CERTIFICATION AND POSTING OF AUTOMOTIVE FUEL RATINGS.

SEC. 1801. CERTIFICATION AND POSTING OF AUTOMOTIVE FUEL RATINGS. (a) Coverage of All Liquid Automotive Fuels.— Section 201(6) of the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 2821(6)) is amended to read as follows: “(6) The term ‘automotive fuel’ means liquid fuel of a type distributed for use as a fuel in any motor vehicle.”. (b) Automotive Fuel Rating.— Section 201 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 2821) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: “(17) The term ‘automotive fuel rating’ means— “(A) the octane rating of an automotive spark-ignition engine fuel; and “(B) if provided for by the Federal Trade Commission by rule, the cetane rating of diesel fuel oils; or “(C) another form of rating determined by the Federal Trade Commission, after consultation with the American Society for Testing and Materials, to be more appropriate to carry out the purposes of this title with respect to the automotive fuel concerned. “(18) (A) The term ‘cetane rating’ means a measure, as indicated by a cetane index or cetane number, of the ignition quality of diesel fuel oil and of the influence of the diesel fuel oil on combustion roughness. “(B) The term ‘cetane index’ and the term ‘cetane number’ have the meanings determined in accordance with the test methods set forth in the American Society for Testing and Materials standard test methods— “(i) designated D976 or D4737 in the case of cetane index; and “(ii) designated D613 in the case of cetane number, (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act) and shall apply to any grade or type of diesel fuel oils defined in the specification of the American Society for Testing and Materials entitled ‘Standard Specification for Diesel Fuel Oils’ designated D975 (as in effect on such date).”. (c) Conforming Amendments.— (1) Section 201 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 2821) is amended— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking out “gasoline” and inserting in lieu thereof “fuel”; (B) in paragraph (2)— (i) by striking out “Standard Specifications for Automotive Gasoline” and inserting in lieu thereof “Standard Specification for Automotive Spark-Ignition Engine Fuel”; and (ii) by striking out “D 439” and inserting in lieu thereof “D4814”; (C) in paragraph (4)— (i) by striking out “gasoline” the first place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “automotive fuel”; and (ii) by striking out “gasoline” the second place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “fuel”; 106 STAT. 2997 (D) by striking out paragraph (5) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “(5) The term ‘refiner’ means any person engaged in the production or importation of automotive fuel.”; (E) in paragraph (11)— (i) by striking out “octane” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “automotive fuel”; and (ii) by striking out “gasoline” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “fuel”; and (F) in paragraph (16), by striking out “gasoline” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “automotive fuel”. (2) Section 202 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 2822) is amended— (A) by striking out “octane rating” and “octane ratings” each place such terms appear and inserting in lieu thereof “automotive fuel rating” and “automotive fuel ratings”, respectively; (B) in subsections (a) and (b), by striking out “gasoline” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “fuel”; (C) in subsection (c)— (i) by striking out “gasoline” each place it appears (other than the second place it appears) and inserting in lieu thereof “automotive fuel”; and (ii) by striking out “gasoline” the second place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “fuel”; (D) in subsection (d), by striking out “octane” and inserting in lieu thereof “automotive fuel”; (E) in subsection (e)— (i) by striking out “gasoline” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “fuel”; and (ii) by striking out “gasoline’s” and inserting in lieu thereof “fuel’s”; (F) in subsections (f), (g), and (h), by striking out “gasoline” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “fuel”; (G) in subsection (h), by striking out “octane requirement” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “automotive fuel requirement”; and (H) in the section heading, by striking out “octane” and inserting in lieu thereof “automotive fuel rating”. (3) Section 203 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 2823) is amended— (A) by striking out “octane rating” and “octane ratings” each place such terms appear and inserting in lieu thereof “automotive fuel rating” and “automotive fuel ratings”, respectively; (B) in subsections (b) and (c), by striking out “gasoline” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “fuel”; and (C) in subsection (c)(3), by striking out “201(1)” and inserting in lieu thereof “201𠄍. (d) Effective Date.— (1) The amendments made by this section shall become effective at the end of the one-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) The Federal Trade Commission shall, within 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, prescribe rules for the purpose of implementing the amendments made in this section.