CLEAN SCHOOL BUS PROGRAM.

SEC. 405. CLEAN SCHOOL BUS PROGRAM. Section 741 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16091) is amended—(1) in subsection (a)—(A) in paragraph (4)—(i) in subparagraph (A)—(I) by inserting “, lease, license, or contract for service” after “to sell”; and (II) by inserting “, lease, license, or contract for service” after “that own”; and (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting “, lease, license, or contract for service” before the period at the end; and (B) in paragraph (5)(A)—(i) in clause (i)(II), by inserting “, lease, license, or contract for service” after “purchase”; (ii) in clause (iii), by striking “or” at the end; (iii) by redesignating clause (iv) as clause (v); (iv) by inserting after clause (iii) the following:“(iv) a charter school (as defined in section 4310 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7221i)) responsible for the purchase, lease, license, or contract for service of school buses for that charter school; or” ; and (v) in subclause (II) of clause (v) (as so redesignated), by inserting “, lease, license, or contract for service” after “purchase”; and (2) in subsection (b)(5)(A), by inserting “, except that, if the award is to an eligible contractor and the contract with the local educational agency (including charter schools operating as local educational agencies under State law) ends before the end of the 5-year period, those school buses may be operated as part of another local educational agency eligible for the same or higher priority consideration under paragraph (4), subject to the limitations under paragraph (7)” before the semicolon at the end.136 STAT. 5230