Renewable Fuel Standard Amendments Act

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1482 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1482

To amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate certain requirements under the 
            renewable fuel program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2013

 Mr. Womack (for himself, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Crawford, and Mr. Griffin 
 of Arkansas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate certain requirements under the 
            renewable fuel program, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Renewable Fuel Standard Amendments 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE CLEAN AIR ACT.

    (a) Revised Definition of Renewable Fuel.--Section 211(o)(1)(J) of 
the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)(J)) is amended to read as 
follows:
                    ``(J) Renewable fuel.--The term `renewable fuel' 
                means fuel that--
                            ``(i) is produced from renewable biomass;
                            ``(ii) is used to replace or reduce the 
                        quantity of fossil fuel present in a 
                        transportation fuel; and
                            ``(iii) beginning on January 1, 2014, is 
                        advanced biofuel.''.
    (b) Applicable Volumes.--Section 211(o)(2)(B)(i) of the Clean Air 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(2)(B)(i)) is amended--
            (1) in the table in subclause (I)--
                    (A) by striking ``18.15'' and inserting ``3.75'';
                    (B) by striking ``20.5'' and inserting ``5.5'';
                    (C) by striking ``22.25'' and inserting ``7.25'';
                    (D) by striking ``24.0'' and inserting ``9.0'';
                    (E) by striking ``26.0'' and inserting ``11.0'';
                    (F) by striking ``28.0'' and inserting ``13.0'';
                    (G) by striking ``30.0'' and inserting ``15.0'';
                    (H) by striking ``33.0'' and inserting ``18.0''; 
                and
                    (I) by striking ``36.0'' and inserting ``21.0'';
            (2) in subclause (II)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding the table, by striking 
                ``2022'' and inserting ``2013''; and
                    (B) in the table, by striking the items relating to 
                calendars years 2014 through 2022;
            (3) in subclause (III), by striking ``of the volume of 
        advanced biofuel required under subclause (II)'' and inserting 
        ``of the volume of advanced biofuel required for calendar years 
        2010 through 2013 under subclause (II), as in effect on the day 
        before the date of enactment of the Renewable Fuel Standard 
        Amendments Act, and of the volume of renewable fuel required 
        for calendar years 2014 through 2022 under the subclause (I)''; 
        and
            (4) in subclause (IV), by inserting ``, as in effect on the 
        day before the date of enactment of the Renewable Fuel Standard 
        Amendments Act'' after ``of the volume of advanced biofuel 
        required under subclause (II)''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Other calendar years.--Section 211(o)(2)(B) of the 
        Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(2)(B)) is amended--
                    (A) in clause (ii)(III), by striking ``advanced 
                biofuels in each category (cellulosic biofuel and 
                biomass-based diesel)'' and inserting ``cellulosic 
                biofuel and biomass-based diesel'';
                    (B) by striking clause (iii); and
                    (C) by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v) as 
                clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively.
            (2) Modification of greenhouse gas reduction percentages.--
        Section 211(o)(4) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(4)) 
        is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``20, 50, or 
                60 percent reduction levels'' and inserting 
                ``applicable percent reduction level''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (F), by inserting ``(if 
                applicable)'' after ``(2)(A)(i)''.
            (3) Waivers.--Section 211(o)(7) of the Clean Air Act (42 
        U.S.C. 7545(o)(7)) is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (D)(i), by inserting ``, if 
                such year is before 2014,'' before ``advanced 
                biofuels''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (E)(ii), by inserting ``, if 
                such year is before 2014,'' before ``advanced 
                biofuels''.

SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY AND REGULATIONS.

    The amendments made by this Act to section 211(o) of the Clean Air 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)) shall apply only with respect to calendar years 
2014 and after, except that the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall promulgate regulations to carry out such 
amendments not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
Act, and take any steps necessary to ensure such amendments may be 
carried out for calendar years 2014 and after.
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