---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 16134"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "16134"
heading: "Evaluation and report"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/16134"
units:
  - "Chapter 149 — National Energy Policy and Programs"
  - "Subchapter VII — Vehicles and Fuels"
  - "Part F — Diesel Emissions Reduction"
---

# §16134. Evaluation and report

- (a) **In general—** Not later than 1 year after the date on which funds are made available under this part, and biennially thereafter, the [Administrator](/usc/42/15951.md?p=b-1) shall submit to Congress a report evaluating the implementation of the programs under this part.
- (b) **Inclusions—** The report shall include a description of—
  - (1) the total number of grant applications received;
  - (2) each grant, rebate, or loan made under this part, including the amount of the grant, rebate, or loan;
  - (3) each [project](/usc/42/16371.md?p=12) for which a grant, rebate, or loan is provided under this part, including the criteria used to select the grant, rebate, or loan recipients;
  - (4) the actual and estimated air quality and diesel fuel conservation benefits, cost-effectiveness, and cost-benefits of the grant, rebate, and loan programs under this part;
  - (5) the problems encountered by [projects](/usc/42/16371.md?p=12) for which a grant, rebate, or loan is provided under this part;
  - (6) any other information the [Administrator](/usc/42/15951.md?p=b-1) considers to be appropriate; and
  - (7) in the last report sent to Congress before January 1, 2016, an analysis of the need to continue the program, including an assessment of the size of the vehicle and engine [fleet](/usc/42/16131.md?p=5) that could provide benefits from being retrofit under this program and a description of the number and types of applications that were not granted in the preceding year.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–58, title VII, § 794, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 843; Pub. L. 111–364, § 2(d), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 4060.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2011—Subsec. (b)(2) to (5). Pub. L. 111–364, § 2(d)(1), inserted “, rebate,” after “grant” wherever appearing.

Subsec. (b)(7). Pub. L. 111–364, § 2(d)(2)–(4), added par. (7).

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2011 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 111–364 effective Oct. 1, 2011, except as otherwise provided, see section 4 of Pub. L. 111–364, set out as a note under section 16131 of this title.