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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2594 

To establish a Federal public relations and education campaign to promote 

responsible and fuel-efficient driving in the United States. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 6, 2007 

Mr. KNOLLENBERG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee 

on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To establish a Federal public relations and education campaign to promote responsible and fuel-efficient driving 

in the United States. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe and Fuel Efficient 

5 Driving Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds that— 


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1 (1) the United States has a national security 

2 interest in reducing our consumption of Middle East 

3 oil; 

4 (2) the United States has an environmental in5 terest in reducing our emissions of carbon dioxide 

6 and other greenhouse gases linked to climate change; 

7 (3) the domestic auto industry is making sig8 nificant investments in alternative energy research 

9 and development; 

10 (4) the price of oil is anticipated to remain at 

11 high levels for the foreseeable future and gas prices 

12 will also be high; 

13 (5) there are still considerable obstacles to over14 come in making alternative fuel vehicles like hybrids, 

15 clean diesel vehicles, and ethanol and biofuel vehicles 

16 commercially acceptable; 

17 (6) there are significant economic issues associ18 ated with arbitrarily raising Federal fuel economy 

19 regulations; 

20 (7) there are several personal conservation steps 

21 that individual motorists can take to improve the 

22 fuel efficiency of their vehicles, such as following the 

23 speed limit, avoiding rapid acceleration and braking, 

24 properly inflating vehicle tires, avoiding overuse of 


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1 air conditioners and heaters, and removing excess 

2 weight from their cars; 

3 (8) these personal conservation steps can im4 prove a vehicle’s fuel economy by upwards of 33 per5 cent depending on the driving situation; and 

6 (9) these personal conservation steps can also 

7 have a significant impact on improving a vehicle’s 

8 safety. 

9 SEC. 3. PUBLIC RELATIONS AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGN. 

10 The Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary 

11 of Energy shall jointly develop a multiyear public relations 

12 and education campaign to promote responsible and fuel13 efficient driving in the United States. Such campaign shall 

14 include advertising, public relations, media events, con15 ferences and seminars, brochures and collateral materials, 

16 and Internet communications. 

17 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

18 There are authorized to be appropriated for carrying 

19 out this Act, $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 

20 through 2012. 

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