Official Summaries

Unplug the Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Programs Act

This bill repeals grant programs that provide funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure and alternative fueling infrastructure.

Specifically, the bill repeals the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Grant Program under which the Department of Transportation provides grants for acquiring and installing publicly accessible electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, or natural gas fueling infrastructure that is directly related to the charging or fueling of a vehicle.

It also repeals the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program under which the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) provides grants for deploying electric vehicle charging infrastructure and establishing a network to facilitate data collection, access, and reliability. In addition, the bill rescinds unobligated funds that were provided to the FHWA for the program and prohibits funds from being used to carry out the program. 

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 651 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 651

 To repeal programs relating to funding for electric vehicle charging 
                infrastructure, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 20, 2025

     Ms. Ernst (for herself, Mr. Sheehy, and Mr. Scott of Florida) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
               Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To repeal programs relating to funding for electric vehicle charging 
                infrastructure, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Unplug the Electric Vehicle Charging 
Stations Programs Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF CHARGING AND FUELING INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 11101(b) of the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58; 135 Stat. 
444) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking subparagraph (C); and
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (G) 
                as subparagraphs (C) through (F), respectively; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``paragraph (1)(G)'' 
        and inserting ``paragraph (1)(F)''.
    (b) Grant Program.--Section 151 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (e)(2), by striking ``, including through 
        funds awarded through the grant program under subsection 
        (f),''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (f).

SEC. 3. REPEAL OF NATIONAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE FORMULA 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) Rescission.--The unobligated amounts made available under 
paragraph (2) in the matter under the heading ``highway infrastructure 
programs'' under the heading ``Federal Highway Administration'' under 
the heading ``DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'' in title VIII of division 
J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58; 135 
Stat. 1419) are rescinded.
    (b) Termination.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act--
            (1) the program under paragraph (2) in the matter under the 
        heading ``highway infrastructure programs'' under the heading 
        ``Federal Highway Administration'' under the heading 
        ``DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'' in title VIII of division J of 
        the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58; 
        135 Stat. 1419) is terminated; and
            (2) no funds may used to carry out that program.
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