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tion with the Secretary, shall submit to Congress a report 
including recommendations and findings that would im-
prove the operation and evaluation of carpool and vanpool 
projects funded under the congestion mitigation and air 
quality improvement program and shall make such report 
available to all State and local metropolitan planning orga-
nizations. 
SEC. 303. INTERNET UTILIZATION STUDY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, under the program 
established in section 301, shall evaluate the capacity of 
the Internet to facilitate carpool and vanpool operations 
through— 
(1) linking riders with local carpools and van-
pools; 
(2) providing real-time messaging communica-
tion between drivers and riders; 
(3) assisting employers to establish intercom-
pany vanpool and carpool programs; and 
(4) marketing existing vanpool and carpool pro-
grams. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
Congress a report including recommendations and find-
ings that would improve Internet utilization in carpool and
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vanpool operations and shall make such report available 
to all State and local metropolitan planning organizations. 
SEC. 304. FUEL CONSUMPTION EDUCATION CAMPAIGN. 
(a) PARTNERSHIP.—The Secretary shall enter into a 
partnership with interested industry groups to create an 
education campaign that provides information to United 
States drivers about measures that may be taken to con-
serve gasoline. 
(b) ACCESSIBILITY.—The public information cam-
paign shall be designed to reach the widest audience pos-
sible. The education campaign may include television, 
print, Internet website, or any method designed to maxi-
mize the dissemination of gasoline 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. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
$2,500,000 for carrying out this section. 
SEC. 305. PROCUREMENT OF ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHTING 
DEVICES. 
Section 553(d) of the National Energy Conservation 
Policy Act is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph:
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‘‘(3) The head of an agency shall procure the most 
energy efficient and cost-effective light bulbs or other elec-
trical lighting products, consistent with safety consider-
ations, for use in that agency’s facilities and buildings.’’. 
SEC. 306. MINORITY EMPLOYMENT. 
Section 385 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Energy is author-
ized and directed to establish a program to encourage mi-
nority students to study the earth sciences and enter the 
field of geology in order to qualify for employment in the 
oil, gas, and mineral industries. There are authorized to 
be appropriated for the program established under the 
preceding sentence $10,000,000.’’. 
TITLE IV—GASOLINE PRICE 
REFORM 
SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Gas Price Gouging 
Prevention Act’’. 
SEC. 402. GASOLINE PRICE GOUGING PROHIBITED. 
(a) UNLAWFUL CONDUCT.—During a period of a 
major disaster, it shall be an unfair or deceptive act or 
practice in violation of section 5 of the Federal Trade 
Commission Act for any person to sell crude oil, gasoline, 
diesel fuel, or home heating oil at a price which constitutes