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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4862 

To identify the standards required to meet the definition of sustainable 

aviation fuel at the Federal Aviation Administration. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 25, 2023 

Mr. FLOOD (for himself and Ms. BUDZINSKI) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To identify the standards required to meet the definition 

of sustainable aviation fuel at the Federal Aviation Administration. 

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 ‘‘Sustainable Aviation 

5 Fuels Accuracy Act of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. STANDARD, UNIFORM DEFINITION OF SUSTAIN7 ABLE AVIATION FUEL. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 

9 date of enactment of this section, the Administrator of the 

10 Federal Aviation Administration shall issue or revise reguVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:40 Aug 10, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4862.IH H4862

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1 lations as necessary to provide that the definition of sus2 tainable aviation fuel specified in subsection (b) applies 

3 to— 

4 (1) all aircraft flown to, from, or within the 

5 United States; and 

6 (2) all programs established, administered, or 

7 overseen by the Federal Aviation Administration. 

8 (b) SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL DEFINED.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection 

10 (a), the term ‘‘sustainable aviation fuel’’ means liq11 uid fuel, the portion of which is not kerosene, 

12 which— 

13 (A) meets the requirements of— 

14 (i) ASTM International Standard 

15 D7566; or 

16 (ii) the Fischer Tropsch provisions of 

17 ASTM International Standard D1655, 

18 Annex A1; 

19 (B) is not derived from coprocessing an 

20 applicable material (or materials derived from 

21 an applicable material) with a feedstock which 

22 is not biomass; 

23 (C) is not derived from palm fatty acid dis24 tillates or petroleum; and 


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1 (D) has been certified in accordance with 

2 paragraph (2)(C) as having a lifecycle green3 house gas emissions reduction percentage of at 

4 least 50 percent. 

5 (2) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of 

6 paragraph (1): 

7 (A) APPLICABLE MATERIAL.—The term 

8 ‘‘applicable material’’ means— 

9 (i) monoglycerides, diglycerides, and 

10 triglycerides, 

11 (ii) free fatty acids, and 

12 (iii) fatty acid esters. 

13 (B) BIOMASS.—The term ‘‘biomass’’ has 

14 the meaning given such term in section 

15 45K(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

16 1986. 

17 (C) LIFECYCLE GREENHOUSE GAS EMIS18 SIONS REDUCTION PERCENTAGE.—The term 

19 ‘‘lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions reduction 

20 percentage’’ means, with respect to any sustain21 able aviation fuel, the percentage reduction in 

22 lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions achieved by 

23 such fuel as compared with petroleum-based jet 

24 fuel, as defined in accordance with— 


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1 (i) the most recent Carbon Offsetting 

2 and Reduction Scheme for International 

3 Aviation which has been adopted by the 

4 International Civil Aviation Organization 

5 with the agreement of the United States; 

6 or 

7 (ii) the most recent determinations 

8 under the Greenhouse gases, Regulated 

9 Emissions, and Energy use in Transpor10 tation (GREET) model developed by Ar11 gonne National Laboratory or any suc12 cessor model developed by Argonne Na13 tional Laboratory. 

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