Year-Round Fuel Choice Act of 2021

Year-Round Fuel Choice Act of 2021

This bill amends the Clean Air Act to address the limitations on Reid vapor pressure (a measure of gasoline's volatility) that are placed on gasoline during the summer ozone season. The bill applies the Reid vapor pressure requirements that are applicable to gasoline blended with 10% ethanol (E10) to gasoline blended with more than 10% ethanol. Thus, the waiver given to E10 gasoline, which allows an increase in the Reid Vapor Pressure volatility, is extended to gasoline blended with more than 10% ethanol.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4410 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4410

 To amend the Clean Air Act to modify the ethanol waiver for the Reid 
   Vapor Pressure limitations under that Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 13, 2021

 Ms. Craig (for herself, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mrs. Axne, Mr. Johnson 
of South Dakota, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. Feenstra, 
 Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mrs. Bustos, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. 
 Estes, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Bost, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Hagedorn, Mr. 
 Luetkemeyer, Mr. Baird, Mr. Comer, Mrs. Fischbach, Mr. Kind, and Mr. 
   LaHood) 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 modify the ethanol waiver for the Reid 
   Vapor Pressure limitations under that Act, 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 ``Year-Round Fuel Choice Act of 
2021''.

SEC. 2. ETHANOL WAIVER.

    Section 211 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (f)(4)--
                    (A) by striking ``(4) The Administrator, upon'' and 
                inserting the following:
            ``(4) Waiver.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Administrator, on''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Reid vapor pressure.--A fuel or fuel additive 
                that has been granted a waiver under subparagraph (A) 
                prior to January 1, 2017, and meets all the conditions 
                of that waiver other than any limitations of the waiver 
                with respect to Reid Vapor Pressure, may be introduced 
                into commerce if the fuel or fuel additive meets all 
                other applicable Reid Vapor Pressure requirements.''; 
                and
            (2) in subsection (h)--
                    (A) in paragraph (4)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by inserting ``or more'' after ``10 
                        percent''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
                        ``additional alcohol or''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (5)(A), by inserting ``or more'' 
                after ``10 percent''.
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