,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #acjd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #bf1    
#bjbc,mr4 ,scott of ,florida 7for       
himself1 ,mr4 ,barrasso1 ,mr4 ,lee1 ,mr4
 ,marshall1 ,mr4 ,sullivan1 and ,mr4    
,cruz7 introduced the following bill2   
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,environment and ,public 
,works  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the      
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states to conduct a study on the carbon
 footprint and environmental impacts of 
electric vehicles1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,directing          
,independent ,research ,to ,yield       
,carbon ,assessment ,regarding ,electric
 ,vehicles ,act of #bjbc or the ,,dirty 
,,car ,,ev ,act of #bjbc4  #b4 ,study on
 carbon footprint and environmental     
impact of an electric vehicle ecosystem 
7a7 ,in general ,the ,comptroller       
,general of the ,united ,states1 in     
consultation with the ,secretary of     

,energy and the ,administrator of the   
,environmental ,protection ,agency1     
shall conduct a study on the total      
carbon footprint and environmental      
impact of an electric vehicle ecosystem1
 including-- 7#a7 the production of     
batteries used in electric vehicles1    
including the mining and processing of  
minerals for those batteries2  7#b7 the 
production1 transmission1 and           
distribution of electricity used to     
charge and power electric vehicles2 and 
7#c7 all other aspects of the           
production1 use1 and disposal of        
electric vehicles1 including all        
minerals necessary for1 and components  
of1 electric vehicles4  7b7 ,requirement
 ,in conducting the study under         
subsection 7a71 the ,comptroller        
,general of the ,united ,states shall   
conduct a thorough analysis of-- 7#a7   
the burden on electric grids across the 
,united ,states that would result from  
full adoption of electric vehicles in   
the ,united ,states2  7#b7 the costs and

 implications of building out a national
 network of charging stations and home  
charging to support full adoption of    
electric vehicles in the ,united        
,states2  7#c7 ongoing costs to maintain
 an electric vehicle ecosystem that     
supports full adoption of electric      
vehicles in the ,united ,states2 and    
7#d7 the cost implications on repairing 
and strengthening roads and bridges4    
7c7 ,report ,not later than #ahj days   
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,comptroller ,general of the  
,united ,states shall submit to         
,congress and make publicly available a 
report describing the results of the    
study conducted under subsection 7a71   
including the analysis conducted under  
subsection 7b74