No Fuel Credits for Batteries Act of 2023

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4469 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4469

To clarify that eRINs are not authorized for purposes of satisfying the 
 volume of renewable fuel that needs to be contained in transportation 
    fuel for purposes of the Renewable Fuel Program, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 6, 2023

  Mr. Pence introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To clarify that eRINs are not authorized for purposes of satisfying the 
 volume of renewable fuel that needs to be contained in transportation 
    fuel for purposes of 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 ``No Fuel Credits for Batteries Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION THAT ERINS NOT AUTHORIZED.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency--
            (1) may not authorize the generation of credits for 
        electricity generated from renewable fuel for purposes of 
        satisfying the volume of renewable fuel that needs to be 
        contained in transportation fuel for purposes of section 
        211(o)(2) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(2)); and
            (2) shall prohibit the use or transfer of any such credits 
        that were generated before the date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Definition.--In this Act:
            (1) The term ``renewable fuel'' has the meaning given such 
        term under section 211(o)(1)(J) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
        7545(o)(1)(J)).
            (2) The term ``transportation fuel'' has the meaning given 
        such term under section 211(o)(1)(L) of the Clean Air Act (42 
        U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)(L)).
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