§32917 — Title 49 Transportation | U.S. Code

Summary

The President must make rules so that passenger cars executive agencies buy or lease for at least 60 consecutive days in a fiscal year meet a fleet-average fuel economy that year. That average must be at least the higher of 18 miles per gallon or the average fuel-economy standard in section 32902(b) or (c) for the model year that includes January 1 of that fiscal year. Fleet average is worked out by taking the total number of covered cars and dividing it by the sum of, for each model, (the number of that model divided by that model’s miles per gallon). Cars built for combat, law enforcement, or emergency rescue are not counted. "Executive agency" means what section 105 of title 5 says.

Title 49, §32917

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(a)In this section, “executive agency” has the same meaning given that term in section 105 of title 5.

(b)(1)The President shall prescribe regulations that require passenger automobiles leased for at least 60 consecutive days or bought by executive agencies in a fiscal year to achieve a fleet average fuel economy (determined under paragraph (2) of this subsection) for that year of at least the greater of—

(A)18 miles a gallon; or

(B)the applicable average fuel economy standard under section 32902(b) or (c) of this title for the model year that includes January 1 of that fiscal year.

(2)Fleet average fuel economy is—

(A)the total number of passenger automobiles leased for at least 60 consecutive days or bought by executive agencies in a fiscal year (except automobiles designed for combat-related missions, law enforcement work, or emergency rescue work); divided by

(B)the sum of the fractions obtained by dividing the number of automobiles of each model leased or bought by the fuel economy of that model.

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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 32917(a)15:2010(b)(2).Oct. 20, 1972, Pub. L. 92–513, 86 Stat. 947, § 510; added Dec. 22, 1975, Pub. L. 94–163, § 301, 89 Stat. 915. 32917(b)15:2010(a), (b)(1), (3). In subsection (b)(1), before clause (A), the words “within 120 days after December 22, 1975” and “which begins after December 22, 1975” are omitted as executed. The words “(determined under paragraph (2) of this subsection)” are added for clarity. In subsection (b)(2), before clause (A), the words “As used in this section: (1) The term” are omitted as surplus. In clause (A), the words “to which this section applies” and “for the Armed Forces” are omitted as surplus. In clause (B), the words “the sum of the fractions obtained” are substituted for “a sum of terms, each term of which is a fraction created” to eliminate unnecessary words.

§32917 Standards for executive agency automobiles

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Title 49, §32917

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