§13238 Alternative Fuel Use in Nonroad Vehicles and Engines

Summary

The Secretary must study whether running nonroad vehicles and engines on alternative fuels would significantly reduce reliance on imported energy. The study must check which nonroad vehicles and engines can use alternative fuels, estimate how much foreign energy use could be cut, and be finished and reported to Congress within 2 years after October 24, 1992. The report may include ideas to encourage or require use of alternative fuels where feasible. Nonroad vehicles and engines here include surface-transport and mainly industrial or commercial machines, rail and airport vehicles, marine vessels and engines, and others the Secretary chooses. After the study, the Secretary may name those vehicles and engines as eligible for loans under section 13239.