The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Wednesday began debating a $547 billion highway bill that includes $4 billion for electric-vehicle charging stations and alternative fuel infrastructure.
The bill text tasks Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg’s department with developing guidelines within 90 days of enactment for states and localities to deploy the charging and fueling stations along the relevant corridors. States would be required to develop a plan laying out how they’ll deploy their allocated funds.
The legislation authorizes $1 billion annually over four years for states to acquire and deploy this infrastructure along the designated “Clean Corridors,” and to maintain and share data about the network. The legislation includes other provisions meant to tackle climate change, including $4 billion for zero-emission buses, and over $8 billion for highway, rail and transit projects aimed at reducing greenhouse gases.
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