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Executive Order 13031

Federal Alternative Fueled Vehicle Leadership

This executive order directs all federal agencies to meet escalating annual targets for acquiring alternative fueled vehicles (AFVs), starting at 25% in FY 1996 and rising to 75% by FY 1999. It establishes reporting requirements, compliance mechanisms, funding rules, and coordination with private-sector stakeholders to expand refueling infrastructure.

Federal Register Open PDF 61 FR 66529

Impact dates

  1. Annual compliance reports due with budget submissions

  2. DOE electric vehicle funding assistance program begins

  3. First agency compliance reports due

Key directives

  • Each federal agency must develop and implement plans to meet AFV acquisition requirements: 25% FY 1996, 33% FY 1997, 50% FY 1998, 75% FY 1999 and thereafter
  • Agencies must submit compliance reports 60 days after EO date and annually thereafter with budget submissions
  • DOE and GSA must jointly analyze agency reports and submit summary to OMB
  • Agencies may not claim exemption due to limited appropriations
  • DOE to establish FY 1997 program providing up to $10,000 or half incremental cost per electric vehicle
  • GSA must provide production planning information to AFV suppliers and suppliers' plans to agencies
  • DOE to coordinate AFV placement with Clean Cities participants and private stakeholders

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • EO supersedes Executive Order 12844
  • agencies must begin developing compliance plans

Near term (90d)

  • first agency compliance reports due 60 days after signing (February 11, 1997)
  • FY 1997 reporting begins with budget submissions

Long term

  • 75% AFV acquisition requirement takes effect FY 1999 and continues indefinitely
  • ongoing annual reporting and interagency coordination required

Risks & tensions

  • No enforcement mechanism specified beyond reporting to OMB; compliance relies on administrative pressure
  • Vague 'to the extent practicable' language for alternative fuel use in Section 1(b) may weaken implementation
  • FY 1996 target of 25% was already in effect when EO signed, suggesting potential retroactive compliance pressure
  • Funding constraint in Section 6(a) places acquisition burden on agency budgets without dedicated appropriations
  • Electric vehicle exception creates two-tier system that may distort compliance incentives
Executive Order 13031: Federal Alternative Fueled Vehicle Leadership · Executive Orders