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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1293
5	5	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives
6	6	and fees for increasing motor vehicle fuel economy, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	FEBRUARY13, 2025
9	9	Mr. C
10	10	ASTEN(for himself and Ms. MATSUI) introduced the following bill; which
11	11	was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to
12	12	the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently
13	13	determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
14	14	sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
15	15	A BILL
16	16	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide
17	17	tax incentives and fees for increasing motor vehicle fuel
18	18	economy, and for other purposes.
19	19	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
20	20	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
21	21	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
22	22	(a) S
23	23	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
24	24	‘‘Vehicle Energy Performance Act of 2025’’. 5
25	25	(b) A
26	26	MENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.—Except as other-6
27	27	wise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amend-7
28	28	ment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment 8
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32	32	to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference 1
33	33	shall be considered to be made to a section or other provi-2
34	34	sion of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 3
35	35	SEC. 2. TAX CREDIT FOR VEHICLE ENERGY PERFORMANCE. 4
36	36	(a) I
37	37	NGENERAL.—Subpart B of part IV of sub-5
38	38	chapter A of chapter 1 (relating to other credits) is 6
39	39	amended by inserting after section 30D the following new 7
40	40	section: 8
41	41	‘‘SEC. 30E. VEHICLE ENERGY PERFORMANCE REBATE. 9
42	42	‘‘(a) A
43	43	LLOWANCE OFCREDIT.— 10
44	44	‘‘(1) I
45	45	N GENERAL.—There shall be allowed as a 11
46	46	credit against the tax imposed by this chapter for 12
47	47	the taxable year an amount equal to the amount de-13
48	48	termined under paragraph (2) with respect to any 14
49	49	new qualified high energy performance motor vehicle 15
50	50	placed in service by the taxpayer during the taxable 16
51	51	year. 17
52	52	‘‘(2) C
53	53	REDIT AMOUNT.—With respect to each 18
54	54	new qualified high energy performance motor vehi-19
55	55	cle, the amount determined under this paragraph 20
56	56	shall be equal to the amount (not greater than 21
57	57	$5,000) that bears the same ratio to $5,000 as— 22
58	58	‘‘(A) the excess of— 23
59	59	‘‘(i) the vehicle energy performance of 24
60	60	such vehicle, over 25
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64	64	‘‘(ii) the median vehicle energy per-1
65	65	formance for the model year immediately 2
66	66	preceding the model year of such vehicle, 3
67	67	bears to 4
68	68	‘‘(B) the excess of— 5
69	69	‘‘(i) the best vehicle energy perform-6
70	70	ance for the model year immediately pre-7
71	71	ceding the model year of such vehicle, over 8
72	72	‘‘(ii) the median vehicle energy per-9
73	73	formance for the model year immediately 10
74	74	preceding the model year of such vehicle. 11
75	75	‘‘(b) N
76	76	EWQUALIFIEDHIGHENERGYPERFORMANCE 12
77	77	M
78	78	OTORVEHICLE.—For purposes of this section, the term 13
79	79	‘new qualified high energy performance motor vehicle’ 14
80	80	means a passenger automobile or light truck— 15
81	81	‘‘(1) which is treated as a motor vehicle for 16
82	82	purposes of title II of the Clean Air Act, 17
83	83	‘‘(2) which achieves vehicle energy performance 18
84	84	that is greater than the median vehicle energy per-19
85	85	formance for the model year immediately preceding 20
86	86	the model year of such vehicle, 21
87	87	‘‘(3) for which standards are prescribed pursu-22
88	88	ant to section 32902 of title 49, United States Code, 23
89	89	‘‘(4) the original use of which commences with 24
90	90	the taxpayer, 25
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94	94	‘‘(5) which is acquired for use or lease by the 1
95	95	taxpayer and not for resale, and 2
96	96	‘‘(6) which is made by a manufacturer begin-3
97	97	ning with model year 2027. 4
98	98	‘‘(c) A
99	99	PPLICATIONWITHOTHERCREDITS.— 5
100	100	‘‘(1) B
101	101	USINESS CREDIT TREATED AS PART OF 6
102	102	GENERAL BUSINESS CREDIT .—So much of the credit 7
103	103	which would be allowed under subsection (a) for any 8
104	104	taxable year (determined without regard to this sub-9
105	105	section) that is attributable to property of a char-10
106	106	acter subject to an allowance for depreciation shall 11
107	107	be treated as a credit listed in section 38(b) for such 12
108	108	taxable year (and not allowed under subsection (a)). 13
109	109	‘‘(2) R
110	110	EFUNDABLE PERSONAL CREDIT .— 14
111	111	‘‘(A) I
112	112	N GENERAL.—For purposes of this 15
113	113	title, the credit allowed under subsection (a) for 16
114	114	any taxable year (determined after application 17
115	115	of paragraph (1)) shall be treated as a credit 18
116	116	allowable under subpart C for such taxable year 19
117	117	(and not allowed under subsection (a)). 20
118	118	‘‘(B) R
119	119	EFUNDABLE CREDIT MAY BE 21
120	120	TRANSFERRED.— 22
121	121	‘‘(i) I
122	122	N GENERAL.—A taxpayer may, 23
123	123	in connection with the purchase of a new 24
124	124	qualified high energy performance motor 25
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128	128	vehicle, transfer any refundable credit de-1
129	129	scribed in subparagraph (A) to any person 2
130	130	who is in the trade or business of selling 3
131	131	new qualified high energy performance 4
132	132	motor vehicles and who sold such vehicle to 5
133	133	the taxpayer, but only if such person clear-6
134	134	ly discloses to such taxpayer, through the 7
135	135	use of a window sticker attached to the 8
136	136	new qualified high energy performance ve-9
137	137	hicle— 10
138	138	‘‘(I) the amount of the refund-11
139	139	able credit described in subparagraph 12
140	140	(A) with respect to such vehicle, and 13
141	141	‘‘(II) a notification that the tax-14
142	142	payer will not be eligible for any cred-15
143	143	it under section 30D with respect to 16
144	144	such vehicle unless the taxpayer elects 17
145	145	not to have this section apply with re-18
146	146	spect to such vehicle. 19
147	147	‘‘(ii) C
148	148	ERTIFICATION.—A transferee 20
149	149	of a refundable credit described in sub-21
150	150	paragraph (A) may not claim such credit 22
151	151	unless such claim is accompanied by a cer-23
152	152	tification to the Secretary that the trans-24
153	153	feree reduced the price the taxpayer paid 25
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157	157	for the new qualified high energy perform-1
158	158	ance motor vehicle by the entire amount of 2
159	159	such refundable credit. 3
160	160	‘‘(iii) C
161	161	ONSENT REQUIRED FOR REV -4
162	162	OCATION.—Any transfer under clause (i) 5
163	163	may be revoked only with the consent of 6
164	164	the Secretary. 7
165	165	‘‘(iv) R
166	166	EGULATIONS.—The Secretary 8
167	167	may prescribe such regulations as nec-9
168	168	essary to ensure that any refundable credit 10
169	169	described in clause (i) is claimed once and 11
170	170	not retransferred by a transferee. 12
171	171	‘‘(d) O
172	172	THERDEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 13
173	173	section: 14
174	174	‘‘(1) V
175	175	EHICLE ENERGY PERFORMANCE .—The 15
176	176	term ‘vehicle energy performance’ means, with re-16
177	177	spect to any vehicle, the combined fuel-economy rat-17
178	178	ing determined for the model and model year of such 18
179	179	vehicle. 19
180	180	‘‘(2) M
181	181	EDIAN VEHICLE ENERGY PERFORM -20
182	182	ANCE.—The term ‘median vehicle energy perform-21
183	183	ance’ means, with respect to any model year, the 22
184	184	median combined fuel-economy rating for all new 23
185	185	motor vehicles of such model year sold in the United 24
186	186	States. 25
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190	190	‘‘(3) BEST VEHICLE ENERGY PERFORMANCE .— 1
191	191	The term ‘best vehicle energy performance’ means, 2
192	192	with respect to any model year, the highest com-3
193	193	bined fuel-economy rating of any model of motor ve-4
194	194	hicle of such model year sold the United States. 5
195	195	‘‘(4) C
196	196	OMBINED FUEL-ECONOMY RATING.—The 6
197	197	term ‘combined fuel-economy rating’ means the com-7
198	198	bined fuel-economy rating determined in accordance 8
199	199	with section 32908 of title 49, United States Code, 9
200	200	and expressed in miles per gallon of gasoline equiva-10
201	201	lent. 11
202	202	‘‘(5) M
203	203	ODEL YEAR.—The term ‘model year’ has 12
204	204	the meaning given such term under section 32901(a) 13
205	205	of such title 49. 14
206	206	‘‘(6) M
207	207	OTOR VEHICLE.—The term ‘motor vehi-15
208	208	cle’ means any vehicle which is manufactured pri-16
209	209	marily for use on public streets, roads, and highways 17
210	210	(not including a vehicle operated exclusively on a rail 18
211	211	or rails) and which has at least 4 wheels. 19
212	212	‘‘(7) O
213	213	THER TERMS.—The terms ‘automobile’, 20
214	214	‘passenger automobile’, ‘light truck’, and ‘manufac-21
215	215	turer’ have the meanings given such terms in regula-22
216	216	tions prescribed by the Administrator of the Envi-23
217	217	ronmental Protection Agency for purposes of the ad-24
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221	221	ministration of title II of the Clean Air Act (42 1
222	222	U.S.C. 7521 et seq.). 2
223	223	‘‘(e) S
224	224	PECIALRULES.— 3
225	225	‘‘(1) B
226	226	ASIS REDUCTION.—For purposes of this 4
227	227	subtitle, the basis of any property for which a credit 5
228	228	is allowable under subsection (a) shall be reduced by 6
229	229	the amount of such credit so allowed (determined 7
230	230	without regard to subsection (c)). 8
231	231	‘‘(2) P
232	232	ROPERTY USED BY TAX -EXEMPT ENTI-9
233	233	TY.—In the case of a vehicle whose use is described 10
234	234	in paragraph (3) or (4) of section 50(b) and which 11
235	235	is not subject to a lease, the person who sold such 12
236	236	vehicle to the person or entity using such vehicle 13
237	237	shall be treated as the taxpayer that placed such ve-14
238	238	hicle in service, but only if such person clearly dis-15
239	239	closes to such person or entity in a document the 16
240	240	amount of any credit allowable under subsection (a) 17
241	241	with respect to such vehicle (determined without re-18
242	242	gard to subsection (c)). For purposes of subsection 19
243	243	(c), property to which this paragraph applies shall 20
244	244	be treated as of a character subject to an allowance 21
245	245	for depreciation. 22
246	246	‘‘(3) P
247	247	ROPERTY USED OUTSIDE UNITED 23
248	248	STATES, ETC., NOT QUALIFIED.—No credit shall be 24
249	249	allowable under subsection (a) with respect to any 25
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253	253	property referred to in section 50(b)(1) or with re-1
254	254	spect to the portion of the cost of any property 2
255	255	taken into account under section 179. 3
256	256	‘‘(4) R
257	257	ECAPTURE.—The Secretary shall, by reg-4
258	258	ulations, provide for recapturing the benefit of any 5
259	259	credit allowable under subsection (a) with respect to 6
260	260	any property which ceases to be property eligible for 7
261	261	such credit. 8
262	262	‘‘(5) E
263	263	LECTION NOT TO TAKE CREDIT .—No 9
264	264	credit shall be allowed under subsection (a) for any 10
265	265	vehicle if the taxpayer elects to not have this section 11
266	266	apply to such vehicle. 12
267	267	‘‘(6) I
268	268	NTERACTION WITH AIR QUALITY AND 13
269	269	MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS .—A motor ve-14
270	270	hicle shall not be considered eligible for a credit 15
271	271	under this section unless such vehicle is in compli-16
272	272	ance with— 17
273	273	‘‘(A) the applicable provisions of the Clean 18
274	274	Air Act for the applicable make and model year 19
275	275	of the vehicle (or applicable air quality provi-20
276	276	sions of State law in the case of a State which 21
277	277	has adopted such provisions under a waiver 22
278	278	under section 209(b) of the Clean Air Act), and 23
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282	282	‘‘(B) the motor vehicle safety provisions of 1
283	283	sections 30101 through 30169 of title 49, 2
284	284	United States Code. 3
285	285	‘‘(7) I
286	286	NFLATION ADJUSTMENT .—In the case of 4
287	287	any model year beginning in a calendar year after 5
288	288	2027, each dollar amount in subsection (a)(2) shall 6
289	289	be increased by an amount equal to— 7
290	290	‘‘(A) such dollar amount, multiplied by 8
291	291	‘‘(B) the cost-of-living adjustment deter-9
292	292	mined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar 10
293	293	year in which the model year begins, deter-11
294	294	mined by substituting ‘2026’ for ‘2016’ in sub-12
295	295	paragraph (A)(ii) thereof. 13
296	296	Any increase determined under the preceding sen-14
297	297	tence shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of 15
298	298	$100. 16
299	299	‘‘(8) O
300	300	NE CREDIT PER VEHICLE .—In the case 17
301	301	of any vehicle, the credit described in subsection (a) 18
302	302	shall only be allowed once with respect to such vehi-19
303	303	cle, as determined based upon the vehicle identifica-20
304	304	tion number of such vehicle. 21
305	305	‘‘(f) R
306	306	EPORTING OF VEHICLEENERGYPERFORM-22
307	307	ANCE.— 23
308	308	‘‘(1) V
309	309	EHICLE MANUFACTURERS .—Not later 24
310	310	than November 1 of each calendar year (beginning 25
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314	314	with calendar year 2026), each vehicle manufacturer 1
315	315	shall submit to the Secretary a report that in-2
316	316	cludes— 3
317	317	‘‘(A) the vehicle energy performance for 4
318	318	each model of that model year which was manu-5
319	319	factured by such manufacturer and sold in the 6
320	320	United States, and 7
321	321	‘‘(B) with respect to each such model of 8
322	322	such model year, the number of vehicles of such 9
323	323	model and model year sold in the United States 10
324	324	during the 1-year period beginning on October 11
325	325	1 of the preceding year. 12
326	326	‘‘(2) P
327	327	UBLICATION BY TREASURY .—Not later 13
328	328	than December 1 of each calendar year (beginning 14
329	329	with calendar year 2026), the Secretary shall publish 15
330	330	the median vehicle energy performance and the best 16
331	331	vehicle energy performance for that model year. 17
332	332	‘‘(g) R
333	333	EGULATIONS.— 18
334	334	‘‘(1) I
335	335	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-19
336	336	graph (2), the Secretary shall promulgate such regu-20
337	337	lations as necessary to carry out the provisions of 21
338	338	this section not later than 1 year after the date of 22
339	339	enactment. 23
340	340	‘‘(2) C
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342	342	TAIN REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treas-25
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346	346	ury, in coordination with the Secretary of Transpor-1
347	347	tation and the Administrator of the Environmental 2
348	348	Protection Agency, shall prescribe such regulations 3
349	349	as necessary to determine whether a motor vehicle 4
350	350	meets the requirements to be eligible for a credit 5
351	351	under this section.’’. 6
352	352	(b) C
353	353	REDITALLOWEDAGAINSTALTERNATIVEMIN-7
354	354	IMUMTAX.—Section 38(c)(4)(B) is amended by redesig-8
355	355	nating clauses (i) through (xii) as clauses (ii) through 9
356	356	(xiii), respectively, and by inserting before clause (ii) (as 10
357	357	so redesignated) the following new clause: 11
358	358	‘‘(i) the credit determined under sec-12
359	359	tion 30E,’’. 13
360	360	(c) D
361	361	ISPLAY OFCREDIT.—Section 32908(b) of title 14
362	362	49, United States Code, is amended— 15
363	363	(1) in paragraph (1)— 16
364	364	(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) 17
365	365	and (F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), and 18
366	366	(B) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 19
367	367	the following new subparagraph: 20
368	368	‘‘(E) the amount of the vehicle energy perform-21
369	369	ance credit allowable with respect to the sale of the 22
370	370	automobile under section 30E of the Internal Rev-23
371	371	enue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 30E).’’, and 24
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375	375	(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘paragraph 1
376	376	(1)(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(F)’’. 2
377	377	(d) C
378	378	ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 3
379	379	(1) Section 38(b) is amended by striking ‘‘plus’’ 4
380	380	at the end of paragraph (40), by striking the period 5
381	381	at the end of paragraph (41) and inserting ‘‘, plus’’, 6
382	382	and by adding at the end the following new para-7
383	383	graph: 8
384	384	‘‘(42) the portion of the vehicle energy perform-9
385	385	ance rebate to which section 30E(c)(1) applies.’’. 10
386	386	(2) Section 1016(a) is amended by striking 11
387	387	‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (37), by striking the 12
388	388	period at the end of paragraph (38) and inserting ‘‘, 13
389	389	and’’, and by adding at the end the following new 14
390	390	paragraph: 15
391	391	‘‘(39) to the extent provided in section 16
392	392	30E(e)(1).’’. 17
393	393	(3) Section 6501(m) is amended by inserting 18
394	394	‘‘30E(e)(6),’’ after ‘‘30D(e)(4),’’. 19
395	395	(4) The table of section for subpart C of part 20
396	396	IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by in-21
397	397	serting after the item relating to section 30D the 22
398	398	following new item: 23
399	399	‘‘Sec. 30E. Vehicle energy performance rebate.’’.
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403	403	SEC. 3. LOW VEHICLE ENERGY PERFORMANCE FEE. 1
404	404	(a) I
405	405	NGENERAL.—Section 4064 is amended to read 2
406	406	as follows: 3
407	407	‘‘SEC. 4064. LOW VEHICLE ENERGY PERFORMANCE FEE. 4
408	408	‘‘(a) I
409	409	MPOSITION OFTAX.—There is hereby imposed 5
410	410	on the sale by the manufacturer of each low energy per-6
411	411	formance vehicle a tax equal to the product of $5,000, 7
412	412	multiplied by the quotient of— 8
413	413	‘‘(1) the excess of— 9
414	414	‘‘(A) the median vehicle energy perform-10
415	415	ance for the model year immediately preceding 11
416	416	the model year of such vehicle, over 12
417	417	‘‘(B) the vehicle energy performance of 13
418	418	such vehicle, divided by 14
419	419	‘‘(2) the excess of— 15
420	420	‘‘(A) the best vehicle energy performance 16
421	421	for the model year immediately preceding the 17
422	422	model year of such vehicle, over 18
423	423	‘‘(B) the median vehicle energy perform-19
424	424	ance for the model year immediately preceding 20
425	425	the model year of such vehicle. 21
426	426	‘‘(b) L
427	427	OWENERGYPERFORMANCE VEHICLE.—For 22
428	428	purposes of this section— 23
429	429	‘‘(1) I
430	430	N GENERAL.—The term ‘low energy per-24
431	431	formance vehicle’ means a passenger automobile or 25
432	432	light truck— 26
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436	436	‘‘(A) which is treated as a motor vehicle 1
437	437	for purposes of title II of the Clean Air Act, 2
438	438	‘‘(B) which achieves vehicle energy per-3
439	439	formance that is lower than the median vehicle 4
440	440	energy performance, and 5
441	441	‘‘(C) which is made by a manufacturer be-6
442	442	ginning with model year 2029. 7
443	443	‘‘(2) E
444	444	XCEPTION FOR CERTAIN VEHICLES .— 8
445	445	The term ‘low energy performance vehicle’ does not 9
446	446	include any vehicle— 10
447	447	‘‘(A) which— 11
448	448	‘‘(i) has a gross vehicle weight rating 12
449	449	of more than 8,500 pounds, and 13
450	450	‘‘(ii) is determined by the Secretary to 14
451	451	be a vehicle which is designed for commer-15
452	452	cial use, or 16
453	453	‘‘(B) sold for use and used— 17
454	454	‘‘(i) as an ambulance or combination 18
455	455	ambulance-hearse, 19
456	456	‘‘(ii) by the United States or by a 20
457	457	State or local government for police or 21
458	458	other law enforcement purposes, or 22
459	459	‘‘(iii) for other emergency uses pre-23
460	460	scribed by the Secretary by regulations. 24
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464	464	‘‘(c) OTHERDEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 1
465	465	section: 2
466	466	‘‘(1) V
467	467	EHICLE ENERGY PERFORMANCE .—The 3
468	468	term ‘vehicle energy performance’ means, with re-4
469	469	spect to any vehicle, the combined fuel-economy rat-5
470	470	ing determined for the model and model year of such 6
471	471	vehicle. 7
472	472	‘‘(2) M
473	473	EDIAN VEHICLE ENERGY PERFORM -8
474	474	ANCE.—The term ‘median vehicle energy perform-9
475	475	ance’ means, with respect to any model year, the 10
476	476	median combined fuel-economy rating for all new 11
477	477	motor vehicles of such model year sold in the United 12
478	478	States. 13
479	479	‘‘(3) B
480	480	EST VEHICLE ENERGY PERFORMANCE .— 14
481	481	The term ‘best vehicle energy performance’ means, 15
482	482	with respect to any model year, the highest com-16
483	483	bined fuel-economy rating of any model of motor ve-17
484	484	hicle of such model year sold the United States. 18
485	485	‘‘(4) C
486	486	OMBINED FUEL-ECONOMY RATING.—The 19
487	487	term ‘combined fuel-economy rating’ means the com-20
488	488	bined fuel-economy rating determined in accordance 21
489	489	with section 32908 of title 49, United States Code, 22
490	490	and expressed in miles per gallon of gasoline equiva-23
491	491	lent. 24
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495	495	‘‘(5) MODEL YEAR.—The term ‘model year’ has 1
496	496	the meaning given such term under section 32901(a) 2
497	497	of such title 49. 3
498	498	‘‘(6) M
499	499	OTOR VEHICLE.—The term ‘motor vehi-4
500	500	cle’ means any vehicle which is manufactured pri-5
501	501	marily for use on public streets, roads, and highways 6
502	502	(not including a vehicle operated exclusively on a rail 7
503	503	or rails) and which has at least 4 wheels. 8
504	504	‘‘(7) O
505	505	THER TERMS.—The terms ‘automobile’, 9
506	506	‘passenger automobile’, ‘light truck’, and ‘manufac-10
507	507	turer’ have the meanings given such terms in regula-11
508	508	tions prescribed by the Administrator of the Envi-12
509	509	ronmental Protection Agency for purposes of the ad-13
510	510	ministration of title II of the Clean Air Act (42 14
511	511	U.S.C. 7521 et seq.). 15
512	512	‘‘(d) I
513	513	NFLATIONADJUSTMENT.—In the case of any 16
514	514	model year beginning in a calendar year after 2029, each 17
515	515	dollar amount in subsection (a)(2) shall be increased by 18
516	516	an amount equal to— 19
517	517	‘‘(1) such dollar amount, multiplied by 20
518	518	‘‘(2) the cost-of-living adjustment determined 21
519	519	under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year in which 22
520	520	the model year begins, determined by substituting 23
521	521	‘2028’ for ‘2016’ in subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof. 24
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525	525	Any increase determined under the preceding sentence 1
526	526	shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $100.’’. 2
527	527	(b) C
528	528	ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 3
529	529	(1) The heading for part I of subchapter A of 4
530	530	chapter 32 is amended by striking ‘‘
531	531	GAS’’ and in-5
532	532	serting ‘‘
533	533	FUEL’’. 6
534	534	(2) The table of parts for subchapter A of chap-7
535	535	ter 32 is amended by striking ‘‘Gas’’ in the item re-8
536	536	lating to part I and inserting ‘‘Fuel’’. 9
537	537	(3) The table of sections for part I of sub-10
538	538	chapter A of chapter 32 is amended by striking 11
539	539	‘‘Gas’’ in the item relating to section 4064 and in-12
540	540	serting ‘‘Fuel’’. 13
541	541	(4) The heading for subsection (d) of section 14
542	542	1016 is amended by striking ‘‘G
543	543	ASGUZZLERTAX’’ 15
544	544	and inserting ‘‘L
545	545	OWVEHICLEENERGYPERFORM-16
546	546	ANCEFEE’’. 17
547	547	(5) The heading for subsection (e) of section 18
548	548	4217 is amended by striking ‘‘G
549	549	ASGUZZLERTAX’’ 19
550	550	and inserting ‘‘L
551	551	OWVEHICLEENERGYPERFORM-20
552	552	ANCEFEE’’. 21
553	553	(6) The heading for subparagraph (B) of sec-22
554	554	tion 4217(e)(3) is amended by striking ‘‘
555	555	GAS GUZ-23
556	556	ZLER TAX’’ and inserting ‘‘LOW VEHICLE ENERGY 24
557	557	PERFORMANCE FEE ’’. 25
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561	561	(7) Section 4217(e) is amended by striking 1
562	562	‘‘gas guzzler tax’’ each place it appears and insert-2
563	563	ing ‘‘low vehicle energy performance fee’’. 3
564	564	SEC. 4. FUEL ECONOMY OF DUAL FUELED AUTOMOBILES. 4
565	565	(a) M
566	566	EASUREMENT OF FUELECONOMY FORELEC-5
567	567	TRICDUALFUELEDAUTOMOBILES.—Section 32905(e) of 6
568	568	title 49, United States Code, is amended— 7
569	569	(1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding 8
570	570	subparagraph (A)— 9
571	571	(A) by striking ‘‘At the request of the 10
572	572	manufacturer, the Administrator may’’ and in-11
573	573	serting ‘‘The Administrator shall’’; and 12
574	574	(B) by striking ‘‘model year 2015’’ and in-13
575	575	serting ‘‘model year 2026’’; and 14
576	576	(2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-15
577	577	lows: 16
578	578	‘‘(2) R
579	579	EVIEW AND UPDATING OF FORMULA .— 17
580	580	Not later than 3 years after the date of the enact-18
581	581	ment of this paragraph, and every 3 years there-19
582	582	after, the Administrator shall, using real-world data 20
583	583	if possible, review and update the formula for deter-21
584	584	mining under paragraph (1) percentage utilization 22
585	585	on gasoline or diesel fuel and percentage utilization 23
586	586	on electricity.’’. 24
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590	590	(b) FUELECONOMYINFORMATION FOR DUAL 1
591	591	F
592	592	UELEDAUTOMOBILES.— 2
593	593	(1) L
594	594	ABELING REQUIREMENTS AND CON -3
595	595	TENTS.—Section 32908(b)(3) of title 49, United 4
596	596	States Code, is amended— 5
597	597	(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), 6
598	598	(C), and (D) as subparagraphs (D), (E), and 7
599	599	(F), respectively; and 8
600	600	(B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 9
601	601	the following: 10
602	602	‘‘(B) indicate the fuel economy of the auto-11
603	603	mobile when operated primarily on alternative fuel; 12
604	604	‘‘(C) indicate the multi-day average fuel econ-13
605	605	omy of the automobile when operated on a combina-14
606	606	tion of alternative fuel and gasoline or diesel fuel, 15
607	607	with the percentage utilization of alternative fuel 16
608	608	and the percentage utilization of gasoline or diesel 17
609	609	fuel being determined by a formula based on real- 18
610	610	world data and updated not less frequently than 19
611	611	every 3 years;’’. 20
612	612	(2) F
613	613	UEL ECONOMY INFORMATION BOOKLET .— 21
614	614	Section 32908(c)(2)(B) of title 49, United States 22
615	615	Code, is amended— 23
616	616	(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 24
617	617	inserting a semicolon; 25
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621	621	(B) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause 1
622	622	(iii); and 2
623	623	(C) by inserting after clause (i) the fol-3
624	624	lowing: 4
625	625	‘‘(ii) information on the multi-day average fuel 5
626	626	economy of the automobile when operated on a com-6
627	627	bination of alternative fuel and gasoline or diesel 7
628	628	fuel, as indicated under subsection (b)(3)(C); and’’. 8
629	629	(c) A
630	630	PPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 9
631	631	section shall apply with respect to automobiles of model 10
632	632	year 2027 or later. 11
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