Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act of 2013

Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act of 2013 - Amends the Clean Air Act to eliminate the volume standards under the renewable fuel program applicable to corn-starch ethanol.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1807 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1807

 To amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate the corn ethanol mandate for 
                renewable fuel, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            December 12 (legislative day, December 11), 2013

 Mrs. Feinstein (for herself, Mr. Coburn, Mrs. Hagan, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
 Toomey, Mr. Flake, Mr. Corker, Mr. Burr, Mr. Risch, and Mr. Manchin) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
               Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate the corn ethanol mandate for 
                renewable fuel, 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 ``Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act 
of 2013''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF CORN ETHANOL MANDATE FOR RENEWABLE FUEL.

    (a) Removal of Table.--Section 211(o)(2)(B)(i) of the Clean Air Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(2)(B)(i)) is amended by striking subclause (I).
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 211(o)(2)(B) of the Clean Air 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(2)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i)--
                    (A) by redesignating subclauses (II) through (IV) 
                as subclauses (I) through (III), respectively;
                    (B) in subclause (I) (as so redesignated), by 
                striking ``of the volume of renewable fuel required 
                under subclause (I),''; and
                    (C) in subclauses (II) and (III) (as so 
                redesignated), by striking ``subclause (II)'' each 
                place it appears and inserting ``subclause (I)''; and
            (2) in clause (v), by striking ``clause (i)(IV)'' and 
        inserting ``clause (i)(III)''.
    (c) Administration.--Nothing in this section or the amendments made 
by this section affects the volumes of advanced biofuel, cellulosic 
biofuel, or biomass-based diesel that are required under section 211(o) 
of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)).
    (d) Regulations.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to 
carry out the amendments made by this section.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act.
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