---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 13433"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "13433"
heading: "Alternative fuel vehicle program"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/13433"
units:
  - "Chapter 134 — Energy Policy"
  - "Subchapter VIII — Reduction of Oil Vulnerability"
  - "Part B — Oil and Gas Demand Reduction and Substitution"
---

# §13433. Alternative fuel vehicle program

- (a) **Program direction—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) shall carry out a program, in accordance with sections [13541](/usc/42/13541.md) and [13542](/usc/42/13542.md) of this title, on techniques related to improving natural gas and other alternative fuel vehicle technology, including—
  - (1) fuel injection;
  - (2) carburetion;
  - (3) manifolding;
  - (4) combustion;
  - (5) power optimization;
  - (6) efficiency;
  - (7) lubricants and detergents;
  - (8) engine durability;
  - (9) ignition, including fuel additives to assist ignition;
  - (10) multifuel engines;
  - (11) emissions control, including catalysts;
  - (12) novel gas compression concepts;
  - (13) advanced storage systems;
  - (14) advanced gaseous fueling technologies; and
  - (15) the incorporation of advanced materials in these areas.
- (b) **Cooperative agreements and assistance—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) may enter into cooperative agreements with, and provide financial assistance to, public or private entities willing to provide 50 percent of the costs of a program to perform activities under [subsection (a)](#a).
- (c) **Definitions—** For purposes of this section—
  - (1) the term “alternative fuel vehicle” means a motor vehicle that operates on alternative fuels; and
  - (2) the term “motor vehicle” includes any automobile, truck, bus, van, or other on-road or off-road motor vehicle, including a boat.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 102–486, title XX, § 2023, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3062.)