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Subtitle 
E—Promoting 
Federal 
Leadership in Energy Efficiency 
and Renewable Energy 
SEC. 
261. 
FEDERAL 
FLEET 
CONSERVATION 
REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
(a) FEDERAL
FLEET
CONSERVATION
REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Part J of title III of the En-
ergy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6374 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 400FF. FEDERAL FLEET CONSERVATION REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
‘‘(a) MANDATORY REDUCTION IN PETROLEUM CON-
SUMPTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall issue 
regulations (including provisions for waivers from 
the requirements of this section) for Federal fleets 
subject to section 400AA requiring that not later 
than October 1, 2015, each Federal agency achieve 
at least a 20 percent reduction in petroleum con-
sumption, and that each Federal agency increase al-
ternative fuel consumption by 10 percent annually, 
as calculated from the baseline established by the 
Secretary for fiscal year 2005. 
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‘‘(2) PLAN.— 
‘‘(A) 
REQUIREMENT.—The 
regulations 
shall require each Federal agency to develop a 
plan to meet the required petroleum reduction 
levels and the alternative fuel consumption in-
creases. 
‘‘(B) MEASURES.—The plan may allow an 
agency to meet the required petroleum reduc-
tion level through— 
‘‘(i) the use of alternative fuels; 
‘‘(ii) the acquisition of vehicles with 
higher fuel economy, including hybrid vehi-
cles, neighborhood electric vehicles, electric 
vehicles, and plug–in hybrid vehicles if the 
vehicles are commercially available; 
‘‘(iii) the substitution of cars for light 
trucks; 
‘‘(iv) an increase in vehicle load fac-
tors; 
‘‘(v) a decrease in vehicle miles trav-
eled; 
‘‘(vi) a decrease in fleet size; and 
‘‘(vii) other measures. 
‘‘(b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE PROGRAMS 
FOR REDUCING PETROLEUM CONSUMPTION.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each Federal agency shall 
actively promote incentive programs that encourage 
Federal employees and contractors to reduce petro-
leum usage through the use of practices such as— 
‘‘(A) telecommuting; 
‘‘(B) public transit; 
‘‘(C) carpooling; and 
‘‘(D) bicycling and the use of 2-wheeled 
electric drive devices. 
‘‘(2) MONITORING AND SUPPORT FOR INCEN-
TIVE
PROGRAMS.—The Administrator of General 
Services, the Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management, and the Secretary of Energy shall 
monitor and provide appropriate support to agency 
programs described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) RECOGNITION.—The Secretary may estab-
lish a program under which the Secretary recognizes 
private sector employers and State and local govern-
ments for outstanding programs to reduce petroleum 
usage through practices described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(c) REPLACEMENT TIRES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the regulations issued under subsection 
(a)(1) shall include a requirement that, to the max-
imum extent practicable, each Federal agency pur-
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