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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4512 
To require the Secretary of Energy to implement country-of-origin disclosure 
requirements with respect to motor vehicle fuels, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 26, 2010 
Mr. BRALEY of Iowa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Energy to implement country- 
of-origin disclosure requirements with respect to motor 
vehicle fuels, 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 ‘‘Country-of-Origin La-
beling for Fuels Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COUNTRY-OF-ORIGIN
INFORMATION.—The 
term ‘‘country-of-origin information’’ means infor-
mation regarding each country in which motor vehi-
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cle fuel or the components of such fuel were ex-
tracted, refined, or otherwise processed. 
(2) MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL.—The term ‘‘motor 
vehicle fuel’’— 
(A) means any fuel used to power an auto-
mobile, as defined in section 32901(3) of title 
49, United States Code; and 
(B) includes alternative fuels, as defined in 
section 32901(1) of such title, other than elec-
tricity (including electricity from solar energy). 
(3) MOTOR
VEHICLE
FUEL
RETAILER.—The 
term ‘‘motor vehicle fuel retailer’’ means a person in 
the motor vehicle fuel supply chain who sells motor 
vehicle fuel to the general public for ultimate con-
sumption. 
(4) MOTOR
VEHICLE
FUEL
SUPPLIER.—The 
term ‘‘motor vehicle fuel supplier’’ means a person 
in the motor vehicle fuel supply chain other than a 
motor vehicle fuel retailer. 
SEC. 3. STUDY ON IMPLEMENTING COUNTRY-OF-ORIGIN LA-
BELING FOR MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, 
in consultation with the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, shall— 
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(1) conduct a study to determine appropriate 
methods and standards for requiring that— 
(A) motor vehicle fuel suppliers disclose 
country-of-origin information with respect to 
motor vehicle fuel to the next person in the 
motor vehicle fuel supply chain; and 
(B) motor vehicle retailers disclose such in-
formation to consumers; and 
(2) make recommendations with respect to the 
most feasible and cost-effective country-of-origin in-
formation disclosure requirements that can be im-
posed on motor vehicle fuel suppliers and motor ve-
hicle fuel retailers. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF STUDY.—The study required by 
subsection (a) shall address the following: 
(1) The extent to which persons at each step in 
the motor vehicle fuel supply chain have access to 
country-of-origin information regarding the fuel they 
sell, and the nature of any such information. 
(2) An assessment of whether such information 
is adequate— 
(A) to enable a motor vehicle fuel supplier 
to provide country-of-origin information to the 
next person in the supply chain; and 
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(B) to enable a motor vehicle fuel retailer 
to provide country-of-origin information to con-
sumers, by displaying that information at fuel 
pumps or on a website. 
(3) If the Secretary determines under para-
graph (2) that such information is inadequate to en-
able motor vehicle fuel suppliers or motor vehicle 
fuel retailers to provide country-of-origin informa-
tion, measures that can be taken to collect adequate 
information— 
(A) by the Secretary; and 
(B) by motor vehicle fuel suppliers and 
motor vehicle fuel retailers. 
(4) The feasibility of various country-of-origin 
information disclosure requirements, including— 
(A) displaying at each fuel pump the pre-
cise country or countries in which the fuel being 
dispensed to each consumer originated; and 
(B) displaying at each motor vehicle fuel 
retailer or on the website of each motor vehicle 
fuel supplier or motor vehicle fuel retailer the 
country or countries from which the fuel the 
supplier or retailer (as the case may be) sells 
generally originates. 
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