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Title 49, TransportationRelease 119-110

§32917 Standards for Executive Agency Automobiles

Title 49 › SUBTITLE VI — MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS › PART C — INFORMATION, STANDARDS, AND REQUIREMENTS › CHAPTER 329 — AUTOMOBILE FUEL ECONOMY › § 32917

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The President must make rules so that passenger cars bought or leased for at least 60 consecutive days by executive agencies in a fiscal year reach a yearly fleet average fuel economy. That average must be at least the higher of 18 miles per gallon or the fuel-economy standard in section 32902(b) or (c) that applies to the model year including January 1 of that fiscal year. "Executive agency" means what section 105 of title 5 says. Cars made for combat missions, law enforcement, or emergency rescue are not counted. The fleet average is calculated by taking the total number of covered cars and dividing it by the sum of each model's count divided by that model's miles per gallon.

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Title 49, §32917

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(a)Definition.—
In this section, “executive agency” has the same meaning given that term in section 105 of title 5.
(b)Fleet Average Fuel Economy.—
(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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Historical and Revision Notes

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.

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49 U.S.C. § 32917

Title 49, Transportation

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110