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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1482 

To amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate certain requirements under the 

renewable fuel program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 10, 2013 

Mr. WOMACK (for himself, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. CRAWFORD, and Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate certain requirements under the renewable fuel program, 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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Renewable Fuel Stand5 ard Amendments Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE CLEAN AIR ACT. 

7 (a) REVISED DEFINITION OF RENEWABLE FUEL.— 

8 Section 211(o)(1)(J) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 

9 7545(o)(1)(J)) is amended to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(J) RENEWABLE FUEL.—The term ‘re2 newable fuel’ means fuel that— 

3 ‘‘(i) is produced from renewable bio4 mass; 

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

6 quantity of fossil fuel present in a trans7 portation fuel; and 

8 ‘‘(iii) beginning on January 1, 2014, 

9 is advanced biofuel.’’. 

10 (b) APPLICABLE VOLUMES.—Section 211(o)(2)(B)(i) 

11 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(2)(B)(i)) is 

12 amended— 

13 (1) in the table in subclause (I)— 

14 (A) by striking ‘‘18.15’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘3.75’’; 

16 (B) by striking ‘‘20.5’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘5.5’’; 

18 (C) by striking ‘‘22.25’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘7.25’’; 

20 (D) by striking ‘‘24.0’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘9.0’’; 

22 (E) by striking ‘‘26.0’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘11.0’’; 

24 (F) by striking ‘‘28.0’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘13.0’’; 


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1 (G) by striking ‘‘30.0’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘15.0’’; 

3 (H) by striking ‘‘33.0’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘18.0’’; and 

5 (I) by striking ‘‘36.0’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘21.0’’; 

7 (2) in subclause (II)— 

8 (A) in the matter preceding the table, by 

9 striking ‘‘2022’’ and inserting ‘‘2013’’; and 

10 (B) in the table, by striking the items re11 lating to calendars years 2014 through 2022; 

12 (3) in subclause (III), by striking ‘‘of the vol13 ume of advanced biofuel required under subclause 

14 (II)’’ and inserting ‘‘of the volume of advanced 

15 biofuel required for calendar years 2010 through 

16 2013 under subclause (II), as in effect on the day 

17 before the date of enactment of the Renewable Fuel 

18 Standard Amendments Act, and of the volume of re19 newable fuel required for calendar years 2014 

20 through 2022 under the subclause (I)’’; and 

21 (4) in subclause (IV), by inserting ‘‘, as in ef22 fect on the day before the date of enactment of the 

23 Renewable Fuel Standard Amendments Act’’ after 

24 ‘‘of the volume of advanced biofuel required under 

25 subclause (II)’’. 


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1 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

2 (1) OTHER CALENDAR YEARS.—Section 

3 211(o)(2)(B) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 

4 7545(o)(2)(B)) is amended— 

5 (A) in clause (ii)(III), by striking ‘‘ad6 vanced biofuels in each category (cellulosic 

7 biofuel and biomass-based diesel)’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘cellulosic biofuel and biomass-based die9 sel’’; 

10 (B) by striking clause (iii); and 

11 (C) by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v) as 

12 clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively. 

13 (2) MODIFICATION OF GREENHOUSE GAS RE14 DUCTION PERCENTAGES.—Section 211(o)(4) of the 

15 Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(4)) is amended— 

16 (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘20, 

17 50, or 60 percent reduction levels’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘applicable percent reduction level’’; and 

19 (B) in subparagraph (F), by inserting ‘‘(if 

20 applicable)’’ after ‘‘(2)(A)(i)’’. 

21 (3) WAIVERS.—Section 211(o)(7) of the Clean 

22 Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(7)) is amended— 

23 (A) in subparagraph (D)(i), by inserting ‘‘, 

24 if such year is before 2014,’’ before ‘‘advanced 

25 biofuels’’; and 


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1 (B) in subparagraph (E)(ii), by inserting 

2 ‘‘, if such year is before 2014,’’ before ‘‘ad3 vanced biofuels’’. 

4 SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY AND REGULATIONS. 

5 The amendments made by this Act to section 211(o) 

6 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)) shall apply only 

7 with respect to calendar years 2014 and after, except that 

8 the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agen9 cy shall promulgate regulations to carry out such amend10 ments not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

11 of this Act, and take any steps necessary to ensure such 

12 amendments may be carried out for calendar years 2014 

13 and after. 

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