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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1959 

To amend the Renewable Fuel Program in section 211(o) of the Clean 

Air Act to allow domestic alternative fuel to be used to satisfy a portion 

of the required applicable volume of renewable fuel. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 14, 2013 

Mr. OLSON (for himself, Mr. COSTA, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. GENE GREEN

of Texas, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. HALL, Mr. COLE, Mr. 

FARENTHOLD, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. FLORES, Mr. BARTON, Mr. 

SCHRADER, Mr. VELA, Mr. WELCH, Mr. MARINO, and Mr. NEUGEBAUER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Renewable Fuel Program in section 211(o) 

of the Clean Air Act to allow domestic alternative fuel 

to be used to satisfy a portion of the required applicable 

volume of renewable fuel. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Domestic Alternative 

5 Fuels Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF DOMESTIC ALTERNATIVE FUEL IN 

2 APPLICABLE VOLUME OF RENEWABLE FUEL. 

3 (a) DEFINITION OF DOMESTIC ALTERNATIVE

4 FUEL.—Section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 

5 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)) is amended— 

6 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (G) 

7 through (L) as subparagraphs (H) through (M), re8 spectively; and 

9 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(G) DOMESTIC ALTERNATIVE FUEL.— 

12 The term ‘domestic alternative fuel’ means eth13 anol that— 

14 ‘‘(i) is produced from natural gas; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) is used to replace or reduce the 

16 quantity of petroleum present in a trans17 portation fuel.’’. 

18 (b) APPLICABLE VOLUME OF RENEWABLE FUEL

19 AND DOMESTIC ALTERNATIVE FUEL.—Section 211(o)(2) 

20 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(2)) is amended— 

21 (1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ‘‘con22 tains at least’’ and all that follows through ‘‘in ac23 cordance with subparagraph (B)’’ and inserting the 

24 following: ‘‘contains at least the applicable volume of 

25 renewable fuel, advanced biofuel, cellulosic biofuel, 

26 biomass-based diesel, and domestic alternative fuel, 


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1 determined in accordance with subparagraph (B)’’; 

2 and 

3 (2) in subparagraph (B)(i)— 

4 (A) in the heading of subclause (I), by 

5 striking ‘‘RENEWABLE FUEL’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘RENEWABLE FUEL AND DOMESTIC ALTER7 NATIVE FUEL’’; 

8 (B) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘the ap9 plicable volume of renewable fuel for the cal10 endar years 2006 through 2022’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘the applicable volume of renewable fuel for the 

12 calendar years 2006 through 2012, and the ap13 plicable volume of renewable fuel and domestic 

14 alternative fuel (in the aggregate) for the cal15 endar years 2013 through 2022’’; and 

16 (C) in the table in subclause (I), by strik17 ing ‘‘Applicable volume of renewable fuel’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘Applicable volume of renewable fuel 

19 and domestic alternative fuel (in the aggre20 gate)’’. 

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