such report shall make a recommendation regarding 
the maximum speed of such City Cars. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out this subsection.’’. 
SEC. 7. TRANSITION TO FUEL NEUTRAL EPA REGULATIONS. 
Section 131 of the Energy Independence and Security 
Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17011), as amended by sections 
4, 5, and 6 of this Act, is further amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(i) TRANSITION TO FUEL AND TECHNOLOGY NEU-
TRAL REGULATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) In light of advances in automotive en-
gine technologies since the passage of the Clean 
Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.), it is nec-
essary to modify the control of mobile source 
emissions pursuant to such Act to establish fuel 
and technology neutral mobile source emissions 
control programs. 
‘‘(B) Replacement of current emissions 
control requirements with a new fuel and tech-
nology neutral program that encourages use of 
the most fuel efficient and environmentally be-
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nign vehicles could include all vehicle tech-
nologies, including vehicles with spark-ignited 
engines, compression-ignited engines, and other 
engine types, dual fueled vehicles, flexible fuel 
vehicles, fuel cell electric vehicles, battery elec-
tric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, 
corded electric vehicle equipment, and other 
electric propulsion technologies. 
‘‘(2) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(A) Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this subsection, the Adminis-
trator shall submit a report to Congress de-
scribing all of the fuel definitions and tech-
nology definitions specific to vehicles in Federal 
law and regulation and recommend how such 
definitions may be changed to be fuel and tech-
nology neutral. 
‘‘(B) Not later than 18 months after the 
date of enactment of this subsection, the Ad-
ministrator shall submit a report to Congress 
describing how petroleum reductions, emissions 
reductions, and reductions in full fuel cycle cri-
teria pollutants may be incorporated into the 
fuel and technology neutral emissions reduction 
program required under paragraph (3), includ-
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ing any changes needed to existing law to 
achieve the purposes of the Electric Transpor-
tation Advancement Act of 2009. 
‘‘(3) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 2 years 
after the submission of the report required under 
paragraph (2)(B), the Administrator shall adopt 
final rules to implement a fuel and technology neu-
tral program to reduce tailpipe and evaporative 
emissions of criteria pollutants from mobile sources. 
Such program shall take effect not later than 10 
years after the date of enactment of this subsection. 
‘‘(4) FUEL
AND
TECHNOLOGY
NEUTRAL
MO-
BILE
SOURCE
EMISSION
CONTROL
PROGRAM.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘fuel and technology neu-
tral mobile source emissions control program’ means 
a fuel and technology neutral program described 
under paragraph (1)(B) that contains emissions con-
trols for criteria pollutants from mobile sources and 
a credit-based compliance mechanism for manufac-
turers of mobile source technologies that is at least 
as protective of public health as the previous appli-
cable emissions control program. 
‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out this subsection.’’. 
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SEC. 8. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DIVERSIFICATION. 
Subsection (m) of section 641 of the Energy Inde-
pendence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17231(m)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘Of amounts made available to carry out the pro-
grams established under subsections (i), (j), and (k), not 
more than 30 percent shall be awarded to the National 
Laboratories.’’. 
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