Dual Fuel Vehicle Act of 2011

Dual Fuel Vehicle Act of 2011 - Requires automobile manufacturers to ensure that at least 50% of 2014 and 2015 model year automobiles and light duty trucks manufactured for sale in the United States are dual fueled (capable of operating on alternative fuel and on gasoline or diesel fuel or a mixture of biodiesel and diesel fuel). Increases the minimum to 90% for later model years. (Excludes automobiles and light duty trucks that operate only on electricity.)

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 152 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 152

 To amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure the availability of 
 dual fueled automobiles and light duty trucks, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 25 (legislative day, January 5), 2011

   Mr. Lugar introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure the availability of 
 dual fueled automobiles and light duty trucks, 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 ``Dual Fuel Vehicle Act of 2011''.

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:

 
                   ``Model Year                                              Percentage
 
  Model years 2014 and 2015.......................  50 percent
  Model year 2016 and each subsequent model year..  90 percent.
 

    ``(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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