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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5855 
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
revise labeling requirements for fuel pumps that dispense E15, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 16, 2018 
Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia (for himself and Ms. FRANKEL of Florida) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency to revise labeling requirements for fuel 
pumps that dispense E15, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Consumer Protection 
and Fuel Transparency Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. E15 FUEL DISPENSER LABELING. 
(a) E15 FUEL DISPENSER LABELING RULE.— 
(1) REVISION OF RULE.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Ad-
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ministrator shall revise the labeling requirements for 
fuel pumps that dispense E15, including by revising 
the rule described in paragraph (3) with respect to 
such requirements. 
(2) INPUT AND REQUIREMENTS FOR LABEL.— 
In revising the labeling requirements for fuel pumps 
that dispense E15 under paragraph (1), the Admin-
istrator shall— 
(A) solicit input from— 
(i) industries that manufacture vehi-
cles, engines, and equipment that are pro-
hibited from using E15, including boats, 
lawnmowers, chainsaws, motorcycles, snow-
mobiles, and pre-2001 model year vehicles; 
(ii) consumer groups that represent 
users of such vehicles, engines, and equip-
ment; and 
(iii) any other party that the Adminis-
trator determines may be impacted by such 
labeling requirements; 
(B) require that the label for fuel pumps 
that dispense E15— 
(i) include the word ‘‘WARNING’’; 
(ii) include the words ‘‘Check your 
owner’s manual’’; 
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(iii) be 5 × 7 inches or larger; 
(iv) include— 
(I) indicators with respect to ve-
hicles, engines, and equipment that 
are prohibited from using E15, in-
cluding— 
(aa) pictograms depicting a 
boat, lawnmower, chainsaw, mo-
torcycle, and snowmobile; and 
(bb) warnings with respect 
to pre-2001 model year vehicles; 
and 
(II) other indicators developed by 
the Administrator, in consultation 
with the American National Stand-
ards Institute and the Federal Trade 
Commission; and 
(v) be focus group tested to ensure ef-
fectiveness; and 
(C) with respect to blender pumps, in addi-
tion to the requirements under subparagraph 
(B), with input from industries, the Federal 
Trade Commission, and the American National 
Standards Institute, require an additional warn-
ing label on each such blender pump to warn 
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consumers of the residual gasoline left in gaso-
line pump hoses from the previous individual 
dispensing. 
(3) RULE DESCRIBED.—The rule described in 
this paragraph is the final rule titled ‘‘Regulation To 
Mitigate the Misfueling of Vehicles and Engines 
With Gasoline Containing Greater Than Ten Volume 
Percent Ethanol and Modifications to the Reformu-
lated and Conventional Gasoline Programs’’ pub-
lished in the Federal Register on July 25, 2011 (76 
Fed. Reg. 44406 et seq.). 
(b) PUBLIC EDUCATION.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, 
in consultation with affected industries, shall develop and 
commence a public education campaign— 
(1) to inform the public regarding— 
(A) the risks associated with the improper 
use of E15; and 
(B) the vehicles, engines, and equipment 
that are prohibited from using E15, including 
boats, lawnmowers, chainsaws, motorcycles, 
snowmobiles, and pre-2001 model year vehicles; 
and 
(2) that includes, with respect to an existing 
fuel pump that displays electronic messages, develop-
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ment of an electronic message inquiring if a con-
sumer is aware that E15 is so prohibited, to be dis-
played on such fuel pump prior to E15 dispensing 
from such fuel pump. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit 
to Congress a report on the public education campaign 
commenced under subsection (b), including data and 
metrics on consumer awareness of E15. 
(d) REGISTRATION ENTITIES EDUCATION.—The Ad-
ministrator, in collaboration with State entities responsible 
for boat registration, shall distribute, at the time of initial 
registration of a boat and at the time of the renewal of 
a registration for such boat, educational materials on E15 
and its impact on marine engines. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
(2) BLENDER
PUMP.—The term ‘‘blender 
pump’’ means a fuel pump that may dispense mul-
tiple blends of fuel, including E15. 
(3) E15.—The term ‘‘E15’’ means gasoline 
containing 15 percent ethanol by volume. 
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