42 U.S.C. § 6364: Operation of battery recharging stations in parking areas used by Federal employees

The Administrator of General Services may install, construct, operate, and maintain on a reimbursable basis a battery recharging station (or allow, on a reimbursable basis, the use of a 120-volt electrical receptacle for battery recharging) in a parking area that is in the custody, control, or administrative jurisdiction of the General Services Administration for the use of only privately owned vehicles of employees of the General Services Administration, tenant Federal agencies, and others who are authorized to park in such area to the extent such use by only privately owned vehicles does not interfere with or impede access to the equipment by Federal fleet vehicles. The Administrator of General Services (on the request of a Federal agency) or the head of a Federal agency may install, construct, operate, and maintain on a reimbursable basis a battery recharging station (or allow, on a reimbursable basis, the use of a 120-volt electrical receptacle for battery recharging) in a parking area that is in the custody, control, or administrative jurisdiction of the requesting Federal agency, to the extent such use by only privately owned vehicles does not interfere with or impede access to the equipment by Federal fleet vehicles. The Administrator of General Services, with respect to subparagraph (A) or (B), or the head of a Federal agency, with respect to subparagraph (B), may carry out such subparagraph through a contract with a vendor, under such terms and conditions (including terms relating to the allocation between the Federal agency and the vendor of the costs of carrying out the contract) as the Administrator or the head of the Federal agency, as the case may be, and the vendor may agree to. The Administrator of General Services or the head of the Federal agency under paragraph (1)(B) shall charge fees to the individuals who use the battery recharging station in such amount as is necessary to ensure that the respective agency recovers all of the costs such agency incurs in installing, constructing, operating, and maintaining the station. deposited monthly in the Treasury to the credit of the respective agency’s appropriations account for the operations of the building where the battery recharging station is located; and the fiscal year collected; and the fiscal year following the fiscal year collected. under section 2171 of title 2 , relating to employees of the House of Representatives and individuals authorized to park in any parking area under the jurisdiction of the House of Representatives on the Capitol Grounds; or under section 2170 of title 2 , relating to employees of the Senate and individuals authorized to park in any parking area under the jurisdiction of the Senate on the Capitol Grounds. repeals or limits any existing authorities of a Federal agency to install, construct, operate, or maintain battery recharging stations; or that has been installed or constructed prior to December 4, 2015 ; that is installed or constructed for Federal fleet vehicles, but that receives incidental use to recharge privately owned vehicles; or that is otherwise installed or constructed pursuant to appropriations for that purpose. the number of battery recharging stations installed by the Administrator on the Administrator’s own initiative under this subsection; requests from other Federal agencies to install battery recharging stations; and the status and disposition of requests from other Federal agencies. the United States Postal Service; the Executive Office of the President; the military departments (as defined in section 102 of title 5 ); and the judicial branch. This subsection shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2016 and each succeeding fiscal year.