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§13256 Technical and Policy Analysis

Title 42 › CHAPTER 134 — ENERGY POLICY › SUBCHAPTER III — AVAILABILITY AND USE OF REPLACEMENT FUELS, ALTERNATIVE FUELS, AND ALTERNATIVE FUELED PRIVATE VEHICLES › § 13256

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Energy must prepare and send a technical and policy analysis to the President and Congress by March 1, 1995, and again by March 1, 1997. The Secretary must use the Energy Information Administration and other DOE offices as needed. The report must use the best available data under section 13253 and past experience, and must evaluate three things: progress toward the goals in section 13252(b)(2) as changed by section 13254; how replacement fuels and alternative-fuel vehicles could cut U.S. reliance on imported oil to meet those goals; and the actual and potential supply of domestic replacement fuels and of dedicated and dual-fuel vehicles. Before sending the report, the Secretary must publish a draft in the Federal Register for public comment and keep those comments for rulemaking under section 13257.

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Title 42, §13256

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(a)Requirement

Not later than March 1, 1995, and March 1, 1997, the Secretary shall prepare and transmit to the President and the Congress a technical and policy analysis under this section. The Secretary shall utilize the analytical capability and authorities of the Energy Information Administration and such other offices of the Department of Energy as the Secretary considers appropriate.

(b)Purposes

The technical and policy analysis prepared under this section shall be based on the best available data and information obtainable by the Secretary under section 13253 of this title, or otherwise, and on experience under this subchapter and other provisions of law in the development and use of replacement fuels and alternative fueled vehicles, and shall evaluate—

(1)progress made in achieving the goals described in section 13252(b)(2) of this title, as modified under section 13254 of this title;

(2)the actual and potential role of replacement fuels and alternative fueled vehicles in significantly reducing United States reliance on imported oil to the extent of the goals referred to in paragraph (1); and

(3)the actual and potential availability of various domestic replacement fuels and dedicated vehicles and dual fueled vehicles.

(c)Publication

The Secretary shall publish a proposed version of each analysis under this section in the Federal Register for public comment before transmittal to the President and the Congress. Public comment received in response to such publication shall be preserved for use in rulemaking proceedings under section 13257 of this title.

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42 U.S.C. § 13256

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

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Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110