[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2594 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2594

   To establish a Federal public relations and education campaign to 
  promote responsible and fuel-efficient driving in the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 6, 2007

 Mr. Knollenberg introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee 
 on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To establish a Federal public relations and education campaign to 
  promote responsible and fuel-efficient driving in the United States.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safe and Fuel Efficient Driving Act 
of 2007''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) the United States has a national security interest in 
        reducing our consumption of Middle East oil;
            (2) the United States has an environmental interest in 
        reducing our emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse 
        gases linked to climate change;
            (3) the domestic auto industry is making significant 
        investments in alternative energy research and development;
            (4) the price of oil is anticipated to remain at high 
        levels for the foreseeable future and gas prices will also be 
        high;
            (5) there are still considerable obstacles to overcome in 
        making alternative fuel vehicles like hybrids, clean diesel 
        vehicles, and ethanol and biofuel vehicles commercially 
        acceptable;
            (6) there are significant economic issues associated with 
        arbitrarily raising Federal fuel economy regulations;
            (7) there are several personal conservation steps that 
        individual motorists can take to improve the fuel efficiency of 
        their vehicles, such as following the speed limit, avoiding 
        rapid acceleration and braking, properly inflating vehicle 
        tires, avoiding overuse of air conditioners and heaters, and 
        removing excess weight from their cars;
            (8) these personal conservation steps can improve a 
        vehicle's fuel economy by upwards of 33 percent depending on 
        the driving situation; and
            (9) these personal conservation steps can also have a 
        significant impact on improving a vehicle's safety.

SEC. 3. PUBLIC RELATIONS AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGN.

    The Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Energy shall 
jointly develop a multiyear public relations and education campaign to 
promote responsible and fuel-efficient driving in the United States. 
Such campaign shall include advertising, public relations, media 
events, conferences and seminars, brochures and collateral materials, 
and Internet communications.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated for carrying out this Act, 
$20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
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