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Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§6374b Alternative fuels bus program

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 77— - ENERGY CONSERVATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Part Part H— - Encouraging Use of Alternative Fuels › § 6374b

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Require the Secretary, working with the EPA and NHTSA, to help state and local agencies start in the fiscal year ending September 30, 1990, to test buses that run on alternative fuels in city settings. Tests must check emissions, durability, safety, and fuel economy and compare different alternative fuels with each other and with diesel buses under the federal standards for model year 1991. As much as possible, tests must cover each type of alternative-fuel bus. Congress authorized $2,000,000 total for use across the fiscal years ending September 30, 1990, September 30, 1991, and September 30, 1992. "Bus" means a vehicle designed to carry 30 individuals or more.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §6374b

The Public Health and Welfare — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary, in cooperation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, shall, beginning in the fiscal year ending September 30, 1990, assist State and local government agencies in the testing in urban settings of buses capable of operating on alternative fuels for the emissions levels, durability, safety, and fuel economy of such buses, comparing the different types with each other and with diesel powered buses, as such buses will be required to operate under Federal safety and environmental standards applicable to such buses for the model year 1991. To the extent practicable, testing assisted under this section shall apply to each of the various types of alternative fuel buses.
(b)There are authorized to be appropriated for the period encompassing the fiscal years ending September 30, 1990, September 30, 1991, and September 30, 1992, a total of $2,000,000 to carry out the purposes of this section.
(c)For purposes of this section, the term “bus” means a vehicle which is designed to transport 30 individuals or more.

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1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–486 substituted “alternative fuels” for “alcohol and buses capable of operating on natural gas” and “each of the various types of alternative fuel buses” for “both buses capable of operating on alcohol and buses capable of operating on natural gas”.

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42 U.S.C. § 6374b

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73