cars, as long as doing so does not block federal fleet vehicles. GSA can do this for GSA-controlled lots, and GSA or any agency head can do it for that agency’s lots when requested. They may hire a private vendor and agree on how to share costs. The agencies must charge users enough fees to recover all installation, operation, and maintenance costs. Fees are to be sent monthly to the Treasury and credited to the agency’s building operations account. Those funds can be spent without more approval during the fiscal year collected and the next fiscal year. The rules do not affect charging stations run by the Architect of the Capitol, do not take away any agency’s existing authority, and do not require agencies to seek reimbursement for chargers installed before December 4, 2015, chargers meant for fleet vehicles that get incidental personal use, or chargers paid for by specific appropriations. GSA must report to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee not later than 2 years after December 4, 2015, and then yearly for 10 years, saying how many stations GSA installed, what other agencies asked for, and what happened with those requests. “Federal agency” here includes the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, the military departments, and the judicial branch. This applies starting with fiscal year 2016 and each year after.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §6364

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(1)(A)The Administrator of General Services may install, construct, operate, and maintain on a reimbursable basis a battery recharging station (or allow, on a reimbursable basis, the use of a 120-volt electrical receptacle for battery recharging) in a parking area that is in the custody, control, or administrative jurisdiction of the General Services Administration for the use of only privately owned vehicles of employees of the General Services Administration, tenant Federal agencies, and others who are authorized to park in such area to the extent such use by only privately owned vehicles does not interfere with or impede access to the equipment by Federal fleet vehicles.
(B)The Administrator of General Services (on the request of a Federal agency) or the head of a Federal agency may install, construct, operate, and maintain on a reimbursable basis a battery recharging station (or allow, on a reimbursable basis, the use of a 120-volt electrical receptacle for battery recharging) in a parking area that is in the custody, control, or administrative jurisdiction of the requesting Federal agency, to the extent such use by only privately owned vehicles does not interfere with or impede access to the equipment by Federal fleet vehicles.
(C)The Administrator of General Services, with respect to subparagraph (A) or (B), or the head of a Federal agency, with respect to subparagraph (B), may carry out such subparagraph through a contract with a vendor, under such terms and conditions (including terms relating to the allocation between the Federal agency and the vendor of the costs of carrying out the contract) as the Administrator or the head of the Federal agency, as the case may be, and the vendor may agree to.
(2)(A)The Administrator of General Services or the head of the Federal agency under paragraph (1)(B) shall charge fees to the individuals who use the battery recharging station in such amount as is necessary to ensure that the respective agency recovers all of the costs such agency incurs in installing, constructing, operating, and maintaining the station.
(B)Any fees collected by the Administrator of General Services or the Federal agency, as the case may be, under this paragraph shall be—
(i)deposited monthly in the Treasury to the credit of the respective agency’s appropriations account for the operations of the building where the battery recharging station is located; and
(ii)available for obligation without further appropriation during—
(I)the fiscal year collected; and
(II)the fiscal year following the fiscal year collected.
(3)Nothing in this subsection affects the installation, construction, operation, or maintenance of battery recharging stations by the Architect of the Capitol—
(A)under section 2171 of title 2, relating to employees of the House of Representatives and individuals authorized to park in any parking area under the jurisdiction of the House of Representatives on the Capitol Grounds; or
(B)under section 2170 of title 2, relating to employees of the Senate and individuals authorized to park in any parking area under the jurisdiction of the Senate on the Capitol Grounds.
(4)Nothing in this subsection—
(A)repeals or limits any existing authorities of a Federal agency to install, construct, operate, or maintain battery recharging stations; or
(B)requires a Federal agency to seek reimbursement for the costs of installing or constructing a battery recharging station—
(i)that has been installed or constructed prior to December 4, 2015;
(ii)that is installed or constructed for Federal fleet vehicles, but that receives incidental use to recharge privately owned vehicles; or
(iii)that is otherwise installed or constructed pursuant to appropriations for that purpose.
(5)Not later than 2 years after December 4, 2015, and annually thereafter for 10 years, the Administrator of General Services shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report describing—
(A)the number of battery recharging stations installed by the Administrator on the Administrator’s own initiative under this subsection;
(B)requests from other Federal agencies to install battery recharging stations; and
(C)the status and disposition of requests from other Federal agencies.
(6)In this subsection, the term “Federal agency” has the meaning given the term “Executive agency” in section 105 of title 5 and includes—
(A)the United States Postal Service;
(B)the Executive Office of the President;
(C)the military departments (as defined in section 102 of title 5); and
(D)the judicial branch.
(7)This subsection shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2016 and each succeeding fiscal year.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, also known as the FAST Act, and not as part of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 2015, see section 1003 of Pub. L. 114–94, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2015 Amendment note under section 5313 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 6364

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73