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 106 STAT. 2900 PUBLIC LAW 102-486—OCT. 24, 1992 rechargeable storage batteries, fuel cells, or other source of electric current ana also relies on a non-electric source of power; (6) the term "eligible metropolitan area" means any Metropolitan Area (as such term is defined by the Office of Management and Budget pursuant to section 3504 of title 44, United States Code) with a 1980 population of 250,000 or more that has been designated by a proposer and the Secretary for a demonstration project under this title, except that the Secretary may designate an area with a 1990 population of 50,000 or more as an eligible metropolitan area; (7) the term "infrastructure and support systems" includes support and maintenance services and facilities, electricity delivery mechanisms and methods, regulatory treatment of investment in electric motor vehicles and associated equipment, consimier education programs, safety and health procedures, and battery availability, replacement, recycling, and disposal, that may be required to enable electric utilities, manufacturers, and others to support Uie operation and maintenance of electric motor vehicles and associated equipment; (8) the term "motor vehicle" tias the meaning given such term under section 216(2) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7550(2)); (9) the term "non-Federal person" means an entity not part of the Federal Government that is either— (A) organized under the laws of the United States or the laws of a State of the United States; or (B) a unit of State or local government; (10) the term "proposer" means a non-Federal person that submits a proposal to conduct a demonstration project under this title; (11) the term "price differential" me£ms— (A) in the case of a purchased electric motor vehicle, the difference between the manufacturer's suggested retail price of such electric motor vehicle and the manufacturer's suggested retail price of a comparable conventionally fueled motor vehicle; and (B) in the case of a leased, electric motor vehicle, the difference between the monthly lease payment of such electric motor vehicle over the life of the lease and the monthly lease payment of a comparable conventionally fueled motor vehicle over the life of the lease; and (12) the term "user" means a person or entity that purchases or leases an electric motor vehicle. Subtitle A—Electric Motor Vehicle Commercial Demonstration Program 42 USC 13281. SEC. 611. PROGRAM AND SOUCITATION. (a) PROGRAM.— The Secretary shall conduct a program to demonstrate electric motor vehicles and the associated eqmpment of such vehicles, in consultation with the Electric and Hprbrid Vehicle Program Site Operators, manufacturers, the electric utility industry, and such other persons as the Secretary considers appropriate. Such program shall be— (1) designed to accelerate the development and use of electric motor vehicles; and

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