I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4409 
To promote the national security and stability of the United States economy 
by reducing the dependence of the United States on foreign oil through 
the use of alternative fuels and new vehicle technologies, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 18, 2005 
Mr. KINGSTON (for himself, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. BISHOP of New 
York, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina, Mr. PRICE of 
Georgia, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. PENCE, 
Mr. BARROW, Mrs. JOHNSON
of Connecticut, Mr. TERRY, Mr. 
TANCREDO, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. PITTS, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. WESTMORE-
LAND, Mr. LINDER, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. WILSON of South 
Carolina, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. RENZI, and Mr. 
EHLERS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on 
Science, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Gov-
ernment Reform, 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 promote the national security and stability of the United 
States economy by reducing the dependence of the 
United States on foreign oil through the use of alter-
native fuels and new vehicle technologies, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Fuel Choices for American Security Act of 2005’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings and purposes. 
TITLE I—OIL SAVINGS ACTION PLAN AND REQUIREMENTS 
Sec. 101. Oil savings target and action plan. 
Sec. 102. Standards and requirements. 
Sec. 103. Initial evaluation. 
Sec. 104. Review and update of action plan. 
Sec. 105. Baseline and analysis requirements. 
Sec. 106. Review and scoring of Federal actions related to oil savings action 
plan. 
Sec. 107. Federal Government oil usage audit. 
Sec. 108. Saturday mail delivery. 
Sec. 109. Nationwide media campaign to decrease oil consumption. 
TITLE II—FUEL EFFICIENT VEHICLES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY 
Sec. 201. Tire efficiency program. 
Sec. 202. Reduction of school bus idling. 
Sec. 203. Fuel efficiency for heavy duty trucks. 
Sec. 204. Idling reduction tax credit. 
Sec. 205. Near-term vehicle technology program. 
Sec. 206. Lightweight materials research and development. 
Sec. 207. Hybrid and advanced diesel vehicles. 
Sec. 208. Advanced technology motor vehicles manufacturing credit. 
Sec. 209. Consumer incentives to purchase advanced technology vehicles. 
Sec. 210. Federal fleet requirements. 
Sec. 211. Tax incentives for private fleets. 
Sec. 212. Reducing incentives to guzzle gas. 
Sec. 213. Fuel Choice for Transportation. 
Sec. 214. Flexible fuel vehicle economy calculations. 
TITLE III—FUEL CHOICES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY 
Sec. 301. Fuel choice action plan. 
Sec. 302. Ethanol action plan. 
Sec. 303. Duty free treatment for imported liquid ethanol used for fuel. 
Sec. 304. Alternative fuel vehicle refueling property. 
Sec. 305. Use of CAFE´ penalties to build alternative fueling infrastructure. 
Sec. 306. Cellulosic biomass fuel. 
Sec. 307. Production incentives for cellulosic biofuels. 
Sec. 308. Transit-oriented development corridors. 
Sec. 309. Biofuels.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) the United States is dangerously dependent 
on oil; 
(2) that dependence threatens the national se-
curity, weakens the economy, and harms the envi-
ronment of the United States; 
(3) the United States currently imports nearly 
60 percent of oil needed in the United States, and 
that percentage is expected to grow to almost 70 
percent by 2025 if no actions are taken; 
(4) approximately 2,500,000 barrels of oil per 
day are imported from countries in the Persian Gulf 
region; 
(5) that dependence on foreign oil undermines 
the war on terror by financing both sides of the war; 
(6) in 2004 alone, the United States sent 
$103,000,000,000 to undemocratic countries, some 
of which use revenues to support terrorism and 
spread ideology hostile to the United States, as doc-
umented by the Council on Foreign Relations; 
(7) terrorists have identified oil as a strategic 
vulnerability and have increased attacks against oil 
infrastructure worldwide; 
(8) oil imports comprise nearly 30 percent of 
the dangerously high United States trade deficit;
(9) it is technically feasible to achieve oil sav-
ings of more than 2,500,000 barrels per day by 
2015 and 5,000,000 barrels per day by 2025; 
(10) those goals can be achieved by establishing 
a set of flexible policies, including— 
(A) increasing the gasoline-efficiency of 
cars, trucks, tires, and oil; 
(B) providing economic incentives for com-
panies and consumers to produce and purchase 
21st Century fuel efficient and flexible fuel ve-
hicles; 
(C) encouraging the use of transit and the 
reduction of truck and bus idling; 
(D) increasing production and commer-
cialization of alternative liquid fuels; 
(E) increasing the efficiency of current oil 
based fuels with combustion enhancers and 
other advanced technology; and 
(F) increasing the use of electricity as a 
transportation fuel; 
(11) vehicle technology available as of the date 
of enactment of this Act (including popular hybrid- 
electric vehicle models, the sales of which in the 
United States increased 173 percent in the first 5 
months of 2005 as compared with the same period
in 2004) make an oil savings plan eminently achiev-
able; 
(12) alternative and renewable liquid transpor-
tation fuels are already available (including corn and 
sugar based ethanol, biodiesel, methanol, and diesel 
fuels derived from coal) to make such an oil savings 
and fuel choice plan eminently achievable; 
(13) achieving those goals will benefit con-
sumers and businesses through lower fuel bills and 
reduction in world oil prices; 
(14) achieving those goals will help protect the 
economy of the United States from high and volatile 
oil prices and from the threats caused by global in-
stability, terrorism, and natural disaster; and 
(15) it is urgent, essential, and feasible to im-
plement an action plan to achieve oil savings as soon 
as practicable because any delay in initiating action 
will— 
(A) make achieving necessary oil savings 
more difficult and expensive; 
(B) increase the risks to the national secu-
rity, economy, and environment of the United 
States; and 
(C) leave the American people and econ-
omy vulnerable to the threats posed by ter-
rorism, natural disaster, political instability, 
and the shrinking ability of global oil supplies 
to meet rapidly expanding oil demands. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to accelerate market penetration of flexible 
fuel, electric drive, and alternative motor vehicles; 
(2) to enable the accelerated market penetra-
tion of efficient technologies and alternative fuels 
without adverse impact on air quality while main-
taining a policy of fuel neutrality, so as to allow 
market forces to elect the technologies and fuels that 
are consumer-friendly, safe, environmentally-sound, 
and economic; 
(3) to provide time-limited financial incentives 
to encourage production and consumer purchase of 
oil saving technologies and fuels nationwide; 
(4) to promote a nationwide diversity of motor 
vehicle fuels and advanced motor vehicle technology, 
including advanced lean burn technology, hybrid 
technology, flexible fuel motor vehicles, alternatively 
fueled motor vehicles, and other oil saving tech-
nologies; and 
(5) to decrease American dependence on im-
ported oil.
TITLE I—OIL SAVINGS ACTION 
PLAN AND REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 101. OIL SAVINGS TARGET AND ACTION PLAN. 
Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget (referred to in this title as the ‘‘Director’’) shall 
publish in the Federal Register an action plan consisting 
of— 
(1) a list of requirements proposed or to be pro-
posed pursuant to section 102 that are authorized to 
be issued under law in effect on the date of enact-
ment of this Act, and this Act, that will be suffi-
cient, when taken together, to save from the baseline 
determined under section 105— 
(A) 2,500,000 barrels of oil per day on av-
erage during calendar year 2015; and 
(B) 5,000,000 barrels of oil per day on av-
erage during calendar year 2025; and 
(2) a Federal Government-wide analysis of— 
(A) the expected oil savings from the base-
line to be accomplished by each requirement; 
and 
(B) whether all such requirements, taken 
together, will achieve the oil savings specified in 
this section.
SEC. 102. STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) SECRETARY OF ENERGY.—On or before the date 
of publication of the action plan under section 101, the 
Secretary of Energy shall propose, or issue a notice of in-
tent to propose, regulations establishing each standard or 
other requirement listed in the action plan that is under 
the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Energy using authori-
ties described in subsection (d). 
(b) SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION.—On or before 
the date of publication of the action plan under section 
101, the Secretary of Transportation shall propose, or 
issue a notice of intent to propose, regulations establishing 
each standard or other requirement listed in the action 
plan that is under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of 
Transportation using authorities described in subsection 
(d). 
(c) ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PRO-
TECTION AGENCY.—On or before the date of publication 
of the action plan under section 101, the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency shall propose, or 
issue a notice of intent to propose, regulations establishing 
each standard or other requirement listed in the action 
plan that is under the jurisdiction of the Administrator 
using authorities described in subsection (d). 
(d) AUTHORITIES.—The Secretary of Energy, the 
Secretary of Transportation, and the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency shall use to carry out 
this section— 
(1) any authority in existence on the date of en-
actment of this Act (including regulations); and 
(2) any new authority provided under this Act 
(including an amendment made by this Act). 
(e) FINAL REGULATIONS.—Not later than 18 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Energy, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Admin-
istrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall pro-
mulgate final versions of the regulations described in sub-
sections (a), (b), and (c), respectively. 
(f) AGENCY ANALYSES.—Each proposed and final 
regulation promulgated under this section shall— 
(1) be designed to achieve at least the oil sav-
ings resulting from the regulation under the action 
plan published under section 101; and 
(2) be accompanied by an analysis by the appli-
cable agency describing the manner in which the 
regulation will promote the achievement of the oil 
savings from the baseline determined under section 
105. 
SEC. 103. INITIAL EVALUATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall publish
in the Federal Register a Federal Government-wide anal-
ysis of the oil savings achieved from the baseline estab-
lished under section 105. 
(b) INADEQUATE OIL SAVINGS.—If the oil savings 
are less than the targets established under section 101, 
simultaneously with the analysis required under sub-
section (a)— 
(1) the Director shall publish a revised action 
plan that is adequate to achieve the targets; and 
(2) the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of 
Transportation, and the Administrator shall propose 
new or revised regulations under subsections (a), 
(b), and (c), respectively, of section 102. 
(c) FINAL REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date on which regulations are proposed under 
subsection (b)(2), the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary 
of Transportation, and the Administrator shall promul-
gate final versions of those regulations. 
SEC. 104. REVIEW AND UPDATE OF ACTION PLAN. 
(a) REVIEW.—Not later than January 1, 2011, and 
every 3 years thereafter, the Director shall publish a re-
port that— 
(1) evaluates the progress achieved in imple-
menting the oil savings targets established under 
section 101;
(2) analyzes the expected oil savings under the 
standards and requirements established under this 
Act and the amendments made by this Act; and 
(3)(A) analyzes the potential to achieve oil sav-
ings that are in addition to the savings required by 
section 101; and 
(B) if the President determines that it is in the 
national interest, establishes a higher oil savings tar-
get for calendar year 2017 or any subsequent cal-
endar year. 
(b) INADEQUATE OIL SAVINGS.—If the oil savings 
are less than the targets established under section 101, 
simultaneously with the report required under subsection 
(a)— 
(1) the Director shall publish a revised action 
plan that is adequate to achieve the targets; and 
(2) the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of 
Transportation, and the Administrator shall propose 
new or revised regulations under subsections (a), 
(b), and (c), respectively, of section 102. 
(c) FINAL REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date on which regulations are proposed under 
subsection (b)(2), the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary 
of Transportation, and the Administrator shall promul-
gate final versions of those regulations.
SEC. 105. BASELINE AND ANALYSIS REQUIREMENTS. 
In performing the analyses and promulgating pro-
posed or final regulations to establish standards and other 
requirements necessary to achieve the oil savings required 
by this title, the Director, the Secretary of Energy, the 
Secretary of Transportation, and the Administrator 
shall— 
(1) determine oil savings as the projected re-
duction in oil consumption from the baseline estab-
lished by the reference case contained in the report 
of the Energy Information Administration entitled 
‘‘Annual Energy Outlook 2005’’; 
(2) determine the oil savings projections re-
quired on an annual basis for each of calendar years 
2009 through 2026; and 
(3) account for any overlap among the stand-
ards and other requirements to ensure that the pro-
jected oil savings from all the promulgated stand-
ards and requirements, taken together, are as accu-
rate as practicable. 
SEC. 106. REVIEW AND SCORING OF FEDERAL ACTIONS RE-
LATED TO OIL SAVINGS ACTION PLAN. 
(a) OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Director shall— 
(A) establish procedures to evaluate all 
proposals for Federal legislative or executive ac-
tions which could be reasonably considered to 
impact the supply or demand of oil in the 
United States; and 
(B) report to the Congress on the net im-
pact the reviewed proposal would have on 
reaching the goals of the action plan required 
under section 101, including a score in terms of 
projected decreases or increases to oil usage. 
(2) CONCLUSIONS.—The conclusions of the Di-
rector under paragraph (1) shall also be published in 
the public record and considered as part of any rule-
making procedure or impact statement. 
(b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Comptroller General 
shall— 
(A) establish procedures to evaluate all 
proposals for Federal legislative or executive ac-
tions which could be reasonably considered to 
impact the supply or demand of oil in the 
United States; and 
(B) report to the Congress on the net im-
pact the reviewed proposal would have on 
reaching the goals of the action plan required 
under section 101, including a score in terms of 
projected decreases or increases to oil usage.
(2) CONCLUSIONS.—The conclusions of the 
Comptroller General under paragraph (1) shall also 
be published in the public record and considered as 
part of any rulemaking procedure or impact state-
ment. 
SEC. 107. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OIL USAGE AUDIT. 
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, each Federal agency shall complete an audit 
of oil-derived fuel usage in the agency. The head of the 
agency shall establish an oil usage baseline and develop 
a plan to reduce oil consumption by 10 percent over 5 
years and 20 percent in 10 years. The Secretary of Energy 
shall compile an annual report containing all agency re-
ports and recommendations under this section and deliver 
it to the Congress not later than January 31 of each year. 
SEC. 108. SATURDAY MAIL DELIVERY. 
The Postmaster General shall, not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, report to the Con-
gress on the annual fleetwide fuel savings and cost savings 
associated with eliminating Saturday mail delivery. 
SEC. 109. NATIONWIDE MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO DECREASE 
OIL CONSUMPTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy, acting 
through the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’), shall develop and conduct a national media cam-
paign for the purpose of decreasing oil consumption in the 
United States over the next decade. 
(b) CONTRACT WITH ENTITY.—The Secretary shall 
carry out subsection (a) directly or through— 
(1) competitively bid contracts with 1 or more 
nationally recognized media firms for the develop-
ment and distribution of monthly television, radio, 
and newspaper public service announcements; or 
(2) collective agreements with 1 or more nation-
ally recognized institutes, businesses, or nonprofit 
organizations for the funding, development, and dis-
tribution of monthly television, radio, and newspaper 
public service announcements. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts made available to 
carry out this section shall be used for the following: 
(A) ADVERTISING COSTS.— 
(i) The purchase of media time and 
space. 
(ii) Creative and talent costs. 
(iii) Testing and evaluation of adver-
tising. 
(iv) Evaluation of the effectiveness of 
the media campaign.
(v) The negotiated fees for the win-
ning bidder on requests from proposals 
issued either by the Secretary for purposes 
otherwise authorized in this section. 
(vi) Entertainment industry outreach, 
interactive outreach, media projects and 
activities, public information, news media 
outreach, and corporate sponsorship and 
participation. 
(B) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Operational 
and management expenses. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.—In carrying out this section, 
the Secretary shall allocate not less than 85 percent 
of funds made available under subsection (e) for 
each fiscal year for the advertising functions speci-
fied under paragraph (1)(A). 
(d) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall annually submit 
to Congress a report that describes— 
(1) the strategy of the national media campaign 
and whether specific objectives of the campaign were 
accomplished, including— 
(A) determinations concerning the rate of 
change of oil consumption, in both absolute and 
per capita terms; and
(B) an evaluation that enables consider-
ation whether the media campaign contributed 
to reduction of oil consumption; 
(2) steps taken to ensure that the national 
media campaign operates in an effective and effi-
cient manner consistent with the overall strategy 
and focus of the campaign; 
(3) plans to purchase advertising time and 
space; 
(4) policies and practices implemented to ensure 
that Federal funds are used responsibly to purchase 
advertising time and space and eliminate the poten-
tial for waste, fraud, and abuse; and 
(5) all contracts or cooperative agreements en-
tered into with a corporation, partnership, or indi-
vidual working on behalf of the national media cam-
paign. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
TITLE II—FUEL EFFICIENT VEHI-
CLES FOR THE 21st CENTURY 
SEC. 201. TIRE EFFICIENCY PROGRAM. 
(a) STANDARDS FOR TIRES MANUFACTURED FOR 
INTERSTATE COMMERCE.—Section 30123 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The 
Secretary’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) UNIFORM QUALITY GRADING SYSTEM.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; 
(B) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) NOMENCLATURE AND MARKETING PRAC-
TICES.—The Secretary’’; 
(C) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘A 
tire standard’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(3) EFFECT
OF
STANDARDS
AND
REGULA-
TIONS.—A tire standard’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (1), as designated by 
subparagraph (A), by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) INCLUSION.—The grading system es-
tablished pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall 
include standards for rating the fuel efficiency
of tires designed for use on passenger cars and 
light trucks.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) NATIONAL TIRE EFFICIENCY PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘fuel economy’, with respect to a tire, means the ex-
tent to which the tire contributes to the fuel econ-
omy of the motor vehicle on which the tire is mount-
ed. 
‘‘(2) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall develop 
and carry out a national tire fuel efficiency program 
for tires designed for use on passenger cars and 
light trucks. 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than March 
31, 2008, the Secretary shall issue regulations, 
which establish— 
‘‘(A) policies and procedures for testing 
and labeling tires for fuel economy to enable 
tire buyers to make informed purchasing deci-
sions about the fuel economy of tires; 
‘‘(B) policies and procedures to promote 
the purchase of energy efficient replacement 
tires, including purchase incentives, website list-
ings on the Internet, printed fuel economy 
guide booklets, and mandatory requirements for
tire retailers to provide tire buyers with fuel ef-
ficiency information on tires; and 
‘‘(C) minimum fuel economy standards for 
tires. 
‘‘(4) MINIMUM FUEL ECONOMY STANDARDS.— 
In promulgating minimum fuel economy standards 
for tires, the Secretary shall design standards that— 
‘‘(A) ensure, in conjunction with the re-
quirements under paragraph (3)(B), that the 
average fuel economy of replacement tires is not 
less than the average fuel economy of tires sold 
as original equipment; 
‘‘(B) secure the maximum technically fea-
sible and cost-effective fuel savings; 
‘‘(C) do not adversely affect tire safety; 
‘‘(D) incorporate the results from— 
‘‘(i) laboratory testing; and 
‘‘(ii) to the extent appropriate and 
available, on-road fleet testing programs 
conducted by manufacturers; and 
‘‘(E) do not adversely affect efforts to 
manage scrap tires. 
‘‘(5) APPLICABILITY.—The policies, procedures, 
and standards developed under paragraph (3) shall 
apply to all tire types and models regulated under
the uniform tire quality grading standards in section 
575.104 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or 
a successor regulation). 
‘‘(6) REVIEW.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not less than once 
every 3 years, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) review the minimum fuel economy 
standards in effect for tires under this sub-
section; and 
‘‘(ii) subject to subparagraph (B), re-
vise the standards as necessary to ensure 
compliance with standards described in 
paragraph (4). 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may 
not reduce the average fuel economy standards 
applicable to replacement tires. 
‘‘(7) NO PREEMPTION OF STATE LAW.—Noth-
ing in this section shall be construed to preempt any 
provision of State law relating to higher fuel econ-
omy standards applicable to replacement tires de-
signed for use on passenger cars and light trucks. 
‘‘(8) EXCEPTIONS.—Nothing in this section 
shall apply to— 
‘‘(A) a tire or group of tires with the same 
stock keeping unit, plant, and year, for which
the volume of tires produced or imported is less 
than 15,000 annually; 
‘‘(B) a deep tread, winter-type snow tire, 
space-saver tire, or temporary use spare tire; 
‘‘(C) a tire with a normal rim diameter of 
12 inches or less; 
‘‘(D) a motorcycle tire; or 
‘‘(E) a tire manufactured specifically for 
use in an off-road motorized recreational vehi-
cle.’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
30103(b)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘When’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in 
section 30123(d), if’’. 
(c) TIME
FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—Beginning not 
later than March 31, 2008, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall administer the national tire fuel efficiency pro-
gram established under section 30123(d) of title 49, 
United States Code, in accordance with the policies, proce-
dures, and standards developed under section 30123(d)(3) 
of such title. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated, for each of fiscal years 
2007 through 2011, such sums as may be necessary to
carry out section 30123(d) of title 49, United States Code, 
as added by subsection (a). 
SEC. 202. REDUCTION OF SCHOOL BUS IDLING. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—Congress encourages 
each local educational agency (as defined in section 
9101(26) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801(26))) that receives Federal funds 
under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) to develop a policy to re-
duce the incidence of school bus idling at schools while 
picking up and unloading students. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency, working in coordi-
nation with the Secretary of Education, $5,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 for use in edu-
cating States and local education agencies about— 
(1) benefits of reducing school bus idling; and 
(2) ways in which school bus idling may be re-
duced. 
SEC. 203. FUEL EFFICIENCY FOR HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS. 
Part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting after chapter 329 the following:
‘‘CHAPTER 330—HEAVY DUTY VEHICLE 
FUEL ECONOMY STANDARDS 
‘‘CHAPTER 330—HEAVY DUTY VEHICLE FUEL ECONOMY STANDARDS 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘33001. Purpose and policy. 
‘‘33002. Definition. 
‘‘33003. Testing and assessment. 
‘‘33004. Standards. 
‘‘33005. Authorization of appropriations. 
‘‘§ 33001. Purpose and policy 
‘‘The purpose of this chapter is to reduce petroleum 
consumption by heavy duty motor vehicles. 
‘‘§ 33002. Definition 
‘‘In this chapter, the term ‘heavy duty motor vehi-
cle’— 
‘‘(1) means a vehicle having a gross vehicle 
weight rating of at least 10,000 pounds that is driv-
en or drawn by mechanical power and manufactured 
primarily for use on public streets, roads, and high-
ways; and 
‘‘(2) does not include a vehicle operated only on 
a rail line. 
‘‘§ 33003. Testing and assessment 
‘‘(a) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.—The Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency (referred to in 
this section as the ‘Administrator’) shall develop and co-
ordinate a national testing and assessment program to—