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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5611 

To provide for the establishment of a partnership between the Secretary 

of Energy and appropriate industry groups for the creation of a transportation fuel conservation education campaign, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 14, 2006 

Mr. CONAWAY (for himself, Mr. UPTON, Mr. HALL, Mr. TOWNS, and Mr. 

GENE GREEN of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To provide for the establishment of a partnership between 

the Secretary of Energy and appropriate industry groups 

for the creation of a transportation fuel conservation 

education campaign, and for other purposes. 

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 at the ‘‘Fuel Consumption 

5 Education Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds that— 


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1 (1) today’s gasoline prices are taking a severe 

2 toll on the pocketbooks of all Americans and are 

3 nearing a level of national emergency; 

4 (2) a large number of factors contribute to the 

5 price of gasoline, including worldwide demand for 

6 crude oil, taxes, international conflicts, regional sup7 ply chains, environmental regulations, and refining 

8 capacity; 

9 (3) individuals can take steps to address rising 

10 demand by using a few simple gas saving tips; and 

11 (4) increased driving efficiency will lower the 

12 demand for gasoline and thereby lower prices in the 

13 short term. 

14 SEC. 3. PARTNERSHIP. 

15 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Energy 

16 shall enter into a partnership with interested industry 

17 groups, including groups from the automotive, gasoline re18 fining, and oil industries, to create a public education cam19 paign that provides information to United States drivers 

20 about immediate measures that may be taken to conserve 

21 transportation fuel. This public-private partnership shall 

22 include a five member advisory board, to be chaired by 

23 the Secretary or his designee, which shall include rep24 resentatives from the Department of Energy, the oil in25 dustry, the automotive industry, and the Congress, to be 


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1 appointed by the Secretary. The Secretary shall appoint 

2 the advisory board not later than 30 days after the date 

3 of enactment of this Act. 

4 (b) ACCESSIBILITY.—The public information cam5 paign under this section shall be targeted to reach the 

6 widest audience possible. The education campaign shall in7 clude television, print, Internet website, or any other 

8 method designed to maximize the dissemination of trans9 portation fuel savings information to drivers. 

10 (c) COST SHARING.—The Secretary shall provide no 

11 more than 50 percent of the cost of the campaign created 

12 under this section. 

13 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

14 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 

15 $10,000,000 for carrying out this section. 

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