PUBLIC LAW 94-413—SEPT. 17, 1976 ery of advanced electric and hybrid vehicles which would add to the total number of vehicles to be purchased or leased (up to 5,000) and which would not otherwise be available. If the Administrator finds that such an extension is appropriate and necessary for the delivery of such vehicles, he shall so notify the Speaker of the House of Represenatives, the President of the Senate, the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Commerce of the Senate. (d) The Administrator, in supervising the demonstration of vehicles acquired under subsection (c), shall make such arrangements as may be necessary or appropriate— (1)(A) to make such vehicles available to Federal agencies and to State or local governments and other persons for individual or business use (including farms). The individuals and businesses involved shall be selected by an equitable process which assures that the Administrator will receive accurate and adequate data on vehicle performance, including representative geographical and climatological information and data on user reaction to the utilization of electric and hybrid vehicles. Such individuals and businesses shall be given the option of purchasing or leasing such vehicles under terms and conditions which will promote their widespread use; (B) to pay the differential operating costs of such vehicles to the extent necessary to assure the adequate demonstration of such vehicles; (2) for demonstration maintenance projects, including maintenance organization and equipment needs and model training projects for maintenance procedures; and (3) for the dissemination of data on electric and hybrid vehicle safety and operating characteristics (including nontechnical descriptive data which shall be made available by the Government Printing Office)(A) to Federal, State, and local consumer affairs agencies and groups; (B) to Federal, State, and local agricultural and rural agencies and groups; and (C) to the public. (e)(1) At least 60 days prior to entering into any contract for the purchase or lease of any electric or hybrid vehicle under subsection (c)(1) or any advanced electric or hybrid vehicle under subsection (c)(2), the Administrator shall determine (A) if the purchase or lease of the number of such vehicles specified in such subsection (c) (1) or (c)(2) will, with high probability, displace the normal level of private procurement of such vehicles which would conform to the applicable performance standards promulgated pursuant to subsection (b) and which would be used in the United States, and (B) if such displacement will occur, the necessary extent of such displacement in order to carry out the purposes of this Act. At the time any such determination is made, the Administrator shall transmit such determination, along with all relevant information in support thereof, to the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce of the Senate. (2) The Administrator shall reduce the number of vehicles for which he shall contract for the purchase or lease under subsection (c)(1) or (c)(2) by the number determined under paragraph (1)(A) as modified by paragraph (1)(B), except in no event shall he contract for the purchase or lease pursuant to subsection (c)(1) of less than 1,000 electric or hybrid vehicles, and in no event shall he contract
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Notification to Speaker of the House, President of the Senate and congressional committees.
Transmittal to congressional committees.
Reduction.
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