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(b) PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE.—The Secretary of
Energy shall establish the following performance objec-
tives for the program set forth in subsection (a):
(1) A fuel efficiency increase of 10 percent.
(2) A reduction in the impact of landing and
takeoff nitrogen oxides emissions on local air quality
of 70 percent.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .—There
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of En-
ergy for carrying out this section $45,000,000 for each
of the fiscal years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010.
Subtitle E—Automobile Efficiency
SEC. 771. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR IM-
PLEMENTATION 
AND 
ENFORCEMENT 
OF
FUEL ECONOMY STANDARDS.
In addition to any other funds authorized by law,
there are authorized to be appropriated to the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration to carry out its ob-
ligations with respect to average fuel economy standards
$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
SEC. 772. REVISED CONSIDERATIONS FOR DECISIONS ON
MAXIMUM FEASIBLE AVERAGE FUEL ECON-
OMY.
Section 32902(f) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(f) CONSIDERATIONS FOR DECISIONS ON MAXIMUM
FEASIBLE AVERAGE FUEL ECONOMY.—When deciding
maximum feasible average fuel economy under this sec-
tion, the Secretary of Transportation shall consider the
following matters:
‘‘(1) Technological feasibility.
‘‘(2) Economic practicability.
‘‘(3) The effect of other motor vehicle standards
of the Government on fuel economy.
‘‘(4) The need of the United States to conserve
energy.
‘‘(5) The effects of fuel economy standards on
passenger automobiles, nonpassenger automobiles,
and occupant safety.
‘‘(6) The effects of compliance with average fuel
economy standards on levels of automobile industry
employment in the United States.’’.
SEC. 773. EXTENSION OF MAXIMUM FUEL ECONOMY IN-
CREASE FOR ALTERNATIVE FUELED VEHI-
CLES.
(a) MANUFACTURING INCENTIVES.—Section 32905
of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in each of subsections (b) and (d), by strik-
ing ‘‘1993–2004’’ and inserting ‘‘1993–2010’’;
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(2) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘2001’’ and
inserting ‘‘2007’’; and
(3) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘2004’’ and
inserting ‘‘2010’’.
(b) MAXIMUM FUEL ECONOMY INCREASE.—Sub-
section (a)(1) of section 32906 of title 49, United States
Code, is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the model
years 1993–2004’’ and inserting ‘‘model years
1993–2010’’; and
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘the model
years 2005–2008’’ and inserting ‘‘model years
2011–2014’’.
SEC. 774. STUDY OF FEASIBILITY AND EFFECTS OF REDUC-
ING USE OF FUEL FOR AUTOMOBILES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shall
initiate a study of the feasibility and effects of reducing
by model year 2014, by a significant percentage, the
amount of fuel consumed by automobiles.
(b) SUBJECTS OF STUDY.—The study under this sec-
tion shall include—
(1) examination of, and recommendation of al-
ternatives to, the policy under current Federal law
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of establishing average fuel economy standards for
automobiles and requiring each automobile manufac-
turer to comply with average fuel economy standards
that apply to the automobiles it manufactures;
(2) examination of how automobile manufactur-
ers could contribute toward achieving the reduction
referred to in subsection (a);
(3) examination of the potential of fuel cell
technology in motor vehicles in order to determine
the extent to which such technology may contribute
to achieving the reduction referred to in subsection
(a); and
(4) examination of the effects of the reduction
referred to in subsection (a) on—
(A) gasoline supplies;
(B) the automobile industry, including
sales of automobiles manufactured in the
United States;
(C) motor vehicle safety; and
(D) air quality.
(c) REPORT.—The Administrator shall submit to
Congress a report on the findings, conclusion, and rec-
ommendations of the study under this section by not later
than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 775. UPDATE TESTING PROCEDURES.
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency shall update or revise the adjustment factors in
sections 600.209–85 and 600.209–95, of the Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, CFR Part 600 (1995) Fuel Economy
Regulations for 1977 and Later Model Year Automobiles
to take into consideration higher speed limits, faster accel-
eration rates, variations in temperature, use of air condi-
tioning, shorter city test cycle lengths, current reference
fuels, and the use of other fuel depleting features.
TITLE VIII—HYDROGEN
SEC. 801. DEFINITIONS.
In this title:
(1) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Advi-
sory Committee’’ means the Hydrogen Technical and
Fuel Cell Advisory Committee established under sec-
tion 805.
(2) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’
means the Department of Energy.
(3) FUEL CELL.—The term ‘‘fuel cell’’ means a
device that directly converts the chemical energy of
a fuel and an oxidant into electricity by an electro-
chemical process taking place at separate electrodes
in the device.
(4) INFRASTRUCTURE.—The term ‘‘infrastruc-
ture’’ means the equipment, systems, or facilities