,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gifi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #g1 #bjbj,mr4
 ,huffman 7for himself1 ,mrs4 ,carolyn  
,b4 ,maloney of ,new ,york1 and ,mr4    
,connolly7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,reform  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to authorize funding for the  
purchase of electric or zero-emission   
vehicles for ,united ,states ,postal    
,service fleet1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,postal ,vehicle ,modernization 
,act4  #b4 ,authorization of            
appropriation for ,united ,states       
,postal ,service for modernization of   
postal infrastructure ,there is         
authorized to be appropriated to the    
,united ,states ,postal ,service for the
 modernization of postal infrastructure 
and operations1 including through       
capital expenditures to purchase        
delivery vehicles1 processing equipment1
 trailers1 and other goods1             

#be1jjj1jjj1jjj1 to remain available    
until expended1 of which #f1jjj1jjj1jjj 
shall be for the purchase of vehicles4  
,any amount appropriated under this     
section shall be deposited into the     
,postal ,service ,fund established under
 section #bjjc of title #ci1 ,united    
,states ,code4  #c4 ,electric or        
zero-emission vehicles for ,united      
,states ,postal ,service fleet  7a7 ,in 
general ,any next generation delivery   
vehicle purchased by the ,united ,states
 ,postal ,service using the funds       
appropriated under section #b shall1 to 
the greatest extent practicable1 be an  
electric or zero-emission vehicle1 and  
the ,postal ,service shall ensure that  
at least #ge percent of the total number
 of vehicles purchased using such funds 
shall be electric or zero emission      
vehicles4 ,in this subsection1 the term 
next generation delivery vehicle means a
 vehicle purchased to replace a         
right-hand-drive1 long-life vehicle in  
use by the ,postal ,service4  7b7       

,medium- and heavy-,duty vehicles  7#a7 
,date of enactment and #bjcj ,between   
the period beginning on the date of     
enactment of this ,act and ending on    
,december #ca1 #bjbi1 not less than #ej 
percent of the total number of new      
medium- or heavy-duty vehicles purchased
 by the ,postal ,service during such    
period shall be electric or             
zero-emission vehicles4  7#b7 ,after    
#bjci ,beginning on ,january #a1 #bjdj1 
the ,postal ,service may not purchase   
any new medium- or heavy-duty vehicle   
that is not an electric or zero-emission
 vehicle4  7c7 ,compliance ,in carrying 
out subsections 7a7 and 7b71 the ,postal
 ,service shall comply with chapter #hc 
of title #da1 ,united ,states ,code     
7popularly known as the ,buy ,american  
,act71 and any applicable ,federal labor
 or civil rights laws4  7d7 ,charging   
stations  7#a7 ,in general ,not later   
than ,january #a1 #bjbf1 the ,postal    
,service shall provide1 at each postal  
facility accessible to the public1 not  

less than one electric vehicle charging 
station for use by the public or        
officers and employees of the ,postal   
,service4  7#b7 ,fleet operation ,the   
,postal ,service shall ensure that      
adequate charging stations are available
 at ,postal ,service facilities to keep 
the ,postal ,service fleet operational4 
7e7 ,plan and update ,not later than    
#ahj days after the date of enactment of
 this ,act1 the ,postmaster ,general    
shall submit a plan to carry out this   
section to the ,committee on ,oversight 
and ,reform of the ,house of            
,representatives1 the ,committee on     
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs of the ,senate1 and the        
,committees on ,appropriations of the   
,house of ,representatives and the      
,senate4 ,the ,postmaster ,general shall
 submit an update and progress report on
 implementing such plan to such         
committees not less than once every #b  
years beginning on the date the plan is 
submitted under the previous sentence   

and ending on the day that is #f years  
after such date4  7f7 ,contingent on    
appropriation ,the requirements of      
subsections 7a7 through 7e7 of this     
section shall not apply unless the funds
 authorized for vehicles under section  
#b are appropriated4  7g7 ,sense of     
,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress 
that1 as the ,postal ,service replaces  
or upgrades its fleet of delivery       
vehicles1 the ,postal ,service should   
take all reasonable steps to ensure that
 its vehicles are equipped with climate 
control units to protect the health and 
safety of its mail carriers1 especially 
those working in areas of the country   
that are subject to extreme             
temperatures4