,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #djgh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #be1    
#bjbb,ms4 ,cortez ,masto 7for herself   
and ,mr4 ,lujn7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was read twice and referred
 to the ,committee on ,homeland         
,security and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to require the ,office of     
,management and ,budget1 the ,general   
,services ,administration1 and the      
,council on ,environmental ,quality to  
develop short-term and long-term        
strategies to reduce the cost of        
transportation fuels for consumers in   
the ,united ,states through ,federal    
conservation1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,lowering ,federal ,usage of    
,energy to ,lessen ,costs ,act of #bjbb 
or the ,lowering ,,fuel ,costs ,act of  
#bjbb4  #b4 ,strategies to reduce the   
cost of transportation fuels in the     
,united ,states  7a7 ,definitions ,in   
this section3 7#a7 ,administrator ,the  

term ,administrator means the           
,administrator of ,general ,services4   
7#b7 ,chair ,the term ,chair means the  
,chair of the ,council on ,environmental
 ,quality4  7#c7 ,director ,the term    
,director means the ,director of the    
,office of ,management and ,budget4     
7#d7 ,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 
7b74  7#e7 ,transportation fuel ,the    
term transportation fuel has the meaning
 given the term in section #baa7o77#a7  
of the ,clean ,air ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4  
#gede7o77#a774  7b7 ,development of     
strategies  7#a7 ,in general ,not later 
than #abj days after the date of        
enactment of this ,act1 the ,director1  
the ,administrator1 and the ,chair1 in  
coordination with the heads of other    
relevant ,federal agencies1 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 conservation4  7#b7    
,inclusions ,the strategies shall       
include-- 7,a7 a plan on how the        
,general ,services ,administration can  
reduce1 for the period during which the 
average cost of transportation fuel in  
the ,united ,states is greater than the 
average price of that fuel on ,december 
#a1 #bjba1 the usage of transportation  
fuels by vehicles in the ,federal fleet 
by #aj percent below the average amount 
of transportation fuels used by those   
vehicles in #bjai1 subject to the       
condition that the plan shall not apply 
to transportation fuels needed for      
national defense1 homeland security1 or 
law enforcement purposes of the ,united 
,states2 and  7,b7 recommendations to   
,congress on any legislation1           
authorities1 or administrative actions  
necessary to reduce the cost of         
transportation fuels for consumers in   

the ,united ,states4  7c7               
,implementation of short-,term          
strategies ,not later than #c months    
after the date on which the short-term  
strategies developed under subsection   
7b7 are publicly released1 the          
,director1 the ,administrator1 and the  
,chair1 in coordination with the heads  
of other relevant ,federal agencies1    
shall begin to implement those          
short-term strategies4  7d7 ,savings    
clause ,the strategies developed under  
subsection 7b7 shall not apply to-- 7#a7
 vehicles in the ,federal fleet that are
 not under the management of the        
,administrator2 or  7#b7 vehicles under 
the management of the ,united ,states   
,postal ,service4