§ 5308. Clean fuels grant program
(a)
Definitions.—
In this section, the following definitions apply:
(1)
Clean fuel bus.—
The term “clean fuel bus” means a passenger vehicle used to provide public transportation that—
(2)
Eligible project.—
The term “eligible project”—
(A)
means a project in a nonattainment or maintenance area described in paragraph (4)(A) for—
(i)
purchasing or leasing clean fuel buses, including buses that employ a lightweight composite primary structure;
(B)
at the discretion of the Secretary, may include a project located in a nonattainment or maintenance area described in paragraph (4)(A) relating to clean fuel, biodiesel, hybrid electric, or zero emissions technology buses that exhibit equivalent or superior emissions reductions to existing clean fuel or hybrid electric technologies.
(3)
Maintenance area.—
The term “maintenance area” has the meaning such term has under section
101 of title
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(4)
Recipient.—
(A)
In general.—
The term “recipient” means a designated recipient (as defined in section
5307
(a)(2)) for an area that, and a recipient for an urbanized area with a population of less than 200,000 that—
(b)
Authority.—
The Secretary shall make grants in accordance with this section to recipients to finance eligible projects.
(c)
Clean Diesel Buses.—
Not more than 25 percent of the amount made available by or appropriated under section
5338 in each fiscal year to carry out this section may be made available to fund clean diesel buses.
(e)
Availability of Funds.—
Any amount made available or appropriated under this section—