Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act
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, including by applying the Reid Vapor Pressure requirements that are applicable to gasoline blended with 10% ethanol (E10) to gasoline blended with more than 10% ethanol.
[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5145 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 5145
To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid
Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 29, 2022
Mrs. Fischer (for herself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Grassley, Ms. Duckworth,
Mr. Thune, Ms. Smith, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Brown, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Durbin,
Mr. Cramer, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Sasse, and Mr. Rounds) 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 with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid
Vapor Pressure 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 ``Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice
Act of 2022''.
SEC. 2. ETHANOL WAIVER.
(a) Existing Waivers.--Section 211(f)(4) of the Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. 7545(f)(4)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``(4) The Administrator, upon'' and
inserting the following:
``(4) Waivers.--
``(A) In general.--The Administrator, on'';
(2) in subparagraph (A) (as so designated)--
(A) in the first sentence--
(i) by striking ``of this subsection'' each
place it appears; and
(ii) by striking ``if he determines'' and
inserting ``if the Administrator determines'';
and
(B) in the second sentence--
(i) by striking ``such an application'' and
inserting ``an application described in
subparagraph (A)''; and
(ii) by striking ``The Administrator'' and
inserting the following:
``(B) Final action.--The Administrator''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(C) Reid vapor pressure.--A fuel or fuel additive
may be introduced into commerce if--
``(i)(I) the Administrator determines that
the fuel or fuel additive is substantially
similar to a fuel or fuel additive utilized in
the certification of any model year vehicle
pursuant to paragraph (1)(A); or
``(II) the fuel or fuel additive has been
granted a waiver under subparagraph (A) and
meets all of the conditions of that waiver
other than any limitation of the waiver with
respect to the Reid Vapor Pressure of the fuel
or fuel additive; and
``(ii) the fuel or fuel additive meets all
other applicable Reid Vapor Pressure
requirements under subsection (h).''.
(b) Reid Vapor Pressure Limitation.--Section 211(h) of the Clean
Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(h)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``vapor pressure'' each place it appears
and inserting ``Vapor Pressure'';
(2) in paragraph (4), in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by inserting ``or more'' after ``10 percent''; and
(3) in paragraph (5)(A)--
(A) by striking ``Upon notification, accompanied
by'' and inserting ``On receipt of a notification that
is submitted before January 1, 2022, or after the date
of enactment of the Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice
Act of 2022, and is accompanied by appropriate''; and
(B) by inserting ``or more'' after ``10 percent''.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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