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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5107 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to reduce the fuel economy obligations 
of automobile manufacturers whose fleets contain at least 50 percent 
fuel choice enabling vehicles, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 15, 2014 
Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. COLE, and Mr. SALMON) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to reduce the fuel 
economy obligations of automobile manufacturers whose 
fleets contain at least 50 percent fuel choice enabling 
vehicles, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fuel Choice for Amer-
ican Prosperity and Security Act of 2014’’. 
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SEC. 2. FUEL CHOICE ENABLING MANUFACTURERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 329 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 32920. Fuel choice enabling manufacturers 
‘‘(a) CALCULATION OF AVERAGE FUEL ECONOMY.— 
The average fuel economy of a fuel choice enabling manu-
facturer is the sum of— 
‘‘(1) the average fuel economy of such manufac-
turer determined under section 32904; and 
‘‘(2) 4 miles per gallon. 
‘‘(b) DEEMED COMPLIANCE WITH GREENHOUSE GAS 
EMISSION STANDARDS.—If a fuel choice enabling manu-
facturer is in compliance with all applicable standards pre-
scribed under section 32902 for a model year, the auto-
mobiles manufactured by such manufacturer in such 
model year are deemed to be in compliance with the stand-
ards for emissions of greenhouse gases promulgated under 
section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521(a)). 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) BIODIESEL.—The term ‘biodiesel’ means 
diesel fuel which has been produced from a non-pe-
troleum feedstock and which meets the specifications 
of the ASTM D6751–03 standard. 
‘‘(2) E85.—The term ‘E85’ means a fuel mix-
ture that contains up to 85 percent ethanol and 
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meets the specifications of the ASTM D5798 stand-
ard. 
‘‘(3) FLEXIBLE
FUEL
VEHICLE.—The term 
‘flexible fuel vehicle’ means a vehicle that has been 
warranted by its manufacturer to operate on gaso-
line, E85, and M85. 
‘‘(4) 
FUEL
CHOICE
ENABLING
MANUFAC-
TURER.—The term ‘fuel choice enabling manufac-
turer’ means a manufacturer whose total fleet of 
automobiles manufactured in a model year for sale 
in the United States contains at least 50 percent 
fuel choice enabling vehicles. 
‘‘(5) FUEL CHOICE ENABLING VEHICLE.—The 
term ‘fuel choice enabling vehicle’ means an auto-
mobile that— 
‘‘(A) has been warranted by its manufac-
turer to operate on natural gas, hydrogen, pro-
pane, or biodiesel; 
‘‘(B) is a flexible fuel vehicle; 
‘‘(C) is a plug-in electric drive vehicle; 
‘‘(D) is propelled solely by a fuel cell that 
can produce power without the use of petroleum 
or a petroleum-based fuel; or 
‘‘(E) is propelled solely by something other 
than an internal combustion engine and is war-
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ranted by its manufacturer to operate on some-
thing other than petroleum-based fuel. 
‘‘(6) GREENHOUSE GAS.—The term ‘greenhouse 
gas’ means carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane, 
hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulfur hexa-
fluoride, or any other substance subject to regulation 
under section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act (42 
U.S.C. 7521(a)) to address climate change. 
‘‘(7) M85.—The term ‘M85’ means a fuel mix-
ture that contains up to 85 percent methanol and 
meets the specifications of the ASTM D5797 stand-
ard. 
‘‘(8) PLUG-IN ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE.—The 
term ‘plug-in electric drive vehicle’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 508(a) of the Energy Pol-
icy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13258(a)).’’. 
(b) AVERAGE FUEL ECONOMY DEFINED.—Para-
graph (5) of section 32901(a) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing ‘‘; or’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘means average’’ and inserting 
the following: ‘‘means— 
‘‘(A) average’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(B) in the case of a fuel choice enabling 
manufacturer (as defined in section 32920), av-
erage fuel economy determined under such sec-
tion.’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 329 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 32919 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘32920. Fuel choice enabling manufacturers.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to model years begin-
ning with model year 2016. 
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