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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2037 

To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1992 to require States 

to meet certain goals for the use of renewable fuels, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 25, 2007 

Ms. KAPTUR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 

Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 

in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1992 

to require States to meet certain goals for the use of 

renewable fuels, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. STATE RENEWABLE FUEL GOALS. 

4 (a) AMENDMENT OF ENERGY POLICY AND CON5 SERVATION ACT OF 1992.—Title XII of the Energy Policy 

6 and Conservation Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13311 and fol7 lowing) is amended by adding the following new section 

8 at the end there of: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 213. STATE RENEWABLE FUEL GOALS. 

2 ‘‘(a) ANNUAL GOALS.—Each State and in the Dis3 trict of Columba shall establish such rules and regulations 

4 as may be necessary to ensure that gasoline sold in that 

5 State and in the District of Columba, will, on an average 

6 annual basis, contain the applicable percentage of renew7 able fuel (as defined in section 22(o)(1)(C) of the Clean 

8 Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)(C)), as set forth in the fol9 lowing table: 

‘‘Applicable percentage of renewable fuel Calendar year 

15 percent ............................................................... After 2014 and before 

2020 

25 percent ............................................................... After 2019 and before 

2025 

30 percent ............................................................... Years after 2024 

10 ‘‘(b) COMPLIANCE.—Unless the Secretary of Energy 

11 has determined for each calendar year after 2014 that a 

12 State or the District of Columbia has met the require13 ments of subsection (a) for that calendar year, beginning 

14 on January 1 of the next calendar year and ending on 

15 the date on which the Secretary makes such determina16 tion: 

17 ‘‘(1) no permit may be issued by the Nuclear 

18 Regulatory Commission under the Atomic Energy 

19 Act for the construction or operation of any nuclear 

20 power plant in that State (or the District of Colum21 bia); 


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1 ‘‘(2) no license may be issued under Part 1 of 

2 the Federal Power Act for the construction or oper3 ation of any hydroelectric facility in that State (or 

4 the District of Columbia); 

5 ‘‘(3) the Secretary of Energy may not make 

6 any grant or loan to that State (or the District of 

7 Columbia) or any political subdivision of that State 

8 or to any entity located within that State (or the 

9 District of Columbia); and 

10 ‘‘(4) the Secretary of Agriculture may not make 

11 any grant or loan under the Rural Utilities Program 

12 to that State (or the District of Columbia) or any 

13 political subdivision of that State or to any entity lo14 cated within that State (or the District of Colum15 bia).’’. 

16 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

17 title XII of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 

18 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13311 and following) is amended by add19 ing the following new item after the item relating to sec20 tion 212: 

‘‘Sec. 213. State renweable fuel goals.’’. 

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