,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djaa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #aa1        
#bjag,mr4 ,upton 7for himself and ,mrs4 
,dingell7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
amend chapter #cbi of title #di1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 relating to average fuel
 economy standards for automobiles4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,fuel ,economy ,harmonization ,act4
  #b4 ,credits for exceeding average    
fuel economy standards ,section #cbijc  
of title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 is 
amended--  7#a7 in subsection 7a7-- 7,a7
 by redesignating paragraphs 7#a7 and   
7#b7 as subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b71    
respectively1 and moving their margins  
#b ems to the right2  7,b7 in the matter
 preceding subparagraph 7,a71 as        
redesignated1 by striking ,when and     
inserting the following3  7#a7 ,in      
general ,when  2  7,c7 in paragraph     
7#a77;,b71 as redesignated1 by striking 

paragraph 7#a7 and inserting            
subparagraph 7,a712 and  7,d7 by adding 
at the end the following3  7#b7 ,model  
years #bjaf through #bjba               
,notwithstanding paragraph 7#a77;,b71   
beginning with model year #bjaf and     
ending with model year #bjba1 a         
manufacturer may apply any credits      
earned after model year #bjji pursuant  
to paragraph 7#a71 which have not been  
applied pursuant to paragraph 7#a77;,a71
 to any model year beginning after the  
model year for which the credits are    
earned4  2  7#b7 in subsection          
7b77#b77;,b71 by striking subsection    
7a77#a7 of this section and inserting   
subsection 7a77#a77;,a72 and  7#c7 in   
subsection 7g7--  7,a7 in paragraph     
7#c7-- 7i7 in subparagraph 7,a71 by     
striking #bjaa and inserting #bjaj2     
7ii7 in subparagraph 7,b71 by striking  
#bjag1 #a4e miles per gallon2 and and   
inserting #bjaf1 #a4e miles per gallon22
 and  7iii7 by striking subparagraph    
7,c7 and inserting the following3  7,c7 

for model years #bjag and #bjah1 #b4j   
miles per gallon2  7,d7 for model years 
#bjai through #bjba1 #d4j miles per     
gallon2 and  7,e7 for model year #bjbb  
and subsequent model years1 #f4j miles  
per gallon4  2 and  7,b7 in paragraph   
7#e71 by striking #bjaj and inserting   
#bjji4  #c4 ,calculation of average fuel
 economy ,section #cbijd7;a7 of title   
#di1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by adding at the end the following3     
7#c7 ,for model years #bjab through     
#bjbe1 if requested by a manufacturer1  
the average fuel economy calculated by  
the ,administrator for the              
manufacturer's passenger and            
nonpassenger automobiles shall include  
off-cycle technology fuel economy       
credits equivalent to the credits       
calculated by the ,administrator for the
 off-cycle technology under the         
,administrator's vehicle emissions      
standards for the same or closest model 
year1 provided that the technology has a
 direct impact upon improving fuel      

economy performance4  4  #d4 ,rule of   
construction ,nothing in this ,act or   
the amendments made by this ,act may be 
construed to direct or grant new        
authority to the ,secretary of          
,transportation to modify a maximum     
feasible average fuel economy standard  
established under section #cbijb of     
title #di1 ,united ,states ,code4 ,the  
,secretary's authority to establish and 
amend a maximum feasible average fuel   
economy standard as provided in such    
section is unaffected by this ,act and  
the amendments made by this ,act4