,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bbdb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #d1 #bjac ,mr4 
,engel introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
enable ,state and local promotion of    
natural gas1 flexible fuel1 and         
high-efficiency motor vehicle fleets4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,state and ,local ,fleet        
,efficiency ,act4  #b4 ,state and local 
promotion of natural gas1 flexible fuel1
 and high-efficiency motor vehicle      
fleets  7a7 ,definitions ,in this ,act3 
7#a7 ,fleet  7,a7 ,in general ,the term 
fleet means a group of #bj or more light
 duty motor vehicles1 medium duty motor 
vehicles1 or heavy duty motor vehicles  
capable of carrying #ad or more         
passengers1 operating primarily in a    
metropolitan statistical area or        
consolidated metropolitan statistical   
area1 as established by the ,bureau of  
the ,census1 with a #bjjj population of 

more than #bej1jjj1 that are--  7i7     
centrally dispatched2 or  7ii7 7,i7     
centrally fueled or capable of being    
centrally fueled2 and  7,,ii7 owned1    
operated1 leased1 or otherwise          
controlled by a governmental entity or  
other person who owns1 operates1 leases1
 or otherwise controls #ej or more such 
vehicles1 by any person who controls    
such person1 by any person controlled by
 such person1 or by any person under    
common control with such person4  7,b7  
,excluded vehicles ,the term fleet does 
not include--  7i7 motor vehicles held  
for lease or rental to the general      
public2  7ii7 motor vehicles held for   
sale by motor vehicle dealers1 including
 demonstration motor vehicles2  7iii7   
motor vehicles used for motor vehicle   
manufacturer product evaluations or     
tests2  7iv7 law enforcement motor      
vehicles2  7v7 emergency motor vehicles2
 or  7vi7 motor vehicles acquired and   
used for military purposes that the     
,secretary of ,defense has certified to 

the ,secretary of ,energy must be exempt
 for national security reasons4  7#b7   
,purchase requirement ,the term purchase
 requirement means a ,state or local    
legal requirement applying to the       
acquisition of fleet vehicles4 ,such a  
requirement may specify that when a     
fleet owner or operator acquires a new  
fleet vehicle1 such owner or operator   
may acquire only new fleet vehicles     
that--  7,a7 utilize natural gas as a   
fuel2  7,b7 are flexible fuel vehicles1 
meaning vehicles that have been         
warranted by their manufacturer to      
operate on gasoline and ,e#he1 or       
gasoline and ,m#he2 or  7,c7 meet a     
technology or performance-based         
characteristic that is commercially     
available4  7b7 ,state and local fleet  
requirements ,nothing in this ,act or in
 any other provision of law shall be    
construed to limit the authority of any 
,state or local government to establish 
purchase requirements applicable to     
fleets operating primarily within the   

jurisdiction of the ,state or local     
government if such requirements are     
intended to further any policy regarding
 climate change1 the control of air     
pollution1 energy independence1 or local
 economic benefits4 ,no such ,state or  
local requirement shall be considered to
 be an undue burden on interstate       
commerce4 ,a fleet operating in more    
than one jurisdiction in any calendar   
year shall be treated as operating      
primarily in the jurisdiction in which  
the largest number of vehicle miles were
 traveled by vehicles in the fleet in   
the #e-;calendar-year period immediately
 preceding such calendar year4  7c7     
,savings ,nothing in this ,act shall be 
construed as granting additional        
authority to ,state or local governments
 to establish requirements upon the     
manufacturers of automobiles4