[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 818 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 818

To require advertising for any automobile model to display information 
 regarding the fuel consumption and fuel cost for that model, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 3, 2009

Mr. Hall 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 advertising for any automobile model to display information 
 regarding the fuel consumption and fuel cost for that model, 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. FUEL CONSUMPTION INFORMATION IN ADVERTISING FOR AUTOMOBILES.

    (a) Notice Requirement.--Within 1 month after the date of enactment 
of this Act, any advertisement for any model of automobile or light 
duty truck (as defined by rule by the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency) shall include within such 
advertisement the Environmental Protection Agency's Combined Miles Per 
Gallon Rating, City Miles Per Gallon Rating, Highway Miles Per Gallon 
Rating MPG, and Estimated Annual Fuel Cost Rating for that model.
    (b) Enforcement.--A violation of subsection (a) shall be treated as 
a violation of a rule defining an unfair or deceptive act or practice 
prescribed under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission 
Act (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)). The Federal Trade Commission shall 
enforce this Act in the same manner, by the same means, and with the 
same jurisdiction as though all applicable terms and provisions of the 
Federal Trade Commission Act were incorporated into and made a part of 
this Act.
    (c) Definition of Advertisement.--As used in this Act, the term 
``advertisement'' includes any advertisement broadcast on network 
television, cable television, or radio, and any advertisement placed on 
the Internet or in any newspaper or magazine.
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