,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bbia  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ae1     
#bjbe,ms4 ,klobuchar 7for herself and   
,mr4 ,ricketts7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was read twice and referred
 to the ,committee on ,environment and  
,public ,works  ,a ,,bill  ,to require  
the ,administrator of the ,environmental
 ,protection ,agency to ensure that     
flexible fuel vehicles may use certain  
gram per mile carbon dioxide values for 
purposes of determining fleet average   
carbon dioxide standards for certain    
vehicles4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,flex ,fuel         
,fairness ,act of #bjbe4  #b4 ,finding  
,congress finds that the ,greenhouse    
gases1 ,regulated ,emissions1 and       
,energy use in ,technologies 7,,greet7  
model developed by ,argonne ,national   
,laboratory finds that ,e#he fuel made  
with average corn starch ethanol reduces
 greenhouse gas emissions by #cg percent
 per mile traveled as compared to       

gasoline with no ethanol4  #c4          
,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7        
,administrator ,the term ,administrator 
means the ,administrator of the         
,environmental ,protection ,agency4     
7#b7 ,flexible fuel vehicle ,the term   
flexible fuel vehicle has the meaning   
given the term in section #hf4ahjc-ja of
 title #dj1 ,code of ,federal           
,regulations 7as in effect on the date  
of enactment of this ,act74  7#c7       
,manufacturer ,the term manufacturer has
 the meaning given the term in section  
#baf of the ,clean ,air ,act 7#db       
,u4,s4,c4 #geej74  #d4 ,flexible fuel   
vehicle compliance value  7a7 ,in       
general ,not later than #abj days after 
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,administrator shall revise section     
#hf4ahah-ab of title #dj1 ,code of      
,federal ,regulations1 to ensure that1  
for purposes of determining fleet       
average ,,co#b standards under that     
section1 manufacturers may use a gram   
per mile ,,co#b value for flexible fuel 

vehicles that is #ca percent lower than 
the gram per mile ,,co#b value for the  
same vehicle make and model that is not 
a flexible fuel vehicle4  7b7 ,further  
adjustment ,the ,administrator may1 by  
regulation1 apply a larger percentage   
reduction in the gram per mile ,,co#b   
value for flexible fuel vehicles than   
the percentage described in subsection  
7a7 if the ,administrator determines    
that the larger percentage reduction is 
appropriate based on a version of the   
,greenhouse gases1 ,regulated           
,emissions1 and ,energy use in          
,technologies 7,,greet7 model developed 
by ,argonne ,national ,laboratory after 
the date of enactment of this ,act4