[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3403 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3403

To amend title 49, United States Code, to require determination of the 
   maximum feasible fuel economy level achievable for cars and light 
trucks for a year based on a projected fuel gasoline price that is not 
 less than the applicable high gasoline price projection issued by the 
                   Energy Information Administration.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 31, 2008

 Ms. Cantwell introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require determination of the 
   maximum feasible fuel economy level achievable for cars and light 
trucks for a year based on a projected fuel gasoline price that is not 
 less than the applicable high gasoline price projection issued by the 
                   Energy Information Administration.

    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 ``Accuracy in Fuel Economy Standards 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DETERMINATION OF MAXIMUM FEASIBLE FUEL ECONOMY STANDARDS FOR 
              PASSENGER AUTOMOBILES AND NON-PASSENGER AUTOMOBILES BASED 
              ON THE MOST RECENT HIGH GASOLINE PRICE PROJECTION.

    Section 32902 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(l) Calculation of Maximum Feasible Fuel Economy Standards.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall determine the 
        maximum feasible fuel economy level achievable for passenger 
        automobiles and non-passenger automobiles for each model year 
        for purposes of this section based on a projected gasoline 
        price that is not less than the applicable high gasoline price 
        projection issued by the Energy Information Administration.
            ``(2) Applicable high gasoline price projection defined.--
        In this subsection the term `applicable high gasoline price 
        projection' means the greatest of a range of estimated gasoline 
        prices that the Energy Information Administration issues as 
        part of its annual energy outlook, short-term energy outlook, 
        or similar analyses, for the year or years corresponding to the 
        model year or model years for which the Secretary is 
        prescribing an average fuel economy standard under this 
        section, and for the range of years considered by the Secretary 
        in determining the costs and benefits associated with such 
        standard.''.
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