Purpose

• The Act requested that the Secretary of State study the fuel efficiency of alternative fuels such as alcohol, natural gas or dual energy vehicles. The bill also established a line of credit for car companies to build cars using alternative fuels, specifically ethanol-based fuels.
  
  

Interagency Commission

• The bill also established the government commission called the Interagency Commission on Alternative Motor Fuels. The Commission was supposed to conduct studies on alternative fuels and inform the Congress its results in 1992. The commission reported on the promises of ethanol- and methanol-based fuels and argued for more public transportation infrastructure.
  
  

Aftermath

• Consumers did not see the full result of this plan since ethanol-based gas had little distribution in the United States. Only in 2005, when the Renewable Fuels Standard passed, did ethanol stations and E85 fuel -- gasoline mixed with 5 to 10 percent ethanol -- pop up across the country. Currently, 15 percent of the gasoline sold in the United States is E85 fuel.