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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4849 

To amend the Clean Air Act to allow advanced biofuel, biomass-based diesel, 

and cellulosic biofuel to satisfy the mandates of the renewable fuel 

program only if domestically produced, to eliminate the corn ethanol 

mandate under such program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 12, 2014 

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

Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Clean Air Act to allow advanced biofuel, 

biomass-based diesel, and cellulosic biofuel to satisfy the 

mandates of the renewable fuel program only if domestically produced, to eliminate the corn ethanol mandate 

under such 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 ‘‘Phantom Fuels Elimi5 nation Act of 2014’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ADVANCED BIOFUEL, BIOMASS-BASED DIESEL, AND 

2 CELLULOSIC BIOFUEL REQUIRED TO BE PRO3 DUCED IN THE UNITED STATES TO SATISFY 

4 RENEWABLE FUEL PROGRAM MANDATES. 

5 (a) ADVANCED BIOFUEL.—Section 211(o)(1)(B)(i) 

6 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)(B)(i)) is 

7 amended by striking ‘‘that has lifecycle’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘that is produced in the United States and has lifecycle’’. 

9 (b) BIOMASS-BASED DIESEL.—Section 211(o)(1)(D) 

10 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)(D)) is amend11 ed— 

12 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘that is 

13 biodiesel’’ and inserting ‘‘that is produced in the 

14 United States and is biodiesel’’; and 

15 (2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘renew16 able fuel derived from’’ and inserting ‘‘renewable 

17 fuel that is produced in the United States and de18 rived from’’. 

19 (c) CELLULOSIC BIOFUEL.—Section 211(o)(1)(E) of 

20 the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)(E)) is amend21 ed— 

22 (1) by striking ‘‘renewable fuel derived from’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘renewable fuel that is produced in the 

24 United States, that is derived from’’; and 

25 (2) by inserting a comma after ‘‘from renewable 

26 biomass’’. 


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1 (d) WAIVERS FOR REDUCTION OF APPLICABLE VOL2 UME IN CASE OF INADEQUATE SUPPLY.— 

3 (1) ADVANCED BIOFUEL.—Section 211(o)(7) of 

4 the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(7)) is amend5 ed by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(G) ADVANCED BIOFUEL.—For any cal7 endar year for which the projected volume of 

8 advanced biofuel production is less than the 

9 minimum applicable volume established under 

10 paragraph (2)(B), as determined by the Admin11 istrator based on the estimate provided under 

12 paragraph (3)(A), not later than November 30 

13 of the preceding calendar year, the Adminis14 trator shall reduce the applicable volume of ad15 vanced biofuel required under paragraph (2)(B) 

16 to the projected volume available during that 

17 calendar year.’’. 

18 (2) BIOMASS-BASED DIESEL.—Section 

19 211(o)(7)(E) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 

20 7545(o)(7)(E)) is amended by adding at the end the 

21 following: 

22 ‘‘(iv) INADEQUATE SUPPLY.—For any cal23 endar year for which the projected volume of 

24 biomass-based diesel production is less than the 

25 minimum applicable volume established under 


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1 paragraph (2)(B), as determined by the Admin2 istrator based on the estimate provided under 

3 paragraph (3)(A), not later than November 30 

4 of the preceding calendar year, the Adminis5 trator shall reduce the applicable volume of bio6 mass-based diesel production required under 

7 paragraph (2)(B) to the projected volume avail8 able during that calendar year.’’. 

9 (3) ESTIMATE OF VOLUMES.—Section 

10 211(o)(3)(A) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 

11 7545(o)(3)(A)) is amended by inserting ‘‘advanced 

12 biofuel,’’ before ‘‘biomass-based diesel’’. 

13 SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF CORN ETHANOL MANDATE FOR 

14 RENEWABLE FUEL. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 211(o)(2)(A)(i) of the 

16 Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(2)(A)(i)) is amended 

17 by striking ‘‘renewable fuel,’’ after ‘‘contains at least the 

18 applicable volume of’’. 

19 (b) REMOVAL OF TABLE.—Section 211(o)(2)(B)(i) of 

20 the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(2)(B)(i)) is amend21 ed by striking subclause (I). 

22 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 

23 211(o)(2)(B) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 

24 7545(o)(2)(B)) is amended— 

25 (1) in clause (i)— 


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1 (A) by redesignating subclauses (II) 

2 through (IV) as subclauses (I) through (III), 

3 respectively; 

4 (B) in subclause (I) (as so redesignated), 

5 by striking ‘‘of the volume of renewable fuel re6 quired under subclause (I),’’; and 

7 (C) in subclauses (II) and (III) (as so re8 designated), by striking ‘‘subclause (II)’’ each 

9 place it appears and inserting ‘‘subclause (I)’’; 

10 (2) by striking clause (iii) and redesignating 

11 clauses (iv) and (v) as clauses (iii) and (iv), respec12 tively; and 

13 (3) in clause (iv), as so redesignated, by strik14 ing ‘‘clause (i)(IV)’’ and inserting ‘‘clause (i)(III)’’. 

15 (d) ADMINISTRATION.—Nothing in this section or the 

16 amendments made by this section affects the volumes of 

17 advanced biofuel, cellulosic biofuel, or biomass-based diesel 

18 that are required under section 211(o) of the Clean Air 

19 Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)) (as in effect on the day before 

20 the date of enactment of this Act). 

21 (e) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after 

22 the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 

23 the Environmental Protection Agency shall promulgate 

24 such regulations as are necessary to carry out the amend25 ments made by this section. 


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1 (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

2 this section shall take effect on the date that is 180 days 

3 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

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