I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3059 
To increase the corporate average fuel economy standards for automobiles, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 17, 2007 
Mr. BARTON of Texas (for himself, Mr. HASTERT, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. PUTNAM, 
Mr. STEARNS, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. 
BUYER, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. WALDEN of Oregon, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. 
BURGESS, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. PITTS, 
Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. SMITH of 
Texas, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. GOHMERT, and Mr. MCCAUL of Texas) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce 
A BILL 
To increase the corporate average fuel economy standards 
for automobiles, 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. INCREASED AVERAGE FUEL ECONOMY STAND-
ARDS. 
(a) INCREASED STANDARD.—Section 32902 of title 
49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘At least’’ and inserting 
‘‘(1) At least’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘automobiles (except pas-
senger automobiles)’’ and inserting ‘‘non-pas-
senger automobiles’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘classes of automobiles’’ 
and inserting ‘‘classes of non-passenger auto-
mobiles based on vehicle attributes related to 
fuel economy’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) In prescribing average fuel economy standards 
under this section, the Secretary shall ensure that the av-
erage fuel economy standard for non-passenger auto-
mobiles manufactured by a manufacturer for model year 
2022 and subsequent model years shall be not less than 
27.5 miles per gallon.’’; 
(2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(b) PASSENGER AUTOMOBILES.—(1) At least 18 
months before the beginning of each model year, the Sec-
retary shall prescribe by regulation average fuel economy 
standards for passenger automobiles manufactured by a 
manufacturer in that model year. Each standard shall be 
the maximum feasible average fuel economy level that the 
Secretary decides the manufacturers can achieve in that 
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model year. The Secretary may prescribe separate stand-
ards for different classes of passenger automobiles based 
on vehicle attributes related to fuel economy. 
‘‘(2) In prescribing average fuel economy standards 
under this section, the Secretary shall ensure that the av-
erage fuel economy standard for passenger automobiles 
manufactured by a manufacturer for model year 2022 and 
subsequent model years shall be not less than 35 miles 
per gallon.’’; and 
(3) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(c) ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM STANDARD FOR PAS-
SENGER AUTOMOBILES.—(1) Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section, for any model year in which the 
Secretary prescribes average fuel economy standards for 
passenger automobiles on the basis of vehicle attributes, 
the average fuel economy standard for passenger auto-
mobiles manufactured by a manufacturer in that model 
year shall also provide for an alternative minimum stand-
ard that shall apply only to a manufacturer’s domestically 
manufactured passenger automobiles. 
‘‘(2) The alternative minimum standard referred to 
in paragraph (1) shall be the greater of— 
‘‘(A) 27.5 miles per gallon; or 
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‘‘(B) 92 percent of the average fuel economy 
projected by the Secretary for the combined domes-
tic and foreign fleets manufactured for sale in the 
United States by all manufacturers in that model 
year, which projection shall be published in the Fed-
eral Register when the standard for that model year 
is promulgated in accordance with this section. 
‘‘(3) The alternative minimum standard under this 
subsection shall apply to a manufacturer’s domestically 
manufactured passenger automobiles only if the average 
fuel economy standard established for passenger auto-
mobiles on the basis of vehicle attributes pursuant to this 
section, excluding any credits transferred by the manufac-
turer pursuant to section 32903(g) from other categories 
of automobiles described in such section, would allow that 
manufacturer to comply with a less stringent average fuel 
economy standard than the alternative minimum stand-
ard. 
‘‘(4) If the Secretary prescribes standards for pas-
senger automobiles on the basis of vehicle attributes, the 
Secretary shall provide a transition period during the first 
3 model years in which an attribute-based standard would 
apply during which each manufacturer may elect whether 
to comply with the attribute-based standard or with the 
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single corporate average fuel economy level prescribed 
under subsection (b).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE AND TRANSITION FROM EX-
ISTING STANDARDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(2) 
TRANSITION
FOR
PASSENGER
AUTO-
MOBILES.—The standard or standards for passenger 
automobiles under the authority of section 32902(b) 
of title 49, United States Code, in effect on the day 
before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall 
remain in effect until a standard for passenger auto-
mobiles is prescribed pursuant to such section, as 
amended by this section. 
(c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
Chapter 329 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 32901(a)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (16) as 
paragraph (17); and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (15) the 
following: 
‘‘(16) ‘non-passenger automobile’ means an 
automobile that is not a passenger automobile; and’’; 
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(2) in section 32902— 
(A) in subsection (g)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (a) or (d)’’ both places it appears 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (a), (b), (c), or 
(d)’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘(and submit the amendment to Congress 
when required under subsection (c)(2) of 
this section)’’; 
(B) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘sub-
sections (c),’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (b), 
(c)’’; and 
(C) in subsection (j), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (a),’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a), 
(b),’’; 
(3) in section 32903— 
(A) by striking ‘‘section 32902(b)–(d) of 
this title’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘subsection (a) through (d) of section 32902’’; 
(B) in subsection (a)(2), by striking 
‘‘clause (1) of this subsection’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraph (1)’’; and 
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(C) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘auto-
mobiles that are not passenger automobiles’’ 
and inserting ‘‘non-passenger automobiles’’; and 
(4) in section 32909(b), by striking ‘‘, except 
that a petition for review’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘referred to in section 32902(c)(2)’’. 
SEC. 2. CREDIT TRANSFERRING WITHIN A MANUFACTUR-
ER’S FLEET. 
Section 32903 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) CREDIT TRANSFERRING WITHIN A MANUFAC-
TURER’S FLEET.—(1) The Secretary of Transportation 
shall establish by regulation a corporate average fuel econ-
omy credit transferring program to allow any manufac-
turer whose automobiles exceed any of the average fuel 
economy standards prescribed under section 32902 to 
transfer the credits earned under this section and to apply 
such credits within that manufacturer’s fleet to a compli-
ance category of automobiles that fails to achieve the pre-
scribed standards. 
‘‘(2) Credits transferred under this subsection are 
available to be used in the same model years that the man-
ufacturer could have applied such credits under sub-
sections (a), (b), (d), and (e), as well as for the model 
year in which the manufacturer earned such credits. The 
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maximum increase in any compliance category attributable 
to transferred credits is 1.0 mile per gallon in any single 
model year. 
‘‘(3) In the case of transfers of credits to the category 
of automobiles described in paragraph (5)(B)(i), the 
transfer is limited to the extent that the fuel economy level 
of the manufacturer’s fleet of passenger automobiles man-
ufactured domestically shall comply with the provisions es-
tablished under section 32902(c), excluding any transfers 
from other categories of automobiles described in para-
graph (5)(B). 
‘‘(4) A credit transferred in conformance with this 
subsection may only be so transferred if such credit is 
earned in model year 2010 or any subsequent model year. 
‘‘(5) As used in this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘fleet’ means all automobiles 
manufactured by a manufacturer in a particular 
model year; and 
‘‘(B) the term ‘compliance category of auto-
mobiles’ means any of the 3 categories of auto-
mobiles for which compliance is separately calculated 
under this chapter, namely— 
‘‘(i) passenger automobiles manufactured 
domestically; 
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‘‘(ii) passenger automobiles not manufac-
tured domestically; and 
‘‘(iii) non-passenger automobiles.’’. 
SEC. 3. FUEL CONSERVATION EDUCATION PROGRAM. 
(a) PARTNERSHIP.—The Secretary of Transportation 
shall enter into a partnership with interested industry 
groups, including groups from the automotive, gasoline re-
fining, and oil industries, and groups representing the 
public interest and consumers to establish a public edu-
cation campaign that provides information to United 
States drivers about immediate measures that may be 
taken to conserve transportation fuel. 
(b) ACCESSIBILITY.—The public information cam-
paign under this section shall be targeted to reach the 
widest audience possible. The education campaign may in-
clude television, print, Internet website, or any other 
method designed to maximize the dissemination of trans-
portation fuel savings information to drivers. 
(c) COST SHARING.—The Secretary shall provide no 
more than 50 percent of the cost of the campaign created 
under this section. The Secretary is authorized to accept 
private funds to augment funds made available under this 
subsection. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
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Transportation such sums as may be necessary to carry 
out this section. 
Æ 
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