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[CITE: 49USC32906]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
             SUBTITLE VI--MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS
 
            PART C--INFORMATION, STANDARDS, AND REQUIREMENTS
 
                  CHAPTER 329--AUTOMOBILE FUEL ECONOMY
 
Sec. 32906. Maximum fuel economy increase for alternative fuel 
        automobiles
        
    (a) Maximum Increases.--(1)(A) For each of the model years 1993-2004 
for each category of automobile (except an electric automobile), the 
maximum increase in average fuel economy for a manufacturer attributable 
to dual fueled automobiles is 1.2 miles a gallon.
    (B) If the application of section 32905(b) and (d) of this title is 
extended under section 32905(f) of this title, for each category of 
automobile (except an electric automobile) the maximum increase in 
average fuel economy for a manufacturer for each of the model years 
2005-2008 attributable to dual fueled automobiles is .9 mile a gallon.
    (2) In applying paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency shall determine the increase in a 
manufacturer's average fuel economy attributable to dual fueled 
automobiles by subtracting from the manufacturer's average fuel economy 
calculated under section 32905(e) of this title the number equal to what 
the manufacturer's average fuel economy would be if it were calculated 
by the formula in section 32904(a)(1) of this title by including as the 
denominator for each model of dual fueled automobile the fuel economy 
when the automobiles are operated on gasoline or diesel fuel. If the 
increase attributable to dual fueled automobiles for any model year 
described--
        (A) in paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection is more than 1.2 
    miles a gallon, the limitation in paragraph (1)(A) applies; and
        (B) in paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection is more than .9 mile 
    a gallon, the limitation in paragraph (1)(B) applies.

    (b) Offsets.--Notwithstanding this section and sections 32901(c) and 
32905 of this title, if the Secretary of Transportation reduces the 
average fuel economy standard for passenger automobiles for any model 
year below 27.5 miles a gallon, an increase in average fuel economy for 
passenger automobiles of more than .7 mile a gallon to which a 
manufacturer of dual fueled automobiles would otherwise be entitled is 
reduced by an amount equal to the amount of the reduction in the 
standard. However, the increase may not be reduced to less than .7 mile 
a gallon.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1067.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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32906(a)..............................  15:2013(g)(1).                   Oct. 2
0, 1972, Pub. L. 92-513, 86 Stat.
                                                                          947, 
Sec.  513(g)(1), (2)(A); added
                                                                          Oct. 
14, 1988, Pub. L. 100-494, Sec.
                                                                          6(a),
 102 Stat. 2449; Oct. 24, 1992,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 102-486, Sec.  403(5) (G)(i),
                                                                          (ii)(
I), 106 Stat. 2877.
32906(b)..............................  15:2013(g)(2)(A).
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                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 32901 of this title.
