To impose additional requirements for improving automobile fuel economy and reducing vehicle emissions.

SA 925. Mr. BOND (for himself, Mr. Levin, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr.
Voinovich) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the
bill H.R. 6, to ensure jobs for our future with secure, affordable, and
reliable energy; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

Strike subtitle B of title VII, and insert the following:

Subtitle B--Automobile Efficiency

CHAPTER 1--MAXIMUM AVERAGE FUEL ECONOMY

SEC. 711. REVISED CONSIDERATIONS FOR DECISIONS ON MAXIMUM
FEASIBLE AVERAGE FUEL ECONOMY.

Section 32902(f) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
``(f) Considerations for Decisions on Maximum Feasible
Average Fuel Economy.--When deciding maximum feasible average
fuel economy under this section, 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 desirability of reducing United States dependence
on imported oil.
``(6) The effects of the average fuel economy standards on
motor vehicle and passenger safety.
``(7) The effects of increased fuel economy on air quality.
``(8) The adverse effects of average fuel economy standards
on the relative competitiveness of manufacturers.
``(9) The effects of compliance with average fuel economy
standards on levels of employment in the United States.
``(10) The cost and lead time necessary for the
introduction of the necessary new technologies.
``(11) The potential for advanced technology vehicles, such
as hybrid and fuel cell vehicles, to contribute to the
achievement of significant reductions in fuel consumption.
``(12) The extent to which the necessity for vehicle
manufacturers to incur near-term costs to comply with the
average fuel economy standards adversely affects the
availability of resources for the development of advanced
technology for the propulsion of motor vehicles.
``(13) The report of the National Research Council that is
entitled `Effectiveness and Impact of Corporate Average Fuel
Economy Standards', issued in January 2002.''.

SEC. 712. INCREASED FUEL ECONOMY STANDARDS.

(a) New Regulations Required.--
(1) Non-passenger automobiles.--
(A) Requirement for new regulations.--The Secretary of
Transportation shall issue, under section 32902 of title 49,
United States Code, new regulations setting forth increased
average fuel economy standards for non-passenger automobiles.
The regulations shall be determined on the basis of the
maximum feasible average fuel economy levels for the non-
passenger automobiles, taking into consideration the matters
set forth in subsection (f) of such section. The new
regulations under this paragraph shall apply for model years
after the 2007 model year, subject to subsection (b).
(B) Time for issuing regulations.--The Secretary of
Transportation shall issue the final regulations under
subparagraph (A) not later than April 1, 2006.
(2) Passenger automobiles.--
(A) Requirement for new regulations.--The Secretary of
Transportation shall issue, under section 32902 of title 49,
United States Code, new regulations setting forth increased
average fuel economy standards for passenger automobiles. The
regulations shall be determined on the basis of the maximum
feasible average fuel economy levels for the passenger
automobiles, taking into consideration the matters set forth
in subsection (f) of such section.
(B) Time for issuing regulations.--The Secretary of
Transportation shall issue the final regulations under
subparagraph (A) not later than 2\1/2\ years after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
(b) Phased Increases.--The regulations issued pursuant to
subsection (a) shall specify standards that take effect
successively over several vehicle model years not exceeding
15 vehicle model years.
(c) Clarification of Authority To Amend Passenger
Automobile Standard.--Section 32902(b) of title 49, United
States Code, is amended by inserting before the period at the
end the following: ``or such other number as the Secretary
prescribes under subsection (c)''.
(d) Environmental Assessment.--When issuing final
regulations setting forth increased average fuel economy
standards under section 32902(a) or section 32902(c) of title
49, United States Code, the Secretary of Transportation shall
also issue an environmental assessment of the effects of the
increased standards on the environment under the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized
to be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010 for
carrying out this section and for administering the
regulations issued pursuant to this section.

SEC. 713. EXPEDITED PROCEDURES FOR CONGRESSIONAL INCREASE IN
FUEL ECONOMY STANDARDS.

(a) Condition for Applicability.--If the Secretary of
Transportation fails to issue final regulations with respect
to non-passenger automobiles under section 712, or fails to
issue final regulations with respect to passenger automobiles
under such section, on or before the date by which such final
regulations are required by such section to be issued,
respectively, then this section shall apply with respect to a
bill described in subsection (b).
(b) Bill.--A bill referred to in this subsection is a bill
that satisfies the following requirements:
(1) Introduction.--The bill is introduced by one or more
Members of Congress not later than 60 days after the date
referred to in subsection (a).
(2) Title.--The title of the bill is as follows: ``A bill
to establish new average fuel economy standards for certain
motor vehicles.''.
(3) Text.--The bill provides after the enacting clause only
the text specified in subparagraph (A) or (B) or any
provision described in subparagraph (C), as follows:
(A) Non-passenger automobiles.--In the case of a bill
relating to a failure timely to issue final regulations
relating to non-passenger automobiles, the following text:
``That, section 32902 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

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`` `(_) Non-passenger automobiles.--The average fuel
economy standard for non-passenger automobiles manufactured
by a manufacturer in a model year after model year __ shall
be __ miles per gallon.' '', the first blank space being
filled in with a subsection designation, the second blank
space being filled in with the number of a year, and the
third blank space being filled in with a number.
(B) Passenger automobiles.--In the case of a bill relating
to a failure timely to issue final regulations relating to
passenger automobiles, the following text:
``That, section 32902(b) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
`` `(b) Passenger Automobiles.--Except as provided in this
section, the average fuel economy standard for passenger
automobiles manufactured by a manufacturer in a model year
after model year __ shall be __ miles per gallon.' '', the
first blank space being filled in with the number of a year
and the second blank space being filled in with a number.
(C) Substitute text.--Any text substituted by an amendment
that is in order under subsection (c)(3).
(c) Expedited Procedures.--A bill described in subsection
(b) shall be considered in a House of Congress in accordance
with the procedures provided for the consideration of joint
resolutions in paragraphs (3) through (8) of section 8066(c)
of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1985 (as
contained in section 101(h) of Public Law 98-473; 98 Stat.
1936), with the following exceptions:
(1) References to resolution.--The references in such
paragraphs to a resolution shall be deemed to refer to the
bill described in subsection (b).
(2) Committees of jurisdiction.--The committees to which
the bill is referred under this subsection shall--
(A) in the Senate, be the Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation; and
(B) in the House of Representatives, be the Committee on
Energy and Commerce.
(3) Amendments.--
(A) Amendments in order.--Only four amendments to the bill
are in order in each House, as follows:
(i) Two amendments proposed by the majority leader of that
House.
(ii) Two amendments proposed by the minority leader of that
House.
(B) Form and content.--To be in order under subparagraph
(A), an amendment shall propose to strike all after the
enacting clause and substitute text that only includes the
same text as is proposed to be stricken except for one or
more different numbers in the text.
(C) Debate, et cetera.--Subparagraph (B) of section
8066(c)(5) of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act,
1985 (98 Stat. 1936) shall apply to the consideration of each
amendment proposed under this paragraph in the same manner as
such subparagraph (B) applies to debatable motions.

SEC. 714. EXTENSION OF MAXIMUM FUEL ECONOMY INCREASE FOR
ALTERNATIVE FUELED VEHICLES.

(a) Manufacturing Incentives.--Section 32905 of title 49,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsections (b) and (d), by striking ``1993-2004''
and inserting ``1993-2008'';
(2) in subsection (f), by striking ``2001'' and inserting
``2007''; and
(3) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ``2004'' and
inserting ``2008''.
(b) Extension of Maximum Fuel Economy Increase.--Section
32906(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``1993-2004'' and
inserting ``1993 through 2008''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``2005-2008'' and
inserting ``2009 through 2012''.

CHAPTER 2--ADVANCED CLEAN VEHICLES

SEC. 721. HYBRID VEHICLES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

(a) Rechargeable Energy Storage Systems and Other
Technologies.--The Secretary of Energy shall accelerate
research and development directed toward the improvement of
batteries and other rechargeable energy storage systems,
power electronics, hybrid systems integration, and other
technologies for use in hybrid vehicles.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Funds are hereby
authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2006,
2007, and 2008 in the amount $50,000,000 for research and
development activities under this section.

SEC. 722. DIESEL FUELED VEHICLES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

(a) Diesel Combustion and After Treatment Technologies.--
The Secretary of Energy shall accelerate research and
development directed toward the improvement of diesel
combustion and after treatment technologies for use in diesel
fueled motor vehicles.
(b) Goals.--The Secretary shall carry out subsection (a)
with a view to achieving the following goals:
(1) Compliance with certain emission standards by 2010.--
Developing and demonstrating diesel technologies that, not
later than 2010, meet the following standards:
(A) Tier-2 emission standards.--The tier 2 emission
standards.
(B) Heavy-duty emission standards of 2007.--The heavy-duty
emission standards of 2007.
(2) Post-2010 highly efficient technologies.--Developing
the next generation of low emissions, high efficiency diesel
engine technologies, including homogeneous charge compression
ignition technology.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--Funds are hereby
authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2006,
2007, and 2008 in the amount of $75,000,000 for research and
development of advanced combustion engines and advanced
fuels.

SEC. 723. PROCUREMENT OF ALTERNATIVE FUELED PASSENGER
AUTOMOBILES.

(a) Vehicle Fleets Not Covered by Requirement in Energy
Policy Act of 1992.--The head of each agency of the executive
branch shall coordinate with the Administrator of General
Services to ensure that only alternative fueled vehicles are
procured by or for each agency fleet of passenger automobiles
that is not in a fleet of vehicles to which section 303 of
the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13212) applies.
(b) Waiver Authority.--The head of an agency, in
consultation with the Administrator, may waive the
applicability of the policy regarding the procurement of
alternative fueled vehicles in subsection (a) to--
(1) the procurement for such agency of any vehicles
described in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of section
303(b)(3) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C.
13212(b)(3)); or
(2) a procurement of vehicles for such agency if the
procurement of alternative fueled vehicles cannot meet the
requirements of the agency for vehicles due to insufficient
availability of the alternative fuel used to power such
vehicles.
(c) Applicability to Procurements After Fiscal Year 2005.--
This subsection applies with respect to procurements of
alternative fueled vehicles in fiscal year 2006 and
subsequent fiscal years.

SEC. 724. PROCUREMENT OF HYBRID LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS.

(a) Vehicle Fleets Not Covered by Requirement in Energy
Policy Act of 1992.--
(1) Hybrid vehicles.--The head of each agency of the
executive branch shall coordinate with the Administrator of
General Services to ensure that only hybrid vehicles are
procured by or for each agency fleet of light duty trucks
that is not in a fleet of vehicles to which section 303 of
the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13212) applies.
(2) Waiver authority.--The head of an agency, in
consultation with the Administrator, may waive the
applicability of the policy regarding the procurement of
hybrid vehicles in paragraph (1) to that agency to the extent
that the head of that agency determines necessary--
(A) to meet specific requirements of the agency for
capabilities of light duty trucks;
(B) to procure vehicles consistent with the standards
applicable to the procurement of fleet vehicles for the
Federal Government;
(C) to adjust to limitations on the commercial availability
of light duty trucks that are hybrid vehicles; or
(D) to avoid the necessity of procuring a hybrid vehicle
for the agency when each of the hybrid vehicles available for
meeting the requirements of the agency has a cost to the
United States that exceeds the costs of comparable nonhybrid
vehicles by a factor that is significantly higher than the
difference between--
(i) the real cost of the hybrid vehicle to retail
purchasers, taking into account the benefit of any tax
incentives available to retail purchasers for the purchase of
the hybrid vehicle; and
(ii) the costs of the comparable nonhybrid vehicles to
retail purchasers.
(3) Applicability to procurements after fiscal year 2005.--
This subsection applies with respect to procurements of light
duty trucks in fiscal year 2006 and subsequent fiscal years.
(b) Inapplicability to Department of Defense.--This section
does not apply to the Department of Defense, which is subject
to comparable requirements under section 318 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law
107-107; 115 Stat. 1055; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note).

SEC. 725. DEFINITIONS.

In this chapter:
(1) Alternative fueled vehicle.--The term ``alternative
fueled vehicle'' means--
(A) an alternative fueled vehicle, as defined in section
301(3) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13211(3));
(B) a motor vehicle that operates on a blend of fuel that
is at least 20 percent (by volume) biodiesel, as defined in
section 312(f) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C.
13220(f)); and
(C) a motor vehicle that operates on a blend of fuel that
is at least 20 percent (by volume) bioderived hydrocarbons
(including aliphatic compounds) produced from agricultural
and animal waste.
(2) Heavy-duty emission standards of 2007.--The term
``heavy-duty emission standards of 2007'' means the motor
vehicle emission standards promulgated by the Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency on January 18, 2001,
under section 202 of the Clean Air Act to apply to heavy-duty
vehicles of model years beginning with the 2007 vehicle model
year.
(3) Hybrid vehicle.--The term ``hybrid vehicle'' means--
(A) a motor vehicle that draws propulsion energy from on
board sources of stored energy that are both--
(i) an internal combustion or heat engine using combustible
fuel; and
(ii) a rechargeable energy storage system; and
(B) any other vehicle that is defined as a hybrid vehicle
in regulations prescribed by

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the Secretary of Energy for the administration of title III
of the Energy Policy Act of 1992.
(4) Motor vehicle.--The term ``motor vehicle'' means any
vehicle that is manufactured primarily for use on public
streets, roads, and highways (not including a vehicle
operated exclusively on a rail or rails) and that has at
least four wheels.
(5) Tier 2 emission standards defined.--The term ``tier 2
emission standards'' means the motor vehicle emission
standards promulgated by the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency on February 10, 2000, under
section 202 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521) to apply to
passenger automobiles, light trucks, and larger passenger
vehicles of model years after the 2003 vehicle model year.
(6) Terms defined in epa regulations.--The terms
``passenger automobile'' and ``light truck'' have the
meanings given such terms in regulations prescribed by the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for
purposes of the administration of title II of the Clean Air
Act (42 U.S.C. 7521 et seq.).
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