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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3433 

To prohibit the leasing of the Pacific, Atlantic, Eastern Gulf of Mexico, 

and Central Gulf of Mexico Regions of the outer Continental Shelf 

and to increase fuel economy standards. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 27 (legislative day, MAY 26), 2010 

Mr. SANDERS introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To prohibit the leasing of the Pacific, Atlantic, Eastern Gulf 

of Mexico, and Central Gulf of Mexico Regions of the 

outer Continental Shelf and to increase fuel economy 

standards. 

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 ‘‘Clean Coasts and Effi5 cient Cars Act of 2010’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds that— 


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1 (1) according to the Energy Information Ad2 ministration, opening all areas in the Pacific, Atlan3 tic, Eastern Gulf of Mexico, and Central Gulf of 

4 Mexico Regions of the outer Continental Shelf that 

5 were subject to a moratorium that expired in 2008 

6 to drilling would— 

7 (A) save consumers only 3 cents per gallon 

8 of gas in 2030; and 

9 (B) produce an estimated 500,000 barrels 

10 of oil per day by 2030; 

11 (2) fuel economy standards that achieve 35.5 

12 miles per gallon by 2016, are projected to save— 

13 (A) consumers the equivalent of $1 per 

14 gallon of gas by 2030; and 

15 (B) 2,000,000 barrels per day of oil by 

16 2030; 

17 (3) increasing fuel economy to 55 miles per gal18 lon by 2030 would— 

19 (A) save consumers the equivalent of $1.43 

20 or more per gallon of gas by 2030; and 

21 (B) save 3,900,000 barrels of oil per day 

22 by 2030, and 1,423,500,000 barrels of oil an23 nually in 2030; 


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1 (4) the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico stem2 ming from the incident at the Deepwater Horizon 

3 rig has led to— 

4 (A) the loss of life; 

5 (B) the release of an estimated hundreds 

6 of thousands of gallons of oil into the Gulf of 

7 Mexico every day since the April 20, 2010, dis8 aster; and 

9 (C) an environmental cleanup and eco10 nomic damages estimated to cost tens of billions 

11 of dollars; 

12 (5) the limited benefits of continued offshore 

13 drilling are outweighed by the substantial risks of 

14 offshore drilling; 

15 (6) there are cleaner and safer ways to reduce 

16 the price of gasoline than offshore drilling, such as 

17 strong fuel economy standards; 

18 (7) China— 

19 (A) already achieves a fuel economy stand20 ard of 36.8 miles per gallon for new passenger 

21 vehicles; and 

22 (B) is raising fuel economy to more than 

23 42 miles per gallon by 2015; and 

24 (8) in Japan and in Europe current fuel econ25 omy standards are higher than 42 miles per gallon. 


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1 SEC. 3. PROHIBITION OF OIL AND GAS LEASING IN THE PA2 CIFIC, ATLANTIC, EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO, 

3 AND CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO REGIONS. 

4 Section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 

5 (43 U.S.C. 1337) is amended by adding at the end the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(q) PROHIBITION OF OIL AND GAS LEASING IN THE

8 ATLANTIC, PACIFIC, EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO, AND

9 CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO REGIONS.—Notwithstanding 

10 any other provision of this Act or any other law, the Sec11 retary shall not issue a lease or permit for the exploration, 

12 development, or production of oil or natural gas in— 

13 ‘‘(1) the Pacific Region of the outer Continental 

14 Shelf; 

15 ‘‘(2) the Atlantic Region of the outer Conti16 nental Shelf; or 

17 ‘‘(3) the areas in the Gulf of Mexico described 

18 in section 104(a) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Se19 curity Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public 

20 Law 109–432).’’. 

21 SEC. 4. FUEL ECONOMY AND MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSION 

22 STANDARDS. 

23 (a) FUEL ECONOMY STANDARDS.—Section 

24 32902(b)(2)(B) of title 49, United States Code, is amend25 ed to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(B) AUTOMOBILE FUEL ECONOMY AVER2 AGE FOR MODEL YEARS 2017 THROUGH 2030.— 

3 The Secretary shall prescribe an average fuel 

4 economy standard for passenger and non-pas5 senger automobiles for each model year begin6 ning with model year 2017 to achieve a com7 bined fuel economy average for model year 

8 2030 of at least 55 miles per gallon for the 

9 total fleet of passenger and non-passenger auto10 mobiles manufactured for sale in the United 

11 States for that model year (excluding light-duty 

12 vehicles that draw motive power from a battery 

13 with a capacity larger than 4 kilowatt-hours).’’. 

14 (b) MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSION AND FUEL ECONOMY

15 STANDARDS.—In accordance with section 202 of the Na16 tional Emission Standards Act (42 U.S.C. 7521) and sec17 tion 32902 of title 49, United States Code, the Adminis18 trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in collabo19 ration with the Administrator of the National Highway 

20 Transportation Safety Administration, and in consultation 

21 with the State of California and representatives of the 

22 automotive industry and other relevant parties, shall en23 sure continued progress in significantly improving motor 

24 vehicle fuel efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emis25 sions by setting motor vehicle emission and fuel economy 


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1 standards for model year 2017 and subsequent model 

2 years that reflect the greatest emission reductions and fuel 

3 efficiency improvement achievable through the application 

4 of technology that the Administrators determine will be 

5 available for the model year to which the standards apply, 

6 considering the costs associated with the application of the 

7 technology and other factors, as appropriate. 

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