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 106 STAT. 2904 PUBLIC LAW 102-486—OCT. 24, 1992 Subtitle B—Electric Motor Vehicle Infrastructure and Support Systems Development Program 42 USC 13291. SEC. 621. GENERAL AUTHORITY. (a) PROGRAM.— The Secretary shall undertake a program with one or more non-Federal persons, including fleet operators, for cost-shared research, development, demonstration, or commercial application of an infrastructure and support systems program. (b) ELIGIBILITY. —^A non-Federal person shall be eligible to receive financial assistance under this subtitle only if such person demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the person will conduct a substantial portion of activities under the project in the United States using domestic labor and materials. (c) COORDINATION. — Activities under this subtitle shall be coordinated with activities under subtitle A. 42 USC 13292. SEC. 622. PROPOSALS. ?; (a) SOLICITATION.—Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall solicit proposals from non-Federal persons, including fleet operators, for projects under this subtitle. Within 240 days after proposals have been solicited, the Secretary shall select proposals. (b) CRITERIA.—(1) The Secretary shall provide flnancial assistance to no more than 10 projects under this subtitle, unless the Secretary determines that the total amount of available funds is not likely to be otherwise used. (2) The proposals selected by the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, represent geographically and climatically diverse regions of the United States. (3) The ag^egate Federal financial assistance for each project under this subtitle may not exceed $4,000,000. (c) PROJECTS. —The infrastructure and support systems programs for which projects are selected under this subtitle may address— (1) the ability to service electric motor vehicles and to provide or service associated equipment; (2) the installation of charging facilities; (3) rates and cost recovery for electric utilities who invest in infrastructure capital-related expenditures; (4) the development of safety and health procedures and guidelines related to battery charging, watering, and emissions; (5) the conduct of information dissemination programs; and (6) such other subjects as the Secretary considers necessary in order to address the infrastructure and support systems needed to support the development and use of energy storage technologies, including advanced batteries, and the demonstration of electric motor vehicles. 42 USC 13293. SEC. 623. PROTECTION OF PROPRIETARY INFORMATION. (a) IN GENERAL. —In the case of activities, including joint venture activities, under this title, and in the case of any existing or future activities, including joint venture activities, related primarily to battery technology for electric motor vehicles under other provisions of law, where the knowledge resulting from research

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