21st Century Transportation Fuels Act 2019-10-16 Introduced in House 21st Century Transportation Fuels Act

This bill addresses provisions related to high-octane fuel, renewable fuels, and vehicle fuel efficiency.

Among other things, the bill

  • establishes a national octane standard that requires automobile manufacturers to design motor vehicles to operate using gasoline that has a research octane number of 95 or higher,
  • addresses the limitations on Reid vapor pressure (a measure of gasoline's volatility) that are placed on gasoline during the summer ozone season, and
  • revises requirements for calculating Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) credits earned by a passenger automobile manufacturer for exceeding minimal required CAFE standards in a particular model year.
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