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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 167 

To amend the Clean Air Act to require the Secretary of Energy to provide 

grants to eligible entities to carry out research, development, and demonstration projects of cellulosic ethanol and construct infrastructure that 

enables retail gas stations to dispense cellulosic ethanol for vehicle fuel 

to reduce the consumption of petroleum-based fuel. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 4, 2007 

Mrs. BOXER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 

A BILL 

To amend the Clean Air Act to require the Secretary of 

Energy to provide grants to eligible entities to carry 

out research, development, and demonstration projects 

of cellulosic ethanol and construct infrastructure that 

enables retail gas stations to dispense cellulosic ethanol 

for vehicle fuel to reduce the consumption of petroleumbased fuel. 

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 ‘‘Cellulosic Ethanol De5 velopment and Implementation Act of 2007’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CELLULOSIC ETHANOL FUEL DEVELOPMENT AND 

2 IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM. 

3 Section 212 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7546) 

4 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(f) CELLULOSIC ETHANOL FUEL GRANT PRO6 GRAM.— 

7 ‘‘(1) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In 

8 this subsection, the term ‘eligible entity’ means— 

9 ‘‘(A) an institution of higher education; 

10 ‘‘(B) a National Laboratory; 

11 ‘‘(C) a Federal research agency; 

12 ‘‘(D) a State research agency; 

13 ‘‘(E) a private sector entity; 

14 ‘‘(F) a nonprofit organization; or 

15 ‘‘(G) a consortium of 2 or more entities de16 scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (F). 

17 ‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es18 tablish a program to provide grants to eligible enti19 ties for use in carrying out research, development, 

20 and demonstration projects relating to the use of 

21 cellulosic ethanol fuel for motor vehicles. 

22 ‘‘(3) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity that 

23 seeks to receive a grant under this subsection shall 

24 submit to the grant review committee described in 

25 paragraph (4) an application for the grant at such 


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1 time, in such form, and containing such information 

2 as the grant review committee may require. 

3 ‘‘(4) GRANT REVIEW COMMITTEE.—Applica4 tions for grants under this subsection shall be re5 viewed, and approved or disapproved, by a grant re6 view committee composed of an equal number of rep7 resentatives of— 

8 ‘‘(A) the Department of Energy, to be ap9 pointed by the Secretary; 

10 ‘‘(B) the Department of Agriculture, to be 

11 appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture; 

12 ‘‘(C) the Environmental Protection Agen13 cy, to be appointed by the Administrator; and 

14 ‘‘(D) experts that are not full-time employ15 ees of the Federal Government, to be appointed 

16 by the President. 

17 ‘‘(5) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 

18 subsection, the grant review committee shall give 

19 priority to eligible entities that propose to carry 

20 out— 

21 ‘‘(A) projects that use alternative or re22 newable energy sources in the production of cel23 lulosic ethanol fuel; and 

24 ‘‘(B) demonstration projects. 


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1 ‘‘(6) MATCHING FUNDS.—As a condition of re2 ceiving a grant under this subsection, an eligible en3 tity shall provide matching funds in the amount of 

4 20 percent of the total amount of the grant. 

5 ‘‘(7) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

6 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

7 this subsection $1,000,000,000 for the period of fis8 cal years 2007 through 2013. 

9 ‘‘(g) INFRASTRUCTURE PILOT PROGRAM FOR CEL10 LULOSIC ETHANOL FUEL.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab12 lish a pilot program to provide grants to eligible en13 tities (as described in subsection (d)(2) or defined in 

14 subsection (f)) for use in installing infrastructure 

15 (such as pumps) that would enable retail gas sta16 tions to sell and dispense ethanol fuel. 

17 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity that 

18 seeks to receive a grant under this subsection shall 

19 submit to the Secretary an application for the grant 

20 at such time, in such form, and containing such in21 formation as the Secretary may require. 

22 ‘‘(3) MATCHING FUNDS.—As a condition of re23 ceiving a grant under this subsection, an eligible en24 tity shall provide matching funds in the amount of 

25 20 percent of the total amount of the grant. 


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1 ‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

2 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

3 this subsection $1,000,000,000 for the period of fis4 cal years 2007 through 2013.’’. 

5 SEC. 3. CELLULOSIC BIOMASS ETHANOL CONVERSION AS6 SISTANCE. 

7 Section 212(e) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 

8 7546(e)) is amended by striking paragraph (3) and insert9 ing the following: 

10 ‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

11 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

12 this subsection $400,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

13 2007 through 2010.’’. 

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