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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5592 

To amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to direct the head of each Federal 

agency to ensure that, in areas in which ethanol-blended gasoline is 

reasonably available at a generally competitive price, the Federal agency 

purchases ethanol-blended gasoline containing at least 10 percent ethanol 

rather than nonethanol-blended gasoline, for use in vehicles used by 

the agency that use gasoline. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 13, 2006 

Mr. WELLER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Government Reform 

A BILL 

To amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to direct the 

head of each Federal agency to ensure that, in areas 

in which ethanol-blended gasoline is reasonably available 

at a generally competitive price, the Federal agency purchases ethanol-blended gasoline containing at least 10 

percent ethanol rather than nonethanol-blended gasoline, 

for use in vehicles used by the agency that use gasoline. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Growing Responsible 

3 Energy and Environment Nationally through Federal En4 ergy Decisions Act of 2006’’. 

5 SEC. 2. FEDERAL AGENCY ETHANOL-BLENDED GASOLINE 

6 AND BIODIESEL PURCHASING REQUIRE7 MENT. 

8 Title III of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 is amended 

9 by striking section 306 (42 U.S.C. 13215) and inserting 

10 the following: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 306. FEDERAL AGENCY ETHANOL-BLENDED GASO12 LINE AND BIODIESEL PURCHASING REQUIRE13 MENT. 

14 ‘‘(a) ETHANOL-BLENDED GASOLINE.—The head of 

15 each Federal agency shall ensure that, in areas in which 

16 ethanol-blended gasoline is reasonably available at a gen17 erally competitive price, the Federal agency purchases eth18 anol-blended gasoline containing at least 10 percent eth19 anol rather than nonethanol-blended gasoline, for use in 

20 vehicles used by the agency that use gasoline. 

21 ‘‘(b) BIODIESEL.— 

22 ‘‘(1) DEFINITION OF BIODIESEL.—In this sub23 section, the term ‘biodiesel’ has the meaning given 

24 the term in section 312(f). 

25 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT.—The head of each Fed26 eral agency shall ensure that the Federal agency 


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1 purchases, for use in fueling fleet vehicles that use 

2 diesel fuel used by the Federal agency at the loca3 tion at which fleet vehicles of the Federal agency are 

4 centrally fueled, in areas in which the biodiesel5 blended diesel fuel described in subparagraphs (A) 

6 and (B) is available at a generally competitive 

7 price— 

8 ‘‘(A) as of the date that is 5 years after 

9 the date of enactment of this paragraph, bio10 diesel-blended diesel fuel that contains at least 

11 2 percent biodiesel, rather than nonbiodiesel12 blended diesel fuel; and 

13 ‘‘(B) as of the date that is 10 years after 

14 the date of enactment of this paragraph, bio15 diesel-blended diesel fuel that contains at least 

16 20 percent biodiesel, rather than nonbiodiesel17 blended diesel fuel. 

18 ‘‘(3) REQUIREMENT OF FEDERAL LAW.—The 

19 provisions of this subsection shall not be considered 

20 a requirement of Federal law for the purposes of 

21 section 312. 

22 ‘‘(c) EXEMPTION.—This section does not apply to 

23 fuel used in vehicles excluded from the definition of ‘fleet’ 

24 by subparagraphs (A) through (H) of section 301(9).’’. 

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