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§ 13212. Minimum Federal fleet requirement
(a) General requirements
(1) The Federal Government shall acquire at least—
(A) 5,000 light duty alternative fueled vehicles in fiscal year 1993;
(B) 7,500 light duty alternative fueled vehicles in fiscal year 1994; and
(C) 10,000 light duty alternative fueled vehicles in fiscal year 1995.
(2) The Secretary shall allocate the acquisitions necessary to meet the requirements under paragraph (1).
(b) Percentage requirements
(1) Of the total number of vehicles acquired by a Federal fleet, at least—
(A) 25 percent in fiscal year 1996;
(B) 33 percent in fiscal year 1997;
(C) 50 percent in fiscal year 1998; and
(D) 75 percent in fiscal year 1999 and thereafter,
shall be alternative fueled vehicles.
(2) The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of General Services where appropriate, may permit a Federal fleet to acquire a smaller percentage than is required in paragraph (1), so long as the aggregate percentage acquired by all Federal fleets is at least equal to the required percentage.
(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term “Federal fleet” means 20 or more light duty motor vehicles, located in a metropolitan statistical area or consolidated metropolitan statistical area, as established by the Bureau of the Census, with a 1980 population of more than 250,000, that are centrally fueled or capable of being centrally fueled and are owned, operated, leased, or otherwise controlled by or assigned to any Federal executive department, military department, Government corporation, independent establishment, or executive agency, the United States Postal Service, the Congress, the courts of the United States, or the Executive Office of the President. Such term does not include—
(A) motor vehicles held for lease or rental to the general public;
(B) motor vehicles used for motor vehicle manufacturer product evaluations or tests;
(C) law enforcement vehicles;
(D) emergency vehicles;
(E) motor vehicles acquired and used for military purposes that the Secretary of Defense has certified to the Secretary must be exempt for national security reasons; or
(F) nonroad vehicles, including farm and construction vehicles.
(c) Allocation of incremental costs
(d) Application of requirements
(e) Resale
(f) Vehicle emission requirements
(1) DefinitionsIn this subsection:
(A) Federal agency
(B) Medium duty passenger vehicle
(C) Member’s Representational Allowance
(2) Prohibition
(A) In general
(B) ExceptionThe prohibition in subparagraph (A) shall not apply to acquisition of a vehicle if the head of the agency certifies in writing, in a separate certification for each individual vehicle purchased, either—
(i) that no low greenhouse gas emitting vehicle is available to meet the functional needs of the agency and details in writing the functional needs that could not be met with a low greenhouse gas emitting vehicle; or
(ii) that the agency has taken specific alternative more cost-effective measures to reduce petroleum consumption that—(I) have reduced a measured and verified quantity of greenhouse gas emissions equal to or greater than the quantity of greenhouse gas reductions that would have been achieved through acquisition of a low greenhouse gas emitting vehicle over the lifetime of the vehicle; or(II) will reduce each year a measured and verified quantity of greenhouse gas emissions equal to or greater than the quantity of greenhouse gas reductions that would have been achieved each year through acquisition of a low greenhouse gas emitting vehicle.
(C) Special rule for vehicles provided by funds contained in Members’ Representational Allowance
(3) Guidance
(A) In general
(B) Consideration
(C) Requirement
(g) Authorization of appropriations
(Pub. L. 102–486, title III, § 303, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2871; Pub. L. 109–58, title VII, § 702, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 815; Pub. L. 110–140, title I, § 141, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1517.)