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 PUBLIC LAW 102-486—OCT. 24, 1992 106 STAT. 3061 (A) data base development and transfer of technology; (B) reservoir management; (C) reservoir characterization; (D) advanced recovery methods; and (E) development of new technology. Subtitle B—Oil and Gas Demand Reduction and Substitution SEC. 2021. GENERAL TRANSPORTATION. 42 USC 13431. (a) PROGRAM DIRECTION. —The Secretary shall conduct a 5- year program, in accordance with sections 3001 and 3002 of this Act, on cost effective technologies to reduce the demand for oil in the transportation sector for all motor vehicles, including existing vehicles, through increased energy efficiency and the use of alternative fuels. Such program snail include a broad range of technological approaches, and shall include field demonstrations of sufficient scale and number in operating environments to prove technical and economic viability to meet the goals stated in section 2001. Such program shall include the activities required under sections 2022 through 2027, and ongoing activities of a similar nature at the Department of Energy. (b) PROGRAM PLAN.— Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Congress a 5-year program plan to guide activities under this subtitle. In preparing the program plan, the Secretary shall consult with appropriate representatives of industry, utilities, institutions of higher education. Federal agencies, including national laboratories, and professional and technical societies. (c) PROPOSALS. —Within 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall solicit proposals for conducting activities under this section. (d) DEFINITION. —For purposes of this subtitle, the term ''alternative fuels" includes natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, hydrogen, fuels other than alcohol that are derived from biological materials, and any fuel the content of which is at least 85 percent by volume methanol, ethanol, or other alcohol. (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— (1) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this subtitle, including all transportation sector energy conservation research and development (other than activities under section 2025) and all transportation sector biofuels energy systems under solar energy, $119,144,000 for fiscal year 1993 and $160,000,000 for fiscal year 1994. (2) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out section 2025— (A) $60,300,000 for fiscal year 1993; (B) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 1994; (C) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 1995; (D) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 1996; (E) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 1997; and (F) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1998. SEC. 2022. ADVANCED AUTOMOTIVE FUEL ECONOMY. 42 USC 13432. (a) PROGRAM DIRECTION.— The Secretary shall conduct a program, in accordance with sections 3001 and 3002 of this Act, to

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