DATA COLLECTION.

SEC. 1508. DATA COLLECTION. Section 205 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7135) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(m) Renewable Fuels Survey.—(1) In order to improve the ability to evaluate the effectiveness of the Nation's renewable fuels mandate, the Administrator shall conduct and publish the results of a survey of renewable fuels demand in the motor vehicle fuels market in the United States monthly, and in a manner designed to protect the confidentiality of individual responses. In conducting the survey, the Administrator shall collect information both on a national and regional basis, including each of the following: “(A) The quantity of renewable fuels produced. “(B) The quantity of renewable fuels blended. “(C) The quantity of renewable fuels imported. “(D) The quantity of renewable fuels demanded. “(E) Market price data. “(F) Such other analyses or evaluations as the Administrator finds are necessary to achieve the purposes of this section. “(2) The Administrator shall also collect or estimate information both on a national and regional basis, pursuant to subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (1), for the 5 years prior to implementation of this subsection. “(3) This subsection does not affect the authority of the Administrator to collect data under section 52 of the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 790a).” .