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Motor Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Act of 1991

Introduced: January 3, 1991 See on congress.gov
This bill died when the 102nd Congress ended
It never became law before the 102nd Congress (1991–1992) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 25, 1991
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 17, 1991
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 16, 1991
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Feb 11, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Jan 3, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jan 3, 1991
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Motor Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Act of 1991 - Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to establish average fuel economy standards for passenger automobiles and automobiles other than passenger automobiles (light trucks) for model years 1996 and thereafter.

Requires the Secretary of Transportation to provide for a review by the National Academy of Sciences of the current state of research and development in light truck fuel economy and passenger automobile fuel economy and an assessment of the potential for improving the fuel efficiency and reducing the energy consumption of passenger automobiles and light trucks. Directs the Secretary, using such review, to establish a schedule for increasing average fuel economy standards for passenger and nonpassenger cars for model years 2002 through 2006.

Revises criteria with respect to the testing of fuel economy for passenger automobiles.

Requires automobile manufacturers to affix to each automobile a label that contains fuel economy values specific to such automobile's particular vehicle configuration where that vehicle configuration is less than the fuel economy standard applicable to the vehicle's manufacturer.

Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to report annually to specified congressional committees on a study of the accuracy of fuel economy testing of passenger automobiles.

Directs the Secretary of Energy to distribute at least 100 explanatory booklets each year to every dealer and additional numbers if requested.

Doubles the civil penalty for repeated violations of the fuel economy standard.

What's happening now April 25, 1991

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 446: Motor Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Act of 1991. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-446/
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