1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Clean Commute for Kids Act of 2019 . 2. Reauthorization of clean school buses program (a) Definitions (1) Alternative fuel Section 741(a)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 16091(a) ) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking or after the semicolon; (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (D) electricity. . (2) Clean school bus Section 741(a)(3) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 16091(a)(3) ) is amended by striking that— and all that follows through (B) is operated and inserting that is operated . (b) Program for Retrofit or Replacement of Certain Existing School Buses with Clean School Buses (1) Priority of grant applications Section 741(b)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 16091(b)(2) ) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting before the period at the end with clean school buses with low or zero emissions ; and (B) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows: (B) Retrofitting In the case of grant applications to retrofit school buses, the Administrator shall give— (i) highest priority to applicants that propose to retrofit school buses manufactured in or after model year 1991 to become clean school buses with low or zero emissions; and (ii) second highest priority to applicants that otherwise propose to retrofit school buses manufactured in or after model year 1991 to become clean school buses. . (2) Use of school bus fleet Section 741(b)(3)(B) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 16091(b)(3)(B) ) is amended by inserting charged, after operated, . (3) Replacement grants Paragraph (5) of section 741(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 16091(b) ) is amended to read as follows: (5) Replacement grants In the case of grants to replace school buses— (A) the Administrator may award the grants for up to 60 percent of the replacement costs