motor vehicle alcohol usage study

motor vehicle alcohol usage study Sec. 272. The Secretary of Energy shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, submit to the Congress within 9 months after the date of the enactment of this Act a report on— (1) the need for, and practicality of, mandating through legislation that any new motor vehicle sold in the United States shall be capable of using alcohol as a motor fuel in specified alcohol-gasoline mixtures, or using alcohol as the only fuel; (2) the need for any other legislation to address technical or institutional barriers to the widespread marketing of alcohol, including requirements that would mandate specified proportions of alcohol in all motor gasoline sold; and (3) any other aspects of the use of alcohol as a motor fuel, as the Secretary considers appropriate.