1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Bus Integration Dedicated to Improving Resilience, Eliminating Congestion, and Triggering Innovation Over Numerous Applications and Localities Act or the BIDIRECTIONAL Act . 2. Program to encourage deployment of electric school buses and vehicle-to-everything technologies and applications (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Electric school bus The term electric school bus means a school bus that is propelled— (A) to a significant extent, as determined by the Secretary, by an electric motor that— (i) draws electricity from a battery; and (ii) is capable of being recharged from an external source of electricity; and (B) by any necessary components or equipment required to facilitate electric-powered school bus operations. (2) Eligible entity The term eligible entity means— (A) any person (including any company or other entity) or State, local, or Tribal entity that sells electric energy, including— (i) an electric utility, including— (I) a local distribution company or utility; and (II) an electric cooperative; (ii) a municipality; and (iii) a retail marketer of electricity; (B) a State public utilities commission; (C) a third-party energy efficiency program administrator; (D) a school bus manufacturer; (E) a public or private school district; (F) a supplier of charging infrastructure; (G) a developer, provider, owner, or operator of solar, wind, or other renewable or distributed energy resources; (H) a third-party school bus fleet or charging operator; (I) any other entity, including a partnership, that the Secretary determines to be appropriate