Biofuels Market Expansion Act of 2013 - Amends the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act, with respect to the installation of renewable fuel pumps and tanks, to revise the ethanol content requirements for renewable fuel to mean any fuel which is at least 10% ethanol by volume.
Requires automobile manufacturers to ensure that at least 50% of 2015 and 2016 model year automobiles and light duty trucks manufactured for sale in the United States are dual fueled. Increases the minimum to 90% for 2017 and subsequent model years. (Excludes automobiles and light duty trucks that operate only on electricity.)
Requires the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to make grants to eligible facilities to pay the federal share of: (1) installing blender pump fuel infrastructure, including infrastructure necessary for the direct retail sale of ethanol fuel blends (including E-85 fuel); and (2) providing subgrants to direct retailers of such fuels for the installation of such infrastructure. Prohibits a major fuel distributor (any person that owns a refinery or that directly markets the output of a refinery through at least 50 retail fueling stations) from being eligible for such grants or subgrants.
Amends the Clean Air Act to revise the renewable fuel program to require the Secretary to promulgate regulations to ensure that each major fuel distributor that sells or introduces gasoline into commerce in the United States through majority-owned stations or branded stations installs one or more blender pumps that dispense E-85 fuel and ethanol fuel blends at: (1) an overall percentage of such stations increasing from 10% in 2016 to 50% in 2022, and (2) a specified minimum percentage of such stations in each state. Allows such distributors to earn credits if they exceed such percentages and to sell such credits to other distributors, except for use to fulfill the state distribution requirement.
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to make renewable fuel pipelines eligible for loan guarantees for projects that avoid, reduce, or sequester air pollutants or anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases and employ new or significantly improved technologies as compared to commercial technologies in service in the United States at the time the guarantee is issued.
Amends the temporary program for rapid deployment of renewable energy and electric power transmission projects to make eligible for loan guarantees projects for the installation of sufficient infrastructure to allow for the cost-effective deployment of clean energy technologies appropriate to each region of the United States.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1563 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1563
To provide for the expansion of the biofuels market.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 30, 2013
Mr. Harkin (for himself, Mr. Franken, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, and
Ms. Klobuchar) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
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A BILL
To provide for the expansion of the biofuels market.
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 ``Biofuels Market Expansion Act of
2013''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON RESTRICTION OF INSTALLATION OF RENEWABLE FUEL
PUMPS.
Section 107(a)(1) of the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act (15
U.S.C. 2807(a)(1)) is amended by striking subparagraph (A) and
inserting the following:
``(A) which is not less than 10 percent ethanol by
volume; or''.
SEC. 3. ENSURING THE AVAILABILITY OF DUAL FUELED AUTOMOBILES AND LIGHT
DUTY TRUCKS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 329 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 32902 the following:
``Sec. 32902A. Requirement to manufacture dual fueled automobiles and
light duty trucks
``(a) In General.--For each model year listed in the following
table, each manufacturer shall ensure that the percentage of
automobiles and light duty trucks manufactured by the manufacturer for
sale in the United States that are dual fueled automobiles and light
duty trucks is not less than the percentage set forth for that model
year in the following table:
``Model year Percentage
Model years 2015 and 2016.................... 50 percent
Model year 2017 and each subsequent model 90 percent.
year.
``(b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to automobiles or
light duty trucks that operate only on electricity.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 329 of
title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 32902 the following:
``32902A. Requirement to manufacture dual fueled automobiles and light
duty trucks.''.
(c) Rulemaking.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe
regulations to carry out the amendments made by this Act.
SEC. 4. BLENDER PUMP PROMOTION.
(a) Blender Pump Grant Program.--
(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
(A) Blender pump.--The term ``blender pump'' means
an automotive fuel dispensing pump capable of
dispensing at least 3 different blends of gasoline and
ethanol, as selected by the pump operator, including
blends ranging from 0 percent ethanol to 85 percent
denatured ethanol, as determined by the Secretary.
(B) E-85 fuel.--The term ``E-85 fuel'' means a
blend of gasoline approximately 85 percent of the
content of which is ethanol.
(C) Ethanol fuel blend.--The term ``ethanol fuel
blend'' means a blend of gasoline and ethanol, with a
minimum of 0 percent and maximum of 85 percent of the
content of which is denatured ethanol.
(D) Major fuel distributor.--
(i) In general.--The term ``major fuel
distributor'' means any person that owns a
refinery or directly markets the output of a
refinery.
(ii) Exclusion.--The term ``major fuel
distributor'' does not include any person that
directly markets through less than 50 retail
fueling stations.
(E) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the
Secretary of Energy.
(2) Grants.--The Secretary shall make grants under this
subsection to eligible facilities (as determined by the
Secretary) to pay the Federal share of--
(A) installing blender pump fuel infrastructure,
including infrastructure necessary for the direct
retail sale of ethanol fuel blends (including E-85
fuel), including blender pumps and storage tanks; and
(B) providing subgrants to direct retailers of
ethanol fuel blends (including E-85 fuel) for the
purpose of installing fuel infrastructure for the
direct retail sale of ethanol fuel blends (including E-
85 fuel), including blender pumps and storage tanks.
(3) Limitation.--A major fuel distributor shall not be
eligible for a grant or subgrant under this subsection.
(4) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of a
project carried out under this subsection shall be up to 50
percent of the total cost of the project.
(5) Reversion.--If an eligible facility or retailer that
receives a grant or subgrant under this subsection does not
offer ethanol fuel blends for sale for at least 2 years during
the 4-year period beginning on the date of installation of the
blender pump, the eligible facility or retailer shall be
required to repay to the Secretary an amount determined to be
appropriate by the Secretary, but not more than the amount of
the grant provided to the eligible facility or retailer under
this subsection.
(6) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized
to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this
subsection, to remain available until expended--
(A) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2014;
(B) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2015;
(C) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2016;
(D) $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2017; and
(E) $350,000,000 for fiscal year 2018.
(b) Installation of Blender Pumps by Major Fuel Distributors at
Owned Stations and Branded Stations.--Section 211(o) of the Clean Air
Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(13) Installation of blender pumps by major fuel
distributors at owned stations and branded stations.--
``(A) Definitions.--In this paragraph:
``(i) E-85 fuel.--The term `E-85 fuel'
means a blend of gasoline approximately 85
percent of the content of which is ethanol.
``(ii) Ethanol fuel blend.--The term
`ethanol fuel blend' means a blend of gasoline
and ethanol, with a minimum of 0 percent and
maximum of 85 percent of the content of which
is denatured ethanol.
``(iii) Major fuel distributor.--
``(I) In general.--The term `major
fuel distributor' means any person that
owns a refinery or directly markets the
output of a refinery.
``(II) Exclusion.--The term `major
fuel distributor' does not include any
person that directly markets through
less than 50 retail fueling stations.
``(iv) Secretary.--The term `Secretary'
means the Secretary of Energy, acting in
consultation with the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency and the
Secretary of Agriculture.
``(B) Regulations.--The Secretary shall promulgate
regulations to ensure that each major fuel distributor
that sells or introduces gasoline into commerce in the
United States through majority-owned stations or
branded stations installs or otherwise makes available
one or more blender pumps that dispense E-85 fuel and
ethanol fuel blends (including any other equipment
necessary, such as tanks, to ensure that the pumps
function properly) for a period of not less than 5
years at not less than the applicable percentage of the
majority-owned stations and the branded stations of the
major fuel distributor specified in subparagraph (C).
``(C) Applicable percentage.--For the purpose of
subparagraph (B), the applicable percentage of the
majority-owned stations and the branded stations shall
be determined in accordance with the following table:
``Applicable percentage of
majority-owned stations and
branded stations
Calendar year: Percent:
2016............................................... 10
2018............................................... 20
2020............................................... 35
2022 and each calendar year thereafter............. 50.
``(D) Geographic distribution.--
``(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii),
in promulgating regulations under subparagraph
(B), the Secretary shall ensure that each major
fuel distributor described in that subparagraph
installs or otherwise makes available one or
more blender pumps that dispense E-85 fuel and
ethanol fuel blends at not less than a minimum
percentage (specified in the regulations) of
the majority-owned stations and the branded
stations of the major fuel distributors in each
State.
``(ii) Requirement.--In specifying the
minimum percentage under clause (i), the
Secretary shall ensure that each major fuel
distributor installs or otherwise makes
available one or more blender pumps described
in that clause in each State in which the major
fuel distributor operates.
``(E) Financial responsibility.--In promulgating
regulations under subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall
ensure that each major fuel distributor described in
that subparagraph assumes full financial responsibility
for the costs of installing or otherwise making
available the blender pumps described in that
subparagraph and any other equipment necessary
(including tanks) to ensure that the pumps function
properly.
``(F) Production credits for exceeding blender
pumps installation requirement.--
``(i) Earning and period for applying
credits.--If the percentage of the majority-
owned stations and the branded stations of a
major fuel distributor at which the major fuel
distributor installs blender pumps in a
particular calendar year exceeds the percentage
required under subparagraph (C), the major fuel
distributor shall earn credits under this
paragraph, which may be applied to any of the 3
consecutive calendar years immediately after
the calendar year for which the credits are
earned.
``(ii) Trading credits.--Subject to clause
(iii), a major fuel distributor that has earned
credits under clause (i) may sell the credits
to another major fuel distributor to enable the
purchaser to meet the requirement under
subparagraph (C).
``(iii) Exception.--A major fuel
distributor may not use credits purchased under
clause (ii) to fulfill the geographic
distribution requirement in subparagraph
(D).''.
SEC. 5. LOAN GUARANTEES FOR PROJECTS TO CONSTRUCT RENEWABLE FUEL
PIPELINES.
(a) Definitions.--Section 1701 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42
U.S.C. 16511) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(6) Renewable fuel.--The term `renewable fuel' has the
meaning given the term in section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air
Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)), except that the term includes all
types of ethanol and biodiesel.
``(7) Renewable fuel pipeline.--The term `renewable fuel
pipeline' means a pipeline for transporting renewable fuel.''.
(b) Amount.--Section 1702(c) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42
U.S.C. 16512(c)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``(c) Amount.--Unless'' and inserting the
following:
``(c) Amount.--
``(1) In general.--Unless''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Renewable fuel pipelines.--A guarantee for a project
described in section 1703(b)(11) shall be in an amount equal to
80 percent of the project cost of the facility that is the
subject of the guarantee, as estimated at the time at which the
guarantee is issued.''.
(c) Renewable Fuel Pipeline Eligibility.--Section 1703(b) of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16513(b)) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
``(11) Renewable fuel pipelines.''.
(d) Rapid Deployment of Renewable Fuel Pipelines.--Section 1705 of
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16516) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
inserting ``, or, in the case of projects described in
paragraph (4), September 30, 2012'' before the colon at
the end; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(4) Installation of sufficient infrastructure to allow
for the cost-effective deployment of clean energy technologies
appropriate to each region of the United States, including the
deployment of renewable fuel pipelines through loan guarantees
in an amount equal to 80 percent of the cost.''; and
(2) in subsection (e), by inserting ``, or, in the case of
projects described in subsection (a)(4), September 30, 2012''
before the period at the end.
(e) Regulations.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall promulgate such
regulations as are necessary to carry out the amendments made by this
section.
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