[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 656 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 656

To require higher standards of automobile fuel efficiency with the goal 
   of reducing the amount of oil used for fuel by automobiles in the 
 United States by 10 percent beginning in 2017, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 24, 2007

  Mr. Reichert (for himself, Mr. Johnson of Illinois, Mr. Castle, Mr. 
 Kuhl of New York, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Shays, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, 
  Mr. Platts, Mr. Saxton, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Kirk, and Mr. 
Walsh of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                  the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To require higher standards of automobile fuel efficiency with the goal 
   of reducing the amount of oil used for fuel by automobiles in the 
 United States by 10 percent beginning in 2017, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. INCREASED AVERAGE FUEL ECONOMY STANDARDS.

    Section 32902 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by striking ``(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of 
                this subsection, the'' and inserting ``Subject to 
                subsection (i)''; and
                    (B) by striking paragraph (2);
            (2) by redesignating subsections (i) and (j) as subsections 
        (k) and (l), respectively;
            (3) in subsection (l) (as so redesignated) by striking ``or 
        (g)'' and inserting ``(g), or (i)''; and
            (4) by inserting after subsection (h) the following:
    ``(i) Standards for Model Years After 2009.--The Secretary of 
Transportation shall prescribe by regulation average fuel economy 
standards for automobiles manufactured by a manufacturer in model years 
after model year 2009, that shall--
            ``(1) ensure that the average fuel economy achieved by 
        automobiles (including passenger automobiles) manufactured by a 
        manufacturer in model years after 2016 is no less than 33 miles 
        per gallon;
            ``(2) ensure that improvements to fuel economy standards do 
        not degrade the safety of automobiles manufactured by a 
        manufacturer; and
            ``(3) maximize the retention of jobs in the automobile 
        manufacturing sector of the United States.
    ``(j) Sized-Based Standards.--The Secretary may establish separate 
standards for different classes of automobiles (including passenger 
automobiles) according to size.''.

SEC. 2. FUEL ECONOMY CREDIT TRADING PROGRAM.

    Section 32903 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) Credit Trading Among Manufacturers.--The Secretary may 
establish by regulation a corporate average fuel economy credit trading 
program to allow a manufacturer that exceeds the fuel economy standards 
it is required to meet to sell credits to another manufacturer.''.
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