Strategies to reduce the cost of transportation fuels in the United States

(a) Definitions In this section: (1) Administrator The term Administrator means the Administrator of General Services. (2) Chair The term Chair means the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality. (3) Director The term Director means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. (4) Strategies The term strategies means the short-term and long-term strategies to reduce the cost of transportation fuels for consumers in the United States through Federal conservation developed under subsection (b). (5) Transportation fuel The term transportation fuel has the meaning given the term in section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)). (b) Development of strategies (1) In general Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director, the Administrator, and the Chair, in coordination with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, shall develop and publicly release short-term and long-term coordinated strategies to reduce the cost of transportation fuels for consumers in the United States through Federal conservation. (2) Inclusions The strategies shall include— (A) a plan on how the General Services Administration can immediately reduce fuel consumption by the Federal Government in the period during which the increase in the cost of transportation fuel per gallon in the United States as compared to the previous year is 33 percent or more; (B) a plan to reduce the usage of transportation fuels by vehicles in the Federal fleet by 10 percent below the average amount of transportation fuels used by those vehicles year over year, subject to the condition that the plan shall not apply to transportation fuels needed for national defense, homeland security, or law enforcement purposes of the United States; (C) an assessment of and report on the availability of alternative transportation fueling options, such as electrification, through Federal fleets and personal vehicles used by Federal employees, for each Federal agency; and (D) recommendations to Congress on any legislation, authorities, or administrative actions necessary to reduce the cost of transportation fuels for consumers in the United States. (c) Implementation of strategies The Director, the Administrator, and the Chair, in coordination with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, shall implement the strategies developed under subsection (b) as quickly as practicable after those individuals determine that the increase in the cost of transportation fuel per gallon in the United States as compared to the previous year is 33 percent or more. (d) Termination of strategies The Director, the Administrator, and the Chair, in coordination with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, shall cease implementing the strategies developed under subsection (b) on the date on which the increase in the cost of transportation fuel per gallon in the United States as compared to the previous year is less than 33 percent for a consecutive period of 180 days beginning after the implementation of those strategies. (e) Measurement In measuring the increase in the cost of transportation fuel per gallon in the United States under this section, the Director, the Administrator, and the Chair, in coordination with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, shall use data from the Motor Gasoline Price Survey of the Energy Information Administration. (f) Savings provision The strategies developed under subsection (b) shall not apply to— (1) vehicles in the Federal fleet that are not under the management of the Administrator; or (2) vehicles under the management of the United States Postal Service.