Consumer Protection and Fuel Transparency Act of 2022
Bill: H.R.7731 | Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Austin (R-GA)
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
Consumer Protection and Fuel Transparency Act of 2022
This bill requires information to be provided to the public about the risks associated with the improper use of gasoline containing 15% ethanol by volume, commonly known as E 15 fuel, in certain vehicles, engines, and equipment.
Specifically, the bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise labeling requirements for fuel pumps that dispense E 15 fuel, including by requiring the labels of such fuel pumps to include additional details. The labels must include warning information about vehicles, engines, and equipment (e.g., boats, lawn mowers, chain saws, motorcycles, snowmobiles, and pre-2001 model year vehicles) that are prohibited from using E 15.
In addition, the EPA must implement a public education campaign concerning the risks associated with the improper use of E 15 fuel in such vehicles, engines, and equipment.
The EPA must also withdraw the proposed rule titled E 15 Fuel Dispenser Labeling and Compatibility With Underground Storage Tanks.

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
revise labeling requirements for fuel pumps that dispense E15, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 2022''.

SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL OF E15 FUEL DISPENSER LABELING AND COMPATIBILITY 
              WITH UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS PROPOSED RULE.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall withdraw the 
proposed rule titled ``E15 Fuel Dispenser Labeling and Compatibility 
With Underground Storage Tanks'' (86 Fed. Reg. 5094 (January 19, 
2021)).

SEC. 3. E15 FUEL DISPENSER LABELING.

    (a) Revision of Rule.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall revise the labeling 
requirements for fuel pumps that dispense E15, including by revising 
the rule described in subsection (c) with respect to such requirements.
    (b) Input and Requirements for Label.--In revising the labeling 
requirements for fuel pumps that dispense E15 under paragraph (1), the 
Administrator shall--
            (1) solicit input from--
                    (A) industries that manufacture vehicles, engines, 
                and equipment that are prohibited from using E15, 
                including boats, lawnmowers, chainsaws, motorcycles, 
                snowmobiles, and pre-2001 model year vehicles;
                    (B) consumer groups that represent users of such 
                vehicles, engines, and equipment;
                    (C) consumer label experts; and
                    (D) retailers (as defined in section 101(7) of the 
                Petroleum Marketing Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 2801(7)));
            (2) require that the label for fuel pumps that dispense 
        E15--
                    (A) include the word ``WARNING'';
                    (B) include the words ``Check your owner's 
                manual'';
                    (C) be 5  x  7 inches or larger;
                    (D) include--
                            (i) indicators with respect to vehicles, 
                        engines, and equipment that are prohibited from 
                        using E15, including--
                                    (I) pictograms depicting a boat, 
                                lawnmower, chainsaw, motorcycle, and 
                                snowmobile; and
                                    (II) warnings with respect to pre-
                                2001 model year vehicles; and
                            (ii) other indicators developed by the 
                        Administrator, in consultation with the 
                        American National Standards Institute and the 
                        Federal Trade Commission; and
                    (E) be focus group tested to ensure effectiveness; 
                and
            (3) with respect to blender pumps, in addition to the 
        requirements under paragraph (2), with input from industries, 
        the Federal Trade Commission, and the American National 
        Standards Institute, require an additional warning label on 
        each such blender pump to warn consumers of the residual 
        gasoline left in gasoline pump hoses from the previous 
        individual dispensing.
    (c) Rule Described.--The rule described in this subsection 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 Reformulated and Conventional Gasoline 
Programs'' published in the Federal Register on July 25, 2011 (76 Fed. 
Reg. 44406).

SEC. 4. EDUCATION.

    (a) 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 publish on the website of the 
Environmental Protection Agency educational materials to inform the 
public regarding--
            (1) the risks associated with the improper use of E15; and
            (2) the vehicles, engines, and equipment that are 
        prohibited from using E15, including boats, lawnmowers, 
        chainsaws, motorcycles, snowmobiles, and pre-2001 model year 
        vehicles.
    (b) Registration Entities Education.--The Administrator, 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 described in subsection (a).
    (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 
impact of the publication and distribution of the educational materials 
described in subsection (a), including data and metrics on consumer 
awareness of E15.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
            (2) Blender pump.--The term ``blender pump'' means a fuel 
        pump that may dispense multiple blends of fuel, including E15.
            (3) E15.--The term ``E15'' means gasoline containing 15 
        percent ethanol by volume.
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