42 U.S.C. § 6364: Operation of battery…

Summary

GSA may put in, run, and care for electric car charging stations in parking lots it controls, and other federal agencies may do the same in their lots. The chargers can be for privately owned cars of GSA employees, tenant agencies, and others allowed to park there as long as they do not block federal fleet vehicles. Agencies can use private vendors under contracts and set terms for who pays what. Agencies must charge users enough to cover all costs of installing, running, and maintaining the chargers. Collected fees must be sent each month to the Treasury and credited to the building’s operations account. That money can be spent in the year it was collected and the next year without extra approval. This does not change separate charging programs for the House or Senate, does not cancel other agency powers, and does not force repayment for chargers built before December 4, 2015, for fleet chargers with incidental public use, or for chargers paid for by specific appropriations. GSA must report to Congress starting within two years after December 4, 2015, and yearly for ten years. The rule applies from fiscal year 2016 onward.

Title 42, §6364

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(1)Authorization

(A)In general

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)Areas under other Federal agencies

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)Use of vendors

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)Imposition of fees to cover costs

(A)Fees

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)Deposit and availability of fees

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)No effect on existing programs for House and Senate

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)No effect on similar authorities

Nothing in this subsection

(A)

(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)Annual report to Congress

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)Federal agency defined

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)Effective date

This subsection shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2016 and each succeeding fiscal year.

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.

§6364 Operation of Battery Recharging Stations in Parking Areas Used by Federal Employees

Summary

Title 42, §6364

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