Consumer Vehicle Choice Act of 2010

Consumer Vehicle Choice Act of 2010 - Requires each manufacturer to ensure that at least 50% of 2011 and 2012 model year automobiles and light duty trucks manufactured for sale in the United States are dual fueled. Increases the minimum to 90% for later model years. (Excludes automobiles and light duty trucks that operate only on electricity.)

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5633 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5633

 To improve choices for consumers for vehicles, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 29, 2010

 Ms. Herseth Sandlin introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To improve choices for consumers for vehicles, 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 Vehicle Choice Act of 
2010''.

SEC. 2. ENSURING THE AVAILABILITY OF DUAL FUELED AUTOMOBILES AND LIGHT 
              DUTY TRUCKS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 329 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 32902 the following:
``Sec. 32902A. Requirement to manufacture dual fueled automobiles and 
              light duty trucks
    ``(a) In General.--For each model year listed in the following 
table, each manufacturer shall ensure that the percentage of 
automobiles and light duty trucks manufactured by the manufacturer for 
sale in the United States that are dual fueled automobiles and light 
duty trucks is not less than the percentage set forth for that model 
year in the following table:


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                        ``Model Year                          Percentage
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Model years 2011 and 2012..................................   50 percent
Model year 2013 and each subsequent model year.............  90 percent.
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    ``(b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to automobiles or 
light duty trucks that operate only on electricity.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 329 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 32902 the following:

``32902A. Requirement to manufacture dual fueled automobiles and light 
                            duty trucks.''.
    (c) Rulemaking.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe 
regulations to carry out the amendments made by this Act.
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