110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 547

AN ACT

To facilitate the development of markets for biofuels and 

Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel fuel through research and development and data collection.

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 ‘‘Advanced Fuels Infra3 structure Research and Development Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 The Congress finds that—

6 (1) in order to lessen United States dependence 

7 on foreign sources of petroleum, and decrease de8 mand for petroleum in the transportation sector, the 

9 Nation must diversify its fuel supply to include do10 mestically produced biofuels including hydrogen; 

11 (2) while ethanol has been successful in the 

12 market place as a fuel additive, newer biofuels may 

13 present unique challenges that may render the fuels 

14 incompatible with the current fuel transportation 

15 and delivery infrastructure, placing the burden of 

16 costly refurbishment and construction on fuel dis17 tributors and retailers; 

18 (3) chemical additives to the fuels may mitigate 

19 the negative impacts of some biofuels on existing in20 frastructure and preclude costly retrofitting or in21 stallation of new biofuel compatible infrastructure 

22 and transportation systems; 

23 (4) in order to mitigate air pollution and com24 ply with Federal mandates, Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel 

25 fuel was introduced into the marketplace in 2006; 
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1 (5) fuel labeled Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel may 

2 accumulate more than the statutory limit of 15 

3 parts per million of sulfur when transported through 

4 multiple pipelines, tanks, and trucks to the final 

5 point of sale; 

6 (6) fuel distributors and retailers may inadvert7 ently take delivery of fuel labeled Ultra Low Sulfur 

8 Diesel with more than 15 parts per million of sulfur 

9 without a practical means of verifying sulfur con10 tent; and 

11 (7) fuel distributors and retailers may trans12 form their business by dispensing hydrogen, re13 formed on site from various feedstocks, or delivered 

14 by pipeline or tube trucks, resulting in new storage, 

15 handling, and equipment challenges. 

16 SEC. 3. BIOFUEL INFRASTRUCTURE AND ADDITIVES RE17 SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 

18 The Assistant Administrator of the Office of Re19 search and Development of the Environmental Protection 

20 Agency (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Assistant Adminis21 trator’’), in consultation with the Secretary of Energy and 

22 the National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall 

23 carry out a program of research and development of mate24 rials to be added to biofuels to make them more compat25 ible with existing infrastructure used to store and deliver 
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1 petroleum-based fuels to the point of final sale. The As2 sistant Administrator is encouraged to utilize Land Grant 

3 Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 

4 Hispanic Serving Institutions, and other minority-serving 

5 institutions among other resources to undertake research 

6 for this program. The program shall address—

7 (1) materials to prevent or mitigate—

8 (A) corrosion of metal, plastic, rubber, 

9 cork, fiberglass, glues, or any other material 

10 used in pipes and storage tanks; 

11 (B) dissolving of storage tank sediments; 

12 (C) clogging of filters; 

13 (D) contamination from water or other 

14 adulterants or pollutants; 

15 (E) poor flow properties related to low 

16 temperatures; 

17 (F) oxidative and thermal instability in 

18 long-term storage and use; 

19 (G) microbial contamination; and 

20 (H) problems associated with electrical 

21 conductivity; 

22 (2) alternatives to conventional methods for re23 furbishment and cleaning of gasoline and diesel 

24 tanks, including tank lining applications; 
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1 (3) strategies to minimize emissions from infra2 structure; 

3 (4) issues with respect to certification by a na4 tionally recognized testing laboratory of components 

5 for fuel dispensing devises that specifically reference 

6 compatibility with alcohol blended and other biofuels 

7 that contain greater than 15 percent alcohol; 

8 (5) challenges for design, reforming, storage, 

9 handling, and dispensing hydrogen fuel from various 

10 feedstocks, including biomass, from neighborhood 

11 fueling stations, including codes and standards de12 velopment necessary beyond that carried out under 

13 section 809 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

14 U.S.C. 16158); 

15 (6) issues with respect to where in the fuel sup16 ply chain additives optimally should be added to 

17 fuels; and 

18 (7) other problems as identified by the Assist19 ant Administrator, in consultation with the Sec20 retary of Energy and the National Institute of 

21 Standards and Technology. 

22 SEC. 4. SULFUR TESTING FOR DIESEL FUELS. 

23 (a) PROGRAM.—The Assistant Administrator, in con24 sultation with the National Institute of Standards and 

25 Technology, shall carry out a research, development, and 
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1 demonstration program on portable, low-cost, and accu2 rate methods and technologies for testing of sulfur content 

3 in fuel, including Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel and Low Sulfur 

4 Diesel. 

5 (b) SCHEDULE OF DEMONSTRATIONS.—Not later 

6 than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

7 Assistant Administrator shall begin demonstrations of 

8 technologies under subsection (a). 

9 SEC. 5. STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIALS AND DATA 

10 BASE DEVELOPMENT. 

11 Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment 

12 of this Act, the National Institute of Standards and Tech13 nology shall develop a physical properties data base and 

14 standard reference materials for biofuels. Such data base 

15 and standard reference materials shall be maintained and 

16 updated as appropriate as additional biofuels become 

17 available. 

18 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS SUBJECT TO 

19 PAY AS YOU GO. 

20 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Envi21 ronmental Protection Agency $10,000,000 for carrying 

22 out this Act, to be derived from amounts otherwise appro23 priated to the Environmental Protection Agency for en24 ergy research, development, and demonstration activities 
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1 related to fuels or environmental research and develop2 ment activities related to fuels. 

3 SEC. 7. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

4 Not later than 1 year after the establishment of the 

5 program under this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall 

6 transmit a report to Congress containing suggestions for 

7 any Federal incentives that could help such program be 

8 more successful. 

9 SEC. 8. ADDITIONAL FINDING. 

10 The Congress also finds that in order to lessen 

11 United States dependence on foreign sources of petroleum, 

12 and decrease demand for petroleum in aircraft, such as 

13 passenger planes with 42 business class seats capable of 

14 transcontinental flights, the Nation must diversify its fuel 

15 supply for aircraft to include domestically produced alter16 native fuels. 

17 SEC. 9. ADDITIONAL ISSUES. 

18 Research and development under this Act shall ad19 dress issues with respect to increased volatile emissions 

20 or increased nitrogen oxide emissions. 

Passed the House of Representatives February 8, 

2007. 

Attest:

Clerk. 
110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 547

AN ACT

To facilitate the development of markets for 

lection.through research and development and data colbiofuels and Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel fuel