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Union Calendar No. 2 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 547 

[Report No. 110–7] 

To facilitate the development of markets for alternative fuels and Ultra 

Low Sulfur Diesel fuel through research, development, and demonstration 

and data collection. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 18, 2007 

Mr. GORDON of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Science and Technology 

FEBRUARY 5, 2007 

Additional sponsors: Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. LAMPSON, Mr. INGLIS of South 

Carolina, Mr. COHEN, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. HOOLEY, Ms. GIFFORDS, Ms. 

JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. CARNAHAN, 

Mr. MCCAUL of Texas, Mr. MELANCON, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, and Mr. 

LIPINSKI

FEBRUARY 5, 2007 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 18, 2007] 

A BILL 

To facilitate the development of markets for alternative fuels 

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


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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 ‘‘Advanced Fuels Infra5 structure Research and Development Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds that— 

8 (1) in order to lessen United States dependence 

9 on foreign sources of petroleum, and decrease demand 

10 for petroleum in the transportation sector, the Nation 

11 must diversify its fuel supply to include domestically 

12 produced biofuels; 

13 (2) while ethanol has been successful in the mar14 ket place as a fuel additive, newer biofuels may 

15 present unique challenges that may render the fuels 

16 incompatible with the current fuel transportation and 

17 delivery infrastructure, placing the burden of costly 

18 refurbishment and construction on fuel distributors 

19 and retailers; 

20 (3) chemical additives to the fuels may mitigate 

21 the negative impacts of some biofuels on existing in22 frastructure and preclude costly retrofitting or instal23 lation of new biofuel compatible infrastructure and 

24 transportation systems; 


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1 (4) in order to mitigate air pollution and com2 ply with Federal mandates, Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel 

3 fuel was introduced into the marketplace in 2006; 

4 (5) fuel labeled Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel may ac5 cumulate more than the statutory limit of 15 parts 

6 per million of sulfur when transported through mul7 tiple pipelines, tanks, and trucks to the final point of 

8 sale; and 

9 (6) fuel distributors and retailers may inadvert10 ently take delivery of fuel labeled Ultra Low Sulfur 

11 Diesel with more than 15 parts per million of sulfur 

12 without a practical means of verifying sulfur content. 

13 SEC. 3. BIOFUEL INFRASTRUCTURE AND ADDITIVES RE14 SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 

15 The Assistant Administrator of the Office of Research 

16 and Development of the Environmental Protection Agency 

17 (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Assistant Administrator’’), 

18 in consultation with the Secretary of Energy and the Na19 tional Institute of Standards and Technology, shall carry 

20 out a program of research and development of materials to 

21 be added to biofuels to make them more compatible with 

22 existing infrastructure used to store and deliver petroleum23 based fuels to the point of final sale. The program shall 

24 address— 

25 (1) materials to prevent or mitigate— 


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1 (A) corrosion of metal, plastic, rubber, cork, 

2 fiberglass, glues, or any other material used in 

3 pipes and storage tanks; 

4 (B) dissolving of storage tank sediments; 

5 (C) clogging of filters; 

6 (D) contamination from water or other 

7 adulterants or pollutants; 

8 (E) poor flow properties related to low tem9 peratures; 

10 (F) oxidative and thermal instability in 

11 long-term storage and use; 

12 (G) microbial contamination; and 

13 (H) problems associated with electrical con14 ductivity; 

15 (2) alternatives to conventional methods for re16 furbishment and cleaning of gasoline and diesel tanks, 

17 including tank lining applications; and 

18 (3) other problems as identified by the Assistant 

19 Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of 

20 Energy and the National Institute of Standards and 

21 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 accurate 

2 methods and technologies for testing of sulfur content in 

3 fuel, including Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel and Low Sulfur 

4 Diesel. 

5 (b) SCHEDULE OF DEMONSTRATIONS.—Not later than 

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

7 Administrator shall begin demonstrations of technologies 

8 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 avail17 able. 

18 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

19 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Envi20 ronmental Protection Agency $10,000,000 for carrying out 

21 this Act. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to facilitate 

the development of markets for biofuels and Ultra Low 

Sulfur Diesel fuel through research and development and 

data collection.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 2 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 547 

[Report No. 110

–7] 

A BILL 

To facilitate the development of markets for altertion and data collection. through research, development, and demonstra- native fuels and Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel fuel 

FEBRUARY 5, 2007 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 

dered to be printed of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and orVerDate Aug 31 2005 22:50 Feb 05, 2007 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H547.RH H547

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