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automobiles, taking into consideration the mat-
ters set forth in subsection (f) of such section.
The new regulations under this paragraph shall
apply for model years after the 2007 model year,
subject to subsection (b).
(B) TIME FOR ISSUING REGULATIONS.—The
Secretary of Transportation shall issue the final
regulations under subparagraph (A) not later
than April 1, 2006.
(2) PASSENGER AUTOMOBILES.—
(A) REQUIREMENT
FOR
NEW
REGULA-
TIONS.—The Secretary of Transportation shall
issue, under section 32902 of title 49, United
States Code, new regulations setting forth in-
creased average fuel economy standards for pas-
senger automobiles. The regulations shall be de-
termined on the basis of the maximum feasible
average fuel economy levels for the passenger
automobiles, taking into consideration the mat-
ters set forth in subsection (f) of such section.
(B) TIME FOR ISSUING REGULATIONS.—The
Secretary of Transportation shall issue the final
regulations under subparagraph (A) not later
than 21⁄2 years after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
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(b) PHASED INCREASES.—The regulations issued pur-
suant to subsection (a) shall specify standards that take ef-
fect successively over several vehicle model years not exceed-
ing 15 vehicle model years.
(c) CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO AMEND PAS-
SENGER AUTOMOBILE STANDARD.—Section 32902(b) of
title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting before
the period at the end the following: ‘‘or such other number
as the Secretary prescribes under subsection (c)’’.
(d) ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESSMENT.—When issuing
final regulations setting forth increased average fuel econ-
omy standards under section 32902(a) or section 32902(c)
of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall also issue an environmental assessment of the
effects of the increased standards on the environment under
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.).
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Transpor-
tation $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010
for carrying out this section and for administering the regu-
lations issued pursuant to this section.
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SEC. 713. EXPEDITED PROCEDURES FOR CONGRESSIONAL
INCREASE IN FUEL ECONOMY STANDARDS.
(a) CONDITION FOR APPLICABILITY.—If the Secretary
of Transportation fails to issue final regulations with re-
spect to non-passenger automobiles under section 712, or
fails to issue final regulations with respect to passenger
automobiles under such section, on or before the date by
which such final regulations are required by such section
to be issued, respectively, then this section shall apply with
respect to a bill described in subsection (b).
(b) BILL.—A bill referred to in this subsection is a
bill that satisfies the following requirements:
(1) INTRODUCTION.—The bill is introduced by
one or more Members of Congress not later than 60
days after the date referred to in subsection (a).
(2) TITLE.—The title of the bill is as follows: ‘‘A
bill to establish new average fuel economy standards
for certain motor vehicles.’’.
(3) TEXT.—The bill provides after the enacting
clause only the text specified in subparagraph (A) or
(B) or any provision described in subparagraph (C),
as follows:
(A) NON-PASSENGER AUTOMOBILES.—In the
case of a bill relating to a failure timely to issue
final regulations relating to non-passenger auto-
mobiles, the following text:
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‘‘That, section 32902 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘ ‘(l) NON-PASSENGER AUTOMOBILES.—The average
fuel economy standard for non-passenger automobiles man-
ufactured by a manufacturer in a model year after model
year ll shall be ll miles per gallon.’ ’’, the first blank
space being filled in with a subsection designation, the sec-
ond blank space being filled in with the number of a year,
and the third blank space being filled in with a number.
(B) PASSENGER
AUTOMOBILES.—In the
case of a bill relating to a failure timely to issue
final regulations relating to passenger auto-
mobiles, the following text:
‘‘That, section 32902(b) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘ ‘(b) PASSENGER AUTOMOBILES.—Except as provided
in this section, the average fuel economy standard for pas-
senger automobiles manufactured by a manufacturer in a
model year after model year ll shall be ll miles per
gallon.’ ’’, the first blank space being filled in with the num-
ber of a year and the second blank space being filled in
with a number.
(C) SUBSTITUTE
TEXT.—Any text sub-
stituted by an amendment that is in order under
subsection (c)(3).
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(c) EXPEDITED PROCEDURES.—A bill described in
subsection (b) shall be considered in a House of Congress
in accordance with the procedures provided for the consider-
ation of joint resolutions in paragraphs (3) through (8) of
section 8066(c) of the Department of Defense Appropria-
tions Act, 1985 (as contained in section 101(h) of Public
Law 98–473; 98 Stat. 1936), with the following exceptions:
(1) REFERENCES
TO
RESOLUTION.—The ref-
erences in such paragraphs to a resolution shall be
deemed to refer to the bill described in subsection (b).
(2) COMMITTEES OF JURISDICTION.—The com-
mittees to which the bill is referred under this sub-
section shall—
(A) in the Senate, be the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation; and
(B) in the House of Representatives, be the
Committee on Energy and Commerce.
(3) AMENDMENTS.—
(A) AMENDMENTS
IN
ORDER.—Only four
amendments to the bill are in order in each
House, as follows:
(i) Two amendments proposed by the
majority leader of that House.
(ii) Two amendments proposed by the
minority leader of that House.
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(B) FORM AND CONTENT.—To be in order
under subparagraph (A), an amendment shall
propose to strike all after the enacting clause and
substitute text that only includes the same text as
is proposed to be stricken except for one or more
different numbers in the text.
(C) DEBATE, ET
CETERA.—Subparagraph
(B) of section 8066(c)(5) of the Department of
Defense Appropriations Act, 1985 (98 Stat.
1936) shall apply to the consideration of each
amendment proposed under this paragraph in
the same manner as such subparagraph (B) ap-
plies to debatable motions.
SEC. 714. EXTENSION OF MAXIMUM FUEL ECONOMY IN-
CREASE FOR ALTERNATIVE FUELED VEHI-
CLES.
(a) MANUFACTURING INCENTIVES.—Section 32905 of
title 49, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsections (b) and (d), by striking
‘‘1993–2004’’ and inserting ‘‘1993–2008’’;
(2) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘2001’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2007’’; and
(3) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘2004’’ and
inserting ‘‘2008’’.
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(b) EXTENSION
OF MAXIMUM FUEL ECONOMY IN-
CREASE.—Section 32906(a)(1) of title 49, United States
Code, is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘1993–
2004’’ and inserting ‘‘1993 through 2008’’; and
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘2005–
2008’’ and inserting ‘‘2009 through 2012’’.
CHAPTER 2—ADVANCED CLEAN VEHICLES
SEC. 721. HYBRID VEHICLES RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
MENT.
(a) RECHARGEABLE ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS AND
OTHER TECHNOLOGIES.—The Secretary of Energy shall ac-
celerate research and development directed toward the im-
provement of batteries and other rechargeable energy storage
systems, power electronics, hybrid systems integration, and
other technologies for use in hybrid vehicles.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are
hereby authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years
2006, 2007, and 2008 in the amount $50,000,000 for re-
search and development activities under this section.
SEC. 722. DIESEL FUELED VEHICLES RESEARCH AND DE-
VELOPMENT.
(a) DIESEL COMBUSTION
AND AFTER TREATMENT
TECHNOLOGIES.—The Secretary of Energy shall accelerate
research and development directed toward the improvement
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of diesel combustion and after treatment technologies for use
in diesel fueled motor vehicles.
(b) GOALS.—The Secretary shall carry out subsection
(a) with a view to achieving the following goals:
(1) 
COMPLIANCE
WITH
CERTAIN
EMISSION
STANDARDS BY 2010.—Developing and demonstrating
diesel technologies that, not later than 2010, meet the
following standards:
(A) TIER-2 EMISSION STANDARDS.—The tier
2 emission standards.
(B) HEAVY-DUTY EMISSION STANDARDS OF
2007.—The heavy-duty emission standards of
2007.
(2) 
POST-2010
HIGHLY
EFFICIENT
TECH-
NOLOGIES.—Developing the next generation of low
emissions, high efficiency diesel engine technologies,
including homogeneous charge compression ignition
technology.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are
hereby authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years
2006, 2007, and 2008 in the amount of $75,000,000 for re-
search and development of advanced combustion engines
and advanced fuels.
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SEC. 723. PROCUREMENT OF ALTERNATIVE FUELED PAS-
SENGER AUTOMOBILES.
(a) VEHICLE FLEETS NOT COVERED BY REQUIRE-
MENT IN ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 1992.—The head of each
agency of the executive branch shall coordinate with the Ad-
ministrator of General Services to ensure that only alter-
native fueled vehicles are procured by or for each agency
fleet of passenger automobiles that is not in a fleet of vehi-
cles to which section 303 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992
(42 U.S.C. 13212) applies.
(b) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The head of an agency, in
consultation with the Administrator, may waive the appli-
cability of the policy regarding the procurement of alter-
native fueled vehicles in subsection (a) to—
(1) the procurement for such agency of any vehi-
cles described in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of
section 303(b)(3) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42
U.S.C. 13212(b)(3)); or
(2) a procurement of vehicles for such agency if
the procurement of alternative fueled vehicles cannot
meet the requirements of the agency for vehicles due
to insufficient availability of the alternative fuel used
to power such vehicles.
(c) APPLICABILITY TO PROCUREMENTS AFTER FISCAL
YEAR 2005.—This subsection applies with respect to pro-
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curements of alternative fueled vehicles in fiscal year 2006
and subsequent fiscal years.
SEC. 724. PROCUREMENT OF HYBRID LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS.
(a) VEHICLE FLEETS NOT COVERED BY REQUIRE-
MENT IN ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 1992.—
(1) HYBRID VEHICLES.—The head of each agen-
cy of the executive branch shall coordinate with the
Administrator of General Services to ensure that only
hybrid vehicles are procured by or for each agency
fleet of light duty trucks that is not in a fleet of vehi-
cles to which section 303 of the Energy Policy Act of
1992 (42 U.S.C. 13212) applies.
(2) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The head of an agen-
cy, in consultation with the Administrator, may
waive the applicability of the policy regarding the
procurement of hybrid vehicles in paragraph (1) to
that agency to the extent that the head of that agency
determines necessary—
(A) to meet specific requirements of the
agency for capabilities of light duty trucks;
(B) to procure vehicles consistent with the
standards applicable to the procurement of fleet
vehicles for the Federal Government;
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(C) to adjust to limitations on the commer-
cial availability of light duty trucks that are hy-
brid vehicles; or
(D) to avoid the necessity of procuring a
hybrid vehicle for the agency when each of the
hybrid vehicles available for meeting the require-
ments of the agency has a cost to the United
States that exceeds the costs of comparable non-
hybrid vehicles by a factor that is significantly
higher than the difference between—
(i) the real cost of the hybrid vehicle to
retail purchasers, taking into account the
benefit of any tax incentives available to re-
tail purchasers for the purchase of the hy-
brid vehicle; and
(ii) the costs of the comparable non-
hybrid vehicles to retail purchasers.
(3) APPLICABILITY
TO
PROCUREMENTS
AFTER
FISCAL YEAR 2005.—This subsection applies with re-
spect to procurements of light duty trucks in fiscal
year 2006 and subsequent fiscal years.
(b) INAPPLICABILITY
TO
DEPARTMENT
OF
DE-
FENSE.—This section does not apply to the Department of
Defense, which is subject to comparable requirements under
section 318 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
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Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107–107; 115 Stat. 1055;
10 U.S.C. 2302 note).
SEC. 725. DEFINITIONS.
In this chapter:
(1) ALTERNATIVE FUELED VEHICLE.—The term
‘‘alternative fueled vehicle’’ means—
(A) an alternative fueled vehicle, as defined
in section 301(3) of the Energy Policy Act of
1992 (42 U.S.C. 13211(3));
(B) a motor vehicle that operates on a blend
of fuel that is at least 20 percent (by volume)
biodiesel, as defined in section 312(f) of the En-
ergy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13220(f));
and
(C) a motor vehicle that operates on a blend
of fuel that is at least 20 percent (by volume)
bioderived hydrocarbons (including aliphatic
compounds) produced from agricultural and ani-
mal waste.
(2) HEAVY-DUTY
EMISSION
STANDARDS
OF
2007.—The term ‘‘heavy-duty emission standards of
2007’’ means the motor vehicle emission standards
promulgated by the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency on January 18, 2001,
under section 202 of the Clean Air Act to apply to
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heavy-duty vehicles of model years beginning with the
2007 vehicle model year.
(3) HYBRID VEHICLE.—The term ‘‘hybrid vehi-
cle’’ means—
(A) a motor vehicle that draws propulsion
energy from on board sources of stored energy
that are both—
(i) an internal combustion or heat en-
gine using combustible fuel; and
(ii) a rechargeable energy storage sys-
tem; and
(B) any other vehicle that is defined as a
hybrid vehicle in regulations prescribed by the
Secretary of Energy for the administration of
title III of the Energy Policy Act of 1992.
(4) MOTOR VEHICLE.—The term ‘‘motor vehicle’’
means any vehicle that is manufactured primarily for
use on public streets, roads, and highways (not in-
cluding a vehicle operated exclusively on a rail or
rails) and that has at least four wheels.
(5) TIER 2 EMISSION STANDARDS DEFINED.—The
term ‘‘tier 2 emission standards’’ means the motor ve-
hicle emission standards promulgated by the Admin-
istrator of the Environmental Protection Agency on
February 10, 2000, under section 202 of the Clean
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Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521) to apply to passenger auto-
mobiles, light trucks, and larger passenger vehicles of
model years after the 2003 vehicle model year.
(6) TERMS DEFINED IN EPA REGULATIONS.—The
terms ‘‘passenger automobile’’ and ‘‘light truck’’ have
the meanings given such terms in regulations pre-
scribed by the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency for purposes of the administration
of title II of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521 et
seq.).
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous
SEC. 731. RAILROAD EFFICIENCY.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall (in co-
operation with the Secretary of Transportation and the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency) estab-
lish a cost-shared, public-private research partnership in-
volving the Federal Government, railroad carriers, loco-
motive manufacturers and equipment suppliers, and the As-
sociation of American Railroads, to develop and dem-
onstrate railroad locomotive technologies that increase fuel
economy, reduce emissions, and lower costs of operation.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out
this section—
(1) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;