,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ijf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,may #h1 #bjac ,mr4 
,crapo 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,wyden1 ,ms4  
,cantwell1 and ,mr4 ,risch7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the      
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf to    
expand the technologies through which a 
vehicle qualifies for the credit for new
 qualified plug-in electric drive motor 
vehicles4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,changing ,how      
,america ,reduces ,greenhouse ,emissions
 7,,charge7 ,act4  #b4 ,credit for new  
qualified plug-in electric drive motor  
vehicles allowed for vehicles with      
alternative electrical energy storage   
devices  7a7 ,credit allowed for new    
technology  7#a7 ,in general            
,subparagraph 7,f7 of section           
#cj;,d7d77#a7 of the ,internal ,revenue 
,code of #aihf is amended--  7,a7 by    
striking battery and inserting power    

source1 and  7,b7 in clause 7i71 by     
inserting 7or1 in the case of a power   
source which is not a battery1 the      
appropriate energy equivalent to such   
capacity1 as determined by the          
,secretary7 after #d kilowatt hours4    
7#b7 ,conforming amendment ,subsection  
7d7 of section #cj;,d of such ,code is  
amended by redesignating paragraph 7#d7 
as paragraph 7#e7 and by inserting after
 paragraph 7#c7 the following new       
paragraph3  7#d7 ,power source ,the term
 power source includes a battery or an  
alternative electrical energy storage   
device4  4  7b7 ,amount of credit  7#a7 
,in general ,paragraph 7#c7 of section  
#cj;,d7b7 of the ,internal ,revenue     
,code of #aihf is amended by inserting  
at the end the following new sentence3  
,in the case of any new qualified       
plug-in electric drive motor vehicle    
which uses a power source other than a  
battery1 this first sentence of this    
paragraph shall be applied by           
substituting the appropriate energy     

equivalent measurement for the number of
 kilowatt hours44  7#b7 ,conforming     
amendment ,the heading of paragraph 7#c7
 of section #cj;,d7b7 of such ,code is  
amended by striking ,battery capacity   
and inserting ,capacity4  7c7 ,effective
 date ,the amendments made by this      
section shall apply to property placed  
in service after the date of the        
enactment of this ,act4