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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2594 
To establish a Federal public relations and education campaign to promote 
responsible and fuel-efficient driving in the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 6, 2007 
Mr. KNOLLENBERG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish a Federal public relations and education cam-
paign to promote responsible and fuel-efficient driving 
in the United States. 
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 ‘‘Safe and Fuel Efficient 
Driving Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds that— 
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(1) the United States has a national security 
interest in reducing our consumption of Middle East 
oil; 
(2) the United States has an environmental in-
terest in reducing our emissions of carbon dioxide 
and other greenhouse gases linked to climate change; 
(3) the domestic auto industry is making sig-
nificant investments in alternative energy research 
and development; 
(4) the price of oil is anticipated to remain at 
high levels for the foreseeable future and gas prices 
will also be high; 
(5) there are still considerable obstacles to over-
come in making alternative fuel vehicles like hybrids, 
clean diesel vehicles, and ethanol and biofuel vehicles 
commercially acceptable; 
(6) there are significant economic issues associ-
ated with arbitrarily raising Federal fuel economy 
regulations; 
(7) there are several personal conservation steps 
that individual motorists can take to improve the 
fuel efficiency of their vehicles, such as following the 
speed limit, avoiding rapid acceleration and braking, 
properly inflating vehicle tires, avoiding overuse of 
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air conditioners and heaters, and removing excess 
weight from their cars; 
(8) these personal conservation steps can im-
prove a vehicle’s fuel economy by upwards of 33 per-
cent depending on the driving situation; and 
(9) these personal conservation steps can also 
have a significant impact on improving a vehicle’s 
safety. 
SEC. 3. PUBLIC RELATIONS AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGN. 
The Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary 
of Energy shall jointly develop a multiyear public relations 
and education campaign to promote responsible and fuel- 
efficient driving in the United States. Such campaign shall 
include advertising, public relations, media events, con-
ferences and seminars, brochures and collateral materials, 
and Internet communications. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated for carrying 
out this Act, $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 
through 2012. 
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