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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§6374b Alternative Fuels Bus Program

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

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Federal agencies must help state and local governments start in the fiscal year ending September 30, 1990, to test in cities buses that run on alternative fuels. They will check emissions, durability, safety, and fuel economy, and compare the different alternative-fuel buses with each other and with diesel buses under the Federal safety and environmental rules for model year 1991. Testing should, when practical, cover each type of alternative-fuel bus. Up to $2,000,000 is authorized for use during the fiscal years ending September 30, 1990, September 30, 1991, and September 30, 1992. A "bus" means a vehicle designed to carry 30 people or more.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §6374b

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

(a)Testing
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)Funding
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)“Bus” defined
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

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110