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This bill, known as the Comparison of Sustainable Transportation Act (COST Act), requires two key analyses to be conducted by federal agencies. First, the Comptroller General must analyze the costs of replacing light-duty federal fleet vehicles (vehicles weighing 8,500 pounds or less) currently fueled by gasoline with two alternative vehicle types: electric vehicles (including plug-in hybrids) and flex-fuel ethanol vehicles. These analyses must include the infrastructure costs necessary for nationwide deployment of these vehicle types. The Comptroller General is required to publish these cost analyses online within one year of the Act's enactment. Additionally, the Secretary of Energy must conduct a lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions analysis using the GREET (Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Transportation) model developed by Argonne National Laboratory, comparing conventional gasoline vehicles, E85 capable flex-fuel vehicles, and battery electric vehicles. The Secretary must submit a report on these lifecycle analyses to specific Congressional committees within one year. The bill also provides definitions for key terms like E85 (a fuel containing 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline) and federal fleet, and specifies the scope of the required analyses.

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