Food and Fuel Consumer Protection Act of 2019
This bill revises the renewable fuel program, which requires transportation fuel to contain a minimum volume of renewable fuel. The Environmental Protection Agency must cap the total volume of ethanol blended into the transportation fuel supply at 9.7% of projected gasoline demand as determined by the Energy Information Administration.
[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2540 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2540
To alleviate the ethanol blend wall under the renewable fuel program,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 7, 2019
Mr. Flores (for himself, Mr. Welch, Mr. Womack, and Mr. Costa)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To alleviate the ethanol blend wall 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 ``Food and Fuel Consumer Protection
Act of 2019''.
SEC. 2. ALLEVIATING ETHANOL BLEND WALL.
Section 211(o)(3)(B) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(3)(B))
is amended by inserting at the end the following:
``(iii) Limitation.--
``(I) In general.--Notwithstanding
the volumes specified in paragraph
(2)(B), the Administrator shall not
determine any renewable fuel obligation
for a calendar year under this
subsection that would result, directly
or indirectly, in the introduction into
commerce in the United States of a
total volume of ethanol contained in
transportation fuel that is greater
than 9.70 percent of the total volume
of gasoline projected to be sold or
introduced into commerce in the United
States for such calendar year.
``(II) Estimate.--In implementing
subclause (I), the Administrator shall
request from the Administrator of the
Energy Information Administration, and
use without alteration, an estimate,
with respect to the following calendar
year, of the total volume of gasoline
projected to be sold or introduced into
commerce in the United States. The
Administrator of the Energy Information
Administration shall provide such
estimate to the Administrator by
October 31st each year.
``(III) Applicability.--The
limitation established in subclause (I)
shall apply without regard to the
available supply of credits generated
in a prior year pursuant to paragraph
(5).
``(IV) Presumption.--In
implementing subclause (I) for a
calendar year, the Administrator shall
not exclude commercially available
ethanol that is cellulosic biofuel or
advanced biofuel.''.
SEC. 3. FAILURE TO MEET DEADLINES.
Section 211(o)(3)(B) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7545(o)(3)(B)), as amended by section 2, is further amended by adding
at the end the following:
``(iv) Failure to meet deadlines.--If the
Administrator fails to determine and publish
the renewable fuel obligation with respect to
the following calendar year in accordance with
clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), then the
renewable fuel obligation for such year shall
be--
``(I) the renewable fuel obligation
established for the most recent year
for which such obligation was
determined and published in the Federal
Register in accordance with clause
(iii); or
``(II) if no such obligation has
been determined and published in
accordance with clause (iii), the
renewable fuel obligation established
for the most recent year which
otherwise meets the 9.70 percent
limitation in clause (iii).''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
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