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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4078 

To require the Office of Management and Budget, the General Services 

Administration, and the Council on Environmental Quality to develop 

short-term and long-term strategies to reduce the cost of transportation 

fuels for consumers in the United States through Federal conservation, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 25, 2022 

Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Mr. LUJA ́N) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To require the Office of Management and Budget, the General Services Administration, and the Council on Environmental Quality to develop short-term and long-term 

strategies to reduce the cost of transportation fuels for 

consumers in the United States through Federal conservation, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lowering Federal 

3 Usage of Energy to Lessen Costs Act of 2022’’ or the 

4 ‘‘Lowering FUEL Costs Act of 2022’’. 

5 SEC. 2. STRATEGIES TO REDUCE THE COST OF TRANSPOR6 TATION FUELS IN THE UNITED STATES. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis9 trator’’ means the Administrator of General Serv10 ices. 

11 (2) CHAIR.—The term ‘‘Chair’’ means the 

12 Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality. 

13 (3) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

14 the Director of the Office of Management and Budg15 et. 

16 (4) STRATEGIES.—The term ‘‘strategies’’ 

17 means the short-term and long-term strategies to re18 duce the cost of transportation fuels for consumers 

19 in the United States through Federal conservation 

20 developed under subsection (b). 

21 (5) TRANSPORTATION FUEL.—The term ‘‘trans22 portation fuel’’ has the meaning given the term in 

23 section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 

24 7545(o)(1)). 

25 (b) DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIES.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 

2 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director, 

3 the Administrator, and the Chair, in coordination 

4 with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, 

5 shall develop and publicly release short-term and 

6 long-term coordinated strategies to reduce the cost 

7 of transportation fuels for consumers in the United 

8 States through Federal conservation. 

9 (2) INCLUSIONS.—The strategies shall in10 clude— 

11 (A) a plan on how the General Services 

12 Administration can reduce, for the period dur13 ing which the average cost of transportation 

14 fuel in the United States is greater than the av15 erage price of that fuel on December 1, 2021, 

16 the usage of transportation fuels by vehicles in 

17 the Federal fleet by 10 percent below the aver18 age amount of transportation fuels used by 

19 those vehicles in 2019, subject to the condition 

20 that the plan shall not apply to transportation 

21 fuels needed for national defense, homeland se22 curity, or law enforcement purposes of the 

23 United States; and 

24 (B) recommendations to Congress on any 

25 legislation, authorities, or administrative actions 


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1 necessary to reduce the cost of transportation 

2 fuels for consumers in the United States. 

3 (c) IMPLEMENTATION OF SHORT-TERM STRATE4 GIES.—Not later than 3 months after the date on which 

5 the short-term strategies developed under subsection (b) 

6 are publicly released, the Director, the Administrator, and 

7 the Chair, in coordination with the heads of other relevant 

8 Federal agencies, shall begin to implement those short9 term strategies. 

10 (d) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—The strategies developed 

11 under subsection (b) shall not apply to— 

12 (1) vehicles in the Federal fleet that are not 

13 under the management of the Administrator; or 

14 (2) vehicles under the management of the 

15 United States Postal Service. 

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