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§13259 Secretary’s Recommendations to Congress

Title 42 › CHAPTER 134 — ENERGY POLICY › SUBCHAPTER III — AVAILABILITY AND USE OF REPLACEMENT FUELS, ALTERNATIVE FUELS, AND ALTERNATIVE FUELED PRIVATE VEHICLES › § 13259

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

If the Secretary finds under section 13257(f) that a fleet requirement program is not needed, the Secretary must tell Congress. Within 2 years of that notice, the Secretary must make and send rules with recommendations for requirements or incentives so that fuel suppliers offer replacement fuels and delivery systems, vehicle makers offer alternative‑fuel vehicles and services, and drivers use replacement fuels as needed to meet those goals. The recommendations must be fair and applied proportionately to all relevant fuel suppliers and buyers, and to vehicle suppliers and buyers.

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Title 42, §13259

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(a)Recommendations to require availability or acquisition

If the Secretary determines, under section 13257(f) of this title, that a fleet requirement program under section 13257 of this title is not necessary, the Secretary shall so notify the Congress. If the Secretary so notifies the Congress, the Secretary shall, within 2 years after such notification and by rule, prepare and submit to the Congress recommendations for requirements or incentives for— (1)

(2)suppliers of alternative fueled vehicles to make available to the public alternative fueled vehicles and to ensure the availability of necessary related services; and

(3)motor vehicle drivers to use replacement fuels,

to the extent necessary to achieve such goals of replacement fuel use and to ensure that the availability of alternative fuels and of alternative fueled vehicles are consistent with each other.

(b)Fair and equitable application

In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall recommend the imposition of requirements proportionately on all appropriate fuel suppliers and purchasers of motor fuels and suppliers and purchasers of motor vehicles in a fair and equitable manner.

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42 U.S.C. § 13259

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110