I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1550 
To accelerate motor fuel savings nationwide and provide incentives to reg-
istered owners of high polluting automobiles to replace such automobiles 
with new fuel efficient and less polluting automobiles or public transpor-
tation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 17, 2009 
Ms. SUTTON (for herself, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, and Mrs. MILLER of Michi-
gan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined 
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To accelerate motor fuel savings nationwide and provide in-
centives to registered owners of high polluting auto-
mobiles to replace such automobiles with new fuel effi-
cient and less polluting automobiles or public transpor-
tation. 
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 ‘‘Consumer Assistance 
to Recycle and Save Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) AUTOMOBILE; 
MANUFACTURER; 
MODEL; 
MODEL YEAR; PASSENGER AUTOMOBILE.—The terms 
‘‘automobile’’, ‘‘manufacturer’’, ‘‘model’’, ‘‘model 
year,’’ ‘‘passenger automobile,’’ and ‘‘work truck’’ 
have the meanings given such terms in section 
32901(a) of title 49, United States Code. 
(2) CERTIFICATE OF TITLE.—The term ‘‘cer-
tificate of title’’ means a valid State-issued title or 
other document showing ownership by a person of 
an automobile. 
(3) DEALER.—The term ‘‘dealer’’ means a per-
son engaged in any State in the business of selling 
or leasing in interstate commerce new automobiles 
(except a person buying such automobile as a dealer) 
to an ultimate purchaser. 
(4) DISMANTLER.—The term ‘‘dismantler’’ 
means a person residing in a State and is licensed 
or otherwise authorized by a State or local govern-
ment to operate a business employing 3 or more per-
sons to take automobiles apart for the purpose of re-
claiming usable parts and recyclable materials. 
(5) DISTRIBUTOR.—The term ‘‘distributor’’ 
means a person who acts for, and is under the con-
trol of, a manufacturer in connection with the dis-
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tribution of new automobiles or new automobile en-
gines, but shall not include any dealer with respect 
to such automobiles or engines received by such per-
son in commerce. 
(6) 
ELIGIBLE
HIGH
POLLUTING
AUTO-
MOBILE.—The term ‘‘eligible high polluting auto-
mobile’’ means an automobile that, at the time it is 
presented for participation in the program estab-
lished under section 3 of this Act, it— 
(A) is in drivable condition; and 
(B) has been continuously registered and 
licensed to operate on public roads in any State 
for a period of not fewer than 120 consecutive 
days immediately prior to such presentation. 
(7) HIGH POLLUTING AUTOMOBILE.—The term 
‘‘high polluting automobile’’ means an automobile 
that is either an inefficient or high polluting auto-
mobile and that was issued a certificate of con-
formity with the regulations prescribed under section 
202 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521) for any 
model year before model year 2001, and is not a 
new fuel efficient automobile. 
(8) HIGHWAY LABEL FUEL ECONOMY VALUE.— 
The term ‘‘highway label fuel economy value’’ means 
the number, expressed in miles per gallon, centered 
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directly below the words ‘‘Highway MPG’’ on the 
label required to be affixed or caused to be affixed 
on a new automobile pursuant to subpart D of part 
600 of title 40 Code of Federal Regulations. 
(9) CITY LABEL FUEL ECONOMY VALUE.—The 
term ‘‘city label fuel economy value’’ means the 
number, expressed in miles per gallon, centered di-
rectly below the words ‘‘City MPG’’ on the label re-
quired to be affixed or caused to be affixed on a new 
automobile pursuant to subpart D of part 600 of 
title 40 Code of Federal Regulations. 
(10) BATTERY
ELECTRIC
AUTOMOBILE.—The 
term ‘‘battery electric automobile’’ means an auto-
mobile that— 
(A) draws motive power from a battery 
with a capacity of at least 4-kilowatt hours; and 
(B) is recharged from an external source 
of electricity for motive power. 
(11) NEW
FUEL
EFFICIENT
AUTOMOBILE.— 
The term ‘‘new fuel efficient automobile’’ means a 
model year 2009, 2010, or 2011 passenger auto-
mobile, nonpassenger automobile, or work truck for 
which— 
(A) a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer 
has never, except in accordance with the Pro-
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gram established by this Act, transferred the 
equitable or legal title by contract, lease or 
other means thereof to an ultimate purchaser; 
(B) a dealer participating in such Program 
may, during the period beginning after the date 
in calendar year 2009 that the interim final 
regulations required by section 3(f) of this Act 
are promulgated by the Secretary and ending 
on December 31, 2010, accept a voucher under 
such Program as an offset of the purchase price 
of such automobile paid by such purchaser; and 
(C) at the time of such purchase of such 
automobile by an ultimate purchaser— 
(i) carries a manufacturer’s suggested 
retail price of $35,000 or less; and 
(ii) achieves the emission standard 
listed as tier 2, bin 5 in table S04–1 under 
section 86.1811–04 of title 40, Code of 
Federal Regulation. 
(12) NONPASSENGER AUTOMOBILE.—The term 
‘‘nonpassenger automobile’’ means an automobile 
classified as a light truck under part 523 of title 49, 
Code of Federal Regulations, and is not a work 
truck. 
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(13) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 551 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(14) PLUG-IN ELECTRIC DRIVE AUTOMOBILE.— 
The term ‘‘plug-in electric drive automobile’’ has the 
same meaning given the term ‘‘new qualified plug- 
in electric drive motor vehicle’’ in section 30D(d)(1) 
through (4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
(15) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means 
the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save 
(CARS) Program established by section 3 of this 
Act. 
(16) REGISTERED
WORK
TRUCK.—The term 
‘‘registered work truck’’ means a work truck that— 
(A) a dealer, at the time of acquisition by 
an ultimate purchaser of a work truck for 
which a voucher under section 3 of this Act is 
applied, registers such truck as a commercial 
vehicle under the applicable State law for such 
purchaser as the registered owner thereof; and 
(B) achieves the emission standard listed 
as tier 2, bin 5 in Table S04–1 under section 
86.1811–04 of title 40, Code of Federal Regu-
lations. 
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(17) REGISTERED
OWNER.—The term ‘‘reg-
istered owner’’ means, with respect to an automobile 
or work truck, the person identified as the ultimate 
purchaser of such automobile or work truck on the 
title or other form or certificate of registration 
issued by a State. 
(18) SCRAP RECYCLER.—The term ‘‘scrap recy-
cler’’ means a person licensed or otherwise author-
ized by a State or local government to do business— 
(A) employing 3 or more individuals at a 
fixed location in a State, where machinery and 
equipment are utilized for processing and man-
ufacturing scrap metal into prepared grades; 
and 
(B) whose principal product is scrap iron, 
scrap steel, or nonferrous metallic scrap for sale 
for remelting purposes. 
(19) ADMINISTRATOR; SECRETARY.—The terms 
‘‘Administrator’’ and ‘‘Secretary’’ mean the Admin-
istrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
and the Secretary of Transportation, respectively. 
(20) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 32101 of title 49, 
United States Code. 
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(21) ULTIMATE PURCHASER.—The term ‘‘ulti-
mate purchaser’’ means, with respect to any new 
automobile, the first person who in good faith pur-
chases such automobile for purposes other than re-
sale. 
(22) VOUCHER.—The term ‘‘voucher’’ means a 
voucher issued to the registered owner of an eligible 
high polluting automobile under section 3(a) of (g). 
SEC. 3. ACCELERATED RECYCLING OF INEFFICIENT VEHI-
CLES PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Department of Transportation a program to be known as 
the ‘‘Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save (CARS) 
Program’’, for fiscal years 2009 through 2011, through 
which the Secretary, in accordance with this Act and the 
regulations promulgated thereunder, shall— 
(1) encourage and allow any dealer, dismantler, 
and scrap recycler in any State to participate in the 
Program; 
(2) authorize the issuance by participating deal-
ers of a vouchers to any person who is a registered 
owner of a high polluting automobile, and who 
transfers such automobile, together with the applica-
ble certificate of title for the automobile, to a dealer, 
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or, in the case of subsection (g) of this section, to 
a dismantler or scrape recycler; 
(3) require that all dealers participating in the 
Program accept vouchers submitted to them as pro-
vided in this Act as partial payment for the pur-
chase of a new fuel efficient automobile; 
(4) require that each participating dealer agree 
to accept any high polluting automobile from a reg-
istered owner thereof and upon the transfer by such 
owner of a certificate of title to such automobile 
shall issue a voucher for such automobile to the 
owner, which may be immediately redeemed by such 
owner for the purchase of a new fuel efficient auto-
mobile that, using for comparison purposes only the 
average full economy standard applicable to the 
make and model of each such automobile (taking 
into consideration relevant factors established and 
published by the Secretary, in coordination with the 
Administration), is shown to be more fuel efficient 
than such high polluting vehicle; 
(5) require that participating dealers, disman-
tlers, and scrap recyclers agree to comply with the 
applicable provisions of subsection (e) of this section; 
and 
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(6) electronically transfer funds to a partici-
pating dealer within 10 days after receipt from such 
dealer of— 
(A) a voucher issued by the dealer and re-
deemed for the purchase of a new fuel efficient 
automobile; and 
(B) the applicable certifications required 
under this Act. 
(b) AMOUNT OF VOUCHER.— 
(1) VOUCHER REDEMPTION VALUE IF USED TO-
WARD PURCHASE OF NEW FUEL EFFICIENT AUTO-
MOBILE.—A voucher issued under the Program may 
be applied to offset a portion of the purchase price 
of one new fuel efficient automobile meeting the cri-
teria set forth in this paragraph, which portion shall 
be the amount of— 
(A) $4,000 for a— 
(i) passenger automobile assembled in 
the United States with a minimum high-
way label fuel economy value of 27 miles 
per gallon; 
(ii) passenger automobile assembled in 
North America with a minimum highway 
label fuel economy value of 30 miles per 
gallon; or 
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(iii) nonpassenger automobile assem-
bled in the United States with a minimum 
highway label fuel economy value of 24 
miles per gallon; 
(B) $5,000 for a— 
(i) passenger automobile assembled in 
the United States with a minimum high-
way label fuel economy value of 30 miles 
per gallon; or 
(ii) work truck assembled in the 
United States registered by the dealer as a 
registered work truck; or 
(C) $3,000 for a nonpassenger automobile 
assembled in North America with a minimum 
highway value of 24 miles per gallon. 
(2) NO COMBINATION OF VOUCHER REDEMP-
TION
VALUES.—The voucher redemption values 
under 
subsections 
(b)(1)(A), 
(b)(1)(B), 
and 
(b)(1)(C) of this section shall not be combined. If a 
new fuel efficient automobile meets the criteria set 
forth in more than one such subsection, the pur-
chaser of the new fuel efficient automobile may des-
ignate which subsection applies for purposes of de-
termining the voucher redemption value. 
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(c) ADMINISTRATIVE PAYMENTS TO PARTICIPATING 
DEALERS, DISMANTLERS, AND SCRAP RECYCLING FA-
CILITIES.—The Secretary shall provide for a payment of 
$50, or another greater amount determined reasonable by 
the Secretary, to participating dealers, dismantlers, and 
scrap recyclers for each voucher issued under the Program 
in consideration of their administrative and other similar 
costs related to such issuance and for the issuance of the 
certification required by subsection (e)(3) of this section. 
(d) LISTS OF ELIGIBLE AUTOMOBILES TO BE MAIN-
TAINED.—The Secretary shall prepare, maintain, pub-
licize, and make available through the Internet, lists of 
automobiles, classified by make and model, which are clas-
sified under this section as— 
(1) eligible high polluting automobiles; or 
(2) new fuel efficient automobiles. 
(e) PROGRAM SPECIFICATIONS.— 
(1) LIMITATIONS.— 
(A) NUMBER
OF
VOUCHERS
PER
PER-
SON.—A person may be issued not more than 
1 voucher and the person must demonstrate, in 
a manner prescribed by rule by the Secretary, 
that such person— 
(i) is the registered owner of an eligi-
ble high polluting automobile; and 
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(ii) attests that such high polluting 
automobile has not been imported into the 
United States during the previous 4-month 
period. 
(B) OFFSET.—A dealer— 
(i) shall credit the amount of the 
voucher being applied toward the purchase 
of a new fuel efficient automobile; and 
(ii) may not offset the amount of the 
voucher against any other rebate or dis-
count otherwise being offered by the dealer 
or manufacturer. 
(C) JOINT OWNERSHIP.—Not more than 1 
voucher may be issued to the joint registered 
owners of an eligible high polluting automobile. 
(D) NO COMBINATION OF VOUCHERS.—A 
person may only apply 1 voucher issued under 
the Program toward the purchase of a new fuel 
efficient automobile. 
(E) COMBINATION
WITH
OTHER
INCEN-
TIVES PERMITTED.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the availability or use of a 
Federal or State tax incentive or a State-issued 
voucher for the purchase of a new fuel efficient 
automobile shall not limit the value or issuance 
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of a voucher under the Program to any person 
otherwise eligible to receive such a voucher. 
(F) DURATION.—Each voucher shall expire 
90 days after the date on which the voucher is 
issued and may not be renewed. 
(G) PROMPT FULFILLMENT OF REDEMP-
TION
REQUESTS
REQUIRED.—The Secretary 
shall provide for the payment of all vouchers 
submitted to the Secretary for redemption in 
accordance with this section. 
(H) NUMBER
AND
AMOUNT.—The total 
number and value of vouchers issued under the 
Program may not exceed the amounts appro-
priated for such purpose. 
(2) ADMINISTRATION OF PROGRAM.—The Sec-
retary shall establish by the date interim final regu-
lations are promulgated under subsection (f) of this 
section a web-based system for the administration 
and electronic transfer of vouchers and funds for the 
Program. The web-based system shall at a min-
imum— 
(A) provide information to the public re-
garding the purposes of the Program, and how 
to obtain and redeem vouchers; 
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(B) provide information to consumers re-
garding the availability of new fuel efficient 
automobiles for which vouchers may be used 
and transit passes or fare credit; 
(C) provide information to participating 
dealers, dismantlers, and scrap recyclers re-
garding how to verify that a registered owner 
requesting a voucher has an eligible high pol-
luting automobile; 
(D) provide for the electronic issuance of 
vouchers once eligibility has been verified; and 
(E) provide electronic fund transfer of 
funds to participating dealers, dismantlers, and 
scrap recyclers in accordance with section. In 
addition to the web-based system, the Secretary 
may use such other means as the Secretary 
deems necessary to educate consumers regard-
ing the voucher program and carry out other 
aspects of the program. 
(3) DISPOSITION
OF
ELIGIBLE
HIGH
POL-
LUTING AUTOMOBILES.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Any dealer who re-
ceives a certificate of title to any eligible high 
polluting automobile in exchange for a voucher 
under the Program shall certify to the Sec-
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retary, in such manner as the Secretary shall 
prescribe, by rule, that such title has been re-
tired or otherwise extinguished and not re- 
issued and that the dealer has received from a 
dismantler or recycler a certification that such 
automobile, engine and drive train (within such 
period as the Secretary prescribes by rule)— 
(i) will be crushed or shredded within 
such period as the Secretary prescribes; 
(ii) will be processed prior to crushing 
or shredding to ensure the removal and ap-
propriate disposition of refrigerants, anti-
freeze, lead products, mercury switches, 
and such other toxic or hazardous vehicle 
components as the Secretary may specify 
by rule; and 
(iii) has not been, and will not be, reg-
istered, sold, leased, exchanged, distrib-
uted, or otherwise operated at any time as 
an automobile in the United States or in 
any foreign country. 
(B) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in sub-
paragraph (A) may be construed to preclude a 
dismantler or recycler from— 
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(i) removing any parts of such 
crushed or shredded high polluting auto-
mobile, other than the engine block and 
drive train, and selling them for use as re-
placement parts; or 
(ii) retaining the proceeds from such 
sale. 
(C) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall 
coordinate with the Attorney General to ensure 
that the National Motor Vehicle Title Informa-
tion System is appropriately updated to reflect 
the crushing or shredding of high polluting 
automobiles under this section. 
(f) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall pro-
mulgate interim final regulations to implement the Pro-
gram, including— 
(1) the removal and disposition of toxic or haz-
ardous materials from eligible high polluting vehicles 
presented for participation in the program; and 
(2) the enforcement of the penalties described 
in section 4 of this Act. 
(g) TRANSIT FARE CREDITS.—The Secretary shall 
promulgate regulations establishing criteria that allow op-
erators of bus and rail public transit systems participating 
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in the program to redeem from the Secretary the allowable 
value of transit fare vouchers properly issued by such op-
erators to any person who is a registered owner of a high 
polluting automobile under this Act to offset the purchase 
price of annual or monthly transit passes or any other 
form of individual transit fare credit designated by the 
transit system operator. Participating transit system oper-
ators shall establish the terms and conditions for the own-
ership, use, and expiration of any transit fare credits ac-
quired through the use of a transit fare voucher issued 
under this subsection. Such transit vouchers may only be 
issued by a person who is a dismantler or scrap recycler 
in lieu of vouchers issued under subsection (a) if a high 
polluting automobile of a registered owner is accepted by 
any such dismantler or scrap recycler, such owner trans-
fers the certificate of title for such automobile to either 
such person, and such voucher includes the certification 
by such dismantler or recycler required by subsection 
(e)(3) of this section. The amount of any such voucher 
shall be $3,000. The Secretary shall electronically transfer 
funds to cover such vouchers to such operators. 
(h) DISCLAIMER.—Nothing in this Act or any other 
provision of law limits the authority of Congress or the 
Secretary to terminate or limit the Program or the 
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issuance of vouchers under this Act or the issuance of 
transit fare vouchers. 
SEC. 4. PENALTIES. 
(a) VIOLATION.—It shall be unlawful for any person 
to violate any provision under this Act or any regulations 
issued pursuant to section 3(f) of this Act. 
(b) PENALTIES.—Any person who commits a viola-
tion described in subsection (a) shall be liable to the 
United States Government for a civil penalty of not more 
than $5,000 for each violation. A separate violation shall 
be deemed to have occurred for each day the person con-
tinues to be in violation of any provision under this Act. 
SEC. 5. REPORT. 
The Secretary shall submit a semi-annual report to 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives that specifies, for 
the most recent 6-month period— 
(1) the number of vouchers which have been 
used under the Program; and 
(2) the make, model, model year, location of 
sale, and manufacturing location of each vehicle 
traded in or purchased under the Program. 
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SEC. 6. POST-2010 VOUCHERS TO RECYCLE INEFFICIENT 
VEHICLES AND ENCOURAGE PURCHASE OF 
NEW BATTERY ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILES AND 
PLUG-IN ELECTRIC DRIVE AUTOMOBILES. 
Effective for model year 2011, the Secretary shall, 
by rule, revise the Program established under section 3 
of this Act to provide for the issuance by dealers of vouch-
ers to registered owners of a high polluting automobile, 
who transfer a certificate of title to such automobile to 
the dealer to be redeemed in such model year and for two 
subsequent model years to offset the purchase price of a 
new battery electric automobile or a new plug-in electric 
drive automobile, in accordance with the applicable provi-
sions of this Act and related regulations, as so revised or 
modified by the Secretary consistent with this section. For 
purposes of determining the amount of a voucher issued 
under this section for purposes of such redemption, the 
voucher amount shall be $7,500 for either a passenger or 
nonpassenger automobile assembled in the United States 
and each such automobile shall have a minimum city label 
fuel economy value of 100 miles per gallon. 
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to the Secretary of Transportation 
to enable the Secretary to carry out the Program author-
ized under section 3 of this Act beginning in calendar year 
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2009, under section 6 beginning in calendar year 2010, 
and such sums shall remain available until expended. 
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