REQUIREMENT FOR PURCHASE OF GASOHOL IN FEDERAL FUEL PROCUREMENTS WHEN PRICE IS COMPARABLE.

SEC. 841. REQUIREMENT FOR PURCHASE OF GASOHOL IN FEDERAL FUEL PROCUREMENTS WHEN PRICE IS COMPARABLE. (a) Requirement.—Section 2398 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting “(a) DOD Motor Vehicles.—” before “To the maximum extent”; and (2) by adding at the end the following subsections: “(b) Other Federal Fuel Procurements.—Consistent with the vehicle management practices prescribed by the heads of affected departments and agencies of the Federal Government and consistent with Executive Order Number 12261, whenever the Secretary of Defense enters into a contract for the procurement of unleaded gasoline that is subject to tax under section 4081 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for motor vehicles of a department or agency of the Federal Government other than the Department of Defense, the Secretary shall buy alcohol-gasoline blends containing at least 10 percent domestically produced alcohol in any case in which the price of such fuel is the same as, or lower than, the price of unleaded gasoline. “(c) Solicitations.—Whenever the Secretary issues a solicitation for bids to procure unleaded gasoline under subsection (b), the Secretary shall expressly include in such solicitation a request for bids on alcohol-gasoline blends containing at least 10 percent domestically produced alcohol.”. (b) Effective Date.—Section 2398(b) of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to contracts awarded pursuant to solicitations issued after the expiration 105 STAT. 1449of the 180-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) Report on Exemptions.—The Secretary of Defense shall review all exemptions granted for the Department of Defense, and the Administrator of the General Services Administration shall review all exemptions granted for Federal agencies and departments, to the requirements of section 2398 of title 10, United States Code, and section 271 of the Energy Security Act (Public Law 96–294; 42 U.S.C. 8871) and shall terminate any exemption that the Secretary or the Administrator determines is no longer appropriate. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Administrator shall submit jointly to Congress a report on the results of the review, with a justification for the exemptions that remain in effect under those provisions of law. (d) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of Congress that whenever any motor vehicle capable of operating on gasoline or alcohol-gasoline blends that is owned or operated by the Department of Defense or any other department or agency of the Federal Government is refueled, it shall be refueled with an alcohol-gasoline blend containing at least 10 percent domestically produced alcohol if available along the normal travel route of the vehicle at the same or lower price than unleaded gasoline.