A bill to require disclosure of the octane rating of gasoline sold to consumers.
Gasoline Octane Rating Disclosure Act - Requires the Executive Director of the Federal Trade Commission to establish uniform procedures for determining octane ratings in accordance with the procedures established by the American Society for Testing Materials.
Directs every manufacturer and refiner who blends gasoline for sale in interstate commerce as a motor fuel to determine the minimum octane of such gasoline in accordance with the procedures established under this Act.
Requires any person who blends gasoline which has been shipped or transported in interstate commerce for use as a motor fuel and who sells such gasoline for resale to disclose to the purchaser of such gasoline its octane number in accordance with the regulations of the Commission.
States that any person who violates the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any amount not in excess of $10,000. States that any retail service station dealer who fails to affix a label to each of his gasoline pumps disclosing the octane number of such gasoline shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any amount not in excess of $1,000.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce.
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