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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5855 

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 

revise labeling requirements for fuel pumps that dispense E15, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 16, 2018 

Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia (for himself and Ms. FRANKEL of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to revise labeling requirements for fuel 

pumps that dispense E15, 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 as the ‘‘Consumer Protection 

5 and Fuel Transparency Act of 2018’’. 

6 SEC. 2. E15 FUEL DISPENSER LABELING. 

7 (a) E15 FUEL DISPENSER LABELING RULE.— 

8 (1) REVISION OF RULE.—Not later than 180 

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1 ministrator shall revise the labeling requirements for 

2 fuel pumps that dispense E15, including by revising 

3 the rule described in paragraph (3) with respect to 

4 such requirements. 

5 (2) INPUT AND REQUIREMENTS FOR LABEL.— 

6 In revising the labeling requirements for fuel pumps 

7 that dispense E15 under paragraph (1), the Admin8 istrator shall— 

9 (A) solicit input from— 

10 (i) industries that manufacture vehi11 cles, engines, and equipment that are pro12 hibited from using E15, including boats, 

13 lawnmowers, chainsaws, motorcycles, snow14 mobiles, and pre-2001 model year vehicles; 

15 (ii) consumer groups that represent 

16 users of such vehicles, engines, and equip17 ment; and 

18 (iii) any other party that the Adminis19 trator determines may be impacted by such 

20 labeling requirements; 

21 (B) require that the label for fuel pumps 

22 that dispense E15— 

23 (i) include the word ‘‘WARNING’’; 

24 (ii) include the words ‘‘Check your 

25 owner’s manual’’; 


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1 (iii) be 5 × 7 inches or larger; 

2 (iv) include— 

3 (I) indicators with respect to ve4 hicles, engines, and equipment that 

5 are prohibited from using E15, in6 cluding— 

7 (aa) pictograms depicting a 

8 boat, lawnmower, chainsaw, mo9 torcycle, and snowmobile; and 

10 (bb) warnings with respect 

11 to pre-2001 model year vehicles; 

12 and 

13 (II) other indicators developed by 

14 the Administrator, in consultation 

15 with the American National Stand16 ards Institute and the Federal Trade 

17 Commission; and 

18 (v) be focus group tested to ensure ef19 fectiveness; and 

20 (C) with respect to blender pumps, in addi21 tion to the requirements under subparagraph 

22 (B), with input from industries, the Federal 

23 Trade Commission, and the American National 

24 Standards Institute, require an additional warn25 ing label on each such blender pump to warn 


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1 consumers of the residual gasoline left in gaso2 line pump hoses from the previous individual 

3 dispensing. 

4 (3) RULE DESCRIBED.—The rule described in 

5 this paragraph is the final rule titled ‘‘Regulation To 

6 Mitigate the Misfueling of Vehicles and Engines 

7 With Gasoline Containing Greater Than Ten Volume 

8 Percent Ethanol and Modifications to the Reformu9 lated and Conventional Gasoline Programs’’ pub10 lished in the Federal Register on July 25, 2011 (76 

11 Fed. Reg. 44406 et seq.). 

12 (b) PUBLIC EDUCATION.—Not later than 180 days 

13 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, 

14 in consultation with affected industries, shall develop and 

15 commence a public education campaign— 

16 (1) to inform the public regarding— 

17 (A) the risks associated with the improper 

18 use of E15; and 

19 (B) the vehicles, engines, and equipment 

20 that are prohibited from using E15, including 

21 boats, lawnmowers, chainsaws, motorcycles, 

22 snowmobiles, and pre-2001 model year vehicles; 

23 and 

24 (2) that includes, with respect to an existing 

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1 ment of an electronic message inquiring if a con2 sumer is aware that E15 is so prohibited, to be dis3 played on such fuel pump prior to E15 dispensing 

4 from such fuel pump. 

5 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

6 of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit 

7 to Congress a report on the public education campaign 

8 commenced under subsection (b), including data and 

9 metrics on consumer awareness of E15. 

10 (d) REGISTRATION ENTITIES EDUCATION.—The Ad11 ministrator, in collaboration with State entities responsible 

12 for boat registration, shall distribute, at the time of initial 

13 registration of a boat and at the time of the renewal of 

14 a registration for such boat, educational materials on E15 

15 and its impact on marine engines. 

16 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

17 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis18 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ19 mental Protection Agency. 

20 (2) BLENDER PUMP.—The term ‘‘blender 

21 pump’’ means a fuel pump that may dispense mul22 tiple blends of fuel, including E15. 

23 (3) E15.—The term ‘‘E15’’ means gasoline 

24 containing 15 percent ethanol by volume. 

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