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The act also established a tax credit for the purchase of electric vehicles and tax deductions for
the purchase of alternative fuel and hybrid vehicles.

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Alternative fuel providers are businesses that sell or distribute alternative fuels.

91

See Mobility Ventures, ―A Taxi for All: Durable, and Green ... the MV-1,‖ http://mv-1.us/mv-
1-taxi.
92 In FY2013, $38 million in CMAQ funds supported 30 natural gas projects for vehicles and
refueling stations.

93

Northwest Gas Association, ―CMAQ Funding Means More CNG Stations for Oregon,‖ August
27, 2014, http://www.nwga.org/cmaq-funding-means-more-cng-stations-for-oregon.
94 Dane Boysen, ―Investing in Technology Innovation to Overcome Market Entry Hurdles,‖
Natural Gas Vehicle Conference and Expo, November 21, 2013, http://www.arpa-
e.energy.gov/sites/default/files/documents/files/ NGVAmerica_Boysen_Keynote.pdf.

95

U.S. Department of Energy, FY 2015 Congressional Budget Request, vol. 4, March 2014, p.
354, http://energy.gov/ sites/prod/files/2014/04/f14/Volume_4.pdf.

96

U.S. Department of Energy, ―Clean Cities Five-Year Strategic Plan: Reducing Petroleum
Dependence

in On-Road Transportation in the United States,‖ January 2011,

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/cleancities/pdfs/strategic_plan.pdf.
97 State fleets are covered by the Energy Policy Act of 1992.
98 America's Natural Gas Alliance, ―Infrastructure,‖ http://anga.us/issues-and-
policy/transportation/ infrastructure#.VFOz6lc1OHc.

99

Texas Natural Gas Now, ―Cleaner Vehicles: Texas Clean Transportation Triangle,‖
http://www.texasnaturalgasnow.com/benefits/cleaner-vehicles-texas-clean-transportation-
triangle.

100

NGV Global News, ―State Governors in U.S. Entice Automakers with Multi-State NGV
Procurement,‖ April 27, 2012, http://www.ngvglobal.com/state-governors-in-us-entice-
automakers-with-multi-state-ngv-procurement-0427.

101

The White House, Office of the Press Secretary, ―Presidential Memorandum—Federal Fleet
Performance,‖ May 24, 2011, http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/05/24/
presidential-memorandum-federal-fleet-performance.
102 Sec. 8119 of P.L. 113-76. Engels's amendment was described and voted on June 4, 2014. Rep.
Eliot Engel, ―Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2014,‖ House debate, Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 159
(June 4, 2013), pp. H3078-3079, https://www.congress.gov/crec/2013/ 06/04/CREC-2013-
06-04-pt1-PgH3044-3.pdf.
103 U.S. Congress, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Energy Savings and
Industrial Competitiveness, committee print, 113th Cong., 1st sess., June 3, 2013, S.Rept.
113-37 (Washington, DC: GPO, 2013).
104 H.R. 2202 and S. 1103, LNG Excise Tax Equalization Act of 2013.
105 For more information on this legislation, see CRS Report RL30304, The Federal Excise Tax
on Motor Fuels and the Highway Trust Fund: Current Law and Legislative History, by Sean
Lowry.
106 For a full list of energy-related tax provisions, see CRS Report R42566, Alternative Fuel and
Advanced Vehicle Technology Incentives: A Summary of Federal Programs, by Lynn J.
Cunningham et al.