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with an additional 342,800 indirect and induced jobs 
supported across all sectors of the economy; 
Whereas the ethanol industry created $34,800,000,000 in 
household 
income 
and 
contributed 
more 
than 
$57,000,000,000 to the gross domestic product of the 
United States; 
Whereas ethanol and feed co-product production provide a 
valuable market for United States corn, as a typical dry 
mill ethanol plant adds nearly $2 of additional value to 
every bushel of corn processed; 
Whereas ethanol use reduces greenhouse gas emissions by be-
tween 44 and 52 percent compared to gasoline, and, by 
displacing hydrocarbon substances like aromatics in gaso-
line, ethanol also helps reduce emissions of air toxins, 
particulate matter, carbon monoxide, nitrous oxides, and 
exhaust hydrocarbons; 
Whereas, in 2022, ethanol helped protect the energy inde-
pendence of the United States by displacing more than 
600,000,000 barrels of crude oil; 
Whereas 1⁄3 of every bushel processed by an ethanol plant is 
used to make distillers grains, one of the most efficient 
animal feeds available; 
Whereas biodiesel is a drop-in replacement for petroleum- 
based diesel fuel that is produced from renewable re-
sources such as recycled cooking oil, soybean oil, distillers 
corn oil, canola oil, and animal fats; 
Whereas renewable diesel is an advanced biofuel, made from 
the same feedstocks as biodiesel, that reduces green-
houses gas emissions, while meeting the same standard 
specification for diesel fuels as petroleum diesel; 
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Whereas producing a total of 6,000,000,000 gallons of bio-
diesel and renewable diesel would support 187,000 full- 
time equivalent jobs, with more than $8,800,000,000 in 
wages and $61,600,000,000 in total economic impact; 
Whereas biodiesel and renewable diesel can be used in exist-
ing diesel engines without modification and are available 
now throughout the United States; 
Whereas, while advanced biofuels like biodiesel and renewable 
diesel must reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 
50 percent compared to petroleum diesel, depending on 
the feedstock used, biodiesel and renewable diesel provide 
average reductions in greenhouse gas emissions of 74 
percent and can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 
more than 80 percent; 
Whereas biodiesel emits 80 percent less particulate matter 
than petroleum-based diesel, improving air quality and 
health outcomes; 
Whereas the production of biodiesel and renewable diesel 
adds to the total domestic fuel supply, reducing the price 
of all diesel fuel at the pump; 
Whereas, without the renewable fuel standard helping to 
drive production of biodiesel and renewable diesel, the 
value of soybeans grown by farmers in the United States 
would decrease by 13 percent; 
Whereas sustainable aviation fuel is made from renewable 
biomass and waste resources and can deliver the perform-
ance of petroleum-based jet fuel; and 
Whereas sustainable aviation fuel can be blended with con-
ventional jet fuel and the use of sustainable or blended 
aviation fuel requires no infrastructure or equipment 
changes: Now, therefore, be it 
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Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of ‘‘Renewable 
Fuels Month’’; and 
(2) recognizes— 
(A) the important role renewable fuels play 
in reducing the carbon impact of the United 
States; 
(B) the ability renewable fuels have to 
lower fuel prices for consumers; 
(C) the support to rural communities that 
renewable fuel industries provide; and 
(D) the opportunity that the production of 
renewable fuels provides to lessen the reliance 
of the United States on foreign adversaries. 
Æ 
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