[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3485 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3485

  To require manufacturers to increase the percentage of automobiles 
  manufactured for sale within the United States that are capable of 
 operating on higher-level blends of renewable fuels, such as ethanol 
      and biodiesel, in combination with gasoline or diesel fuel.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 12, 2008

 Mr. Harkin (for himself and Mr. Lugar) 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 require manufacturers to increase the percentage of automobiles 
  manufactured for sale within the United States that are capable of 
 operating on higher-level blends of renewable fuels, such as ethanol 
      and biodiesel, in combination with gasoline or diesel fuel.

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

SECTION 1. ENSURING THE AVAILABILITY OF DUAL FUELED AUTOMOBILES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 329 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 32902 the following:
``Sec. 32902A. Requirement to manufacture dual fueled automobiles
    ``(a) In General.--For each model year listed in the following 
table, each manufacturer shall ensure that the percentage of 
automobiles manufactured by the manufacturer for sale in the United 
States that are dual fueled automobiles is not less than the percentage 
set forth for that model year in the following table:

 
                   ``Model Year                                              Percentage
 
  Model years 2011 and 2012.......................  50 percent
  Model year 2013 and each subsequent model year..  90 percent
 

    ``(b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to automobiles 
that operate only on electricity.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 329 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 32902 the following:

``32902A. Requirement to manufacture dual fueled automobiles.''.
    (c) Rulemaking.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe 
regulations to carry out the amendments made by this Act.
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