---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 13255"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "13255"
heading: "Voluntary supply commitments"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/13255"
units:
  - "Chapter 134 — Energy Policy"
  - "Subchapter III — Availability and Use of Replacement Fuels, Alternative Fuels, and Alternative Fueled Private Vehicles"
---

# §13255. Voluntary supply commitments


The [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) shall, by January 1, 1994, and thereafter, undertake to obtain voluntary commitments in geographically diverse regions of the United States—

- (1) from [fuel suppliers](/usc/42/13211.md?p=10) to make available to the public [replacement fuels](/usc/42/13211.md?p=14), including providing for the [construction](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=7) or availability of related fuel delivery systems;
- (2) from [owners](/usc/42/13641.md?p=4) of 10 or more [motor vehicles](/usc/42/13211.md?p=13) to acquire and use [alternative fueled vehicles](/usc/42/13211.md?p=3-A) and [alternative fuels](/usc/42/13211.md?p=2); and
- (3) from suppliers of [alternative fueled vehicles](/usc/42/13211.md?p=3-A) to make available to the public [alternative fueled vehicles](/usc/42/13211.md?p=3-A) and to ensure the availability of necessary related services,

in sufficient volume to achieve the goals described in [section 13252(b)(2) of this title](/usc/42/13252.md?p=b-2) or as modified under [section 13254 of this title](/usc/42/13254.md), and in order to meet any [fleet](/usc/42/13211.md?p=9) requirement program established by rule under this subchapter. The [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) shall periodically report to the Congress on the results of efforts under this section. All voluntary commitments obtained pursuant to this section shall be available to the public, except to the extent provided in applicable provisions of law protecting the confidentiality of trade secrets and business and financial information, including [section 1905 of title 18](/usc/18/1905.md).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 102–486, title V, § 505, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2890.)