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112th CONGRESSCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

1st SessionCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

S. 152CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure the availability of dual fueled automobiles and light duty trucks, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

January 25 (legislative day, January 5), 2011CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Mr. LUGAR introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

A BILLCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure the availability of dual fueled automobiles and light duty trucks, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘Dual Fuel Vehicle Act of 2011’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. ENSURING THE AVAILABILITY OF DUAL FUELED AUTOMOBILES AND LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS.

(a) In General- Chapter 329 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 32902 the following:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

‘Sec. 32902A. Requirement to manufacture dual fueled automobiles and light duty trucks

‘(a) In General- For each model year listed in the following table, each manufacturer shall ensure that the percentage of automobiles and light duty trucks manufactured by the manufacturer for sale in the United States that are dual fueled automobiles and light duty trucks is not less than the percentage set forth for that model year in the following table:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

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Model years 2014 and 2015                      50 percent  CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Model year 2016 and each subsequent model year 90 percent. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

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‘(b) Exception- Subsection (a) shall not apply to automobiles or light duty trucks that operate only on electricity.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(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:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘32902A. Requirement to manufacture dual fueled automobiles and light duty trucks.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink