I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1959 
To amend the Renewable Fuel Program in section 211(o) of the Clean 
Air Act to allow domestic alternative fuel to be used to satisfy a portion 
of the required applicable volume of renewable fuel. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 14, 2013 
Mr. OLSON (for himself, Mr. COSTA, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. GENE GREEN 
of Texas, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. HALL, Mr. COLE, Mr. 
FARENTHOLD, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. FLORES, Mr. BARTON, Mr. 
SCHRADER, Mr. VELA, Mr. WELCH, Mr. MARINO, and Mr. NEUGE-
BAUER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Renewable Fuel Program in section 211(o) 
of the Clean Air Act to allow domestic alternative fuel 
to be used to satisfy a portion of the required applicable 
volume of renewable fuel. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Domestic Alternative 
Fuels Act of 2013’’. 
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SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF DOMESTIC ALTERNATIVE FUEL IN 
APPLICABLE VOLUME OF RENEWABLE FUEL. 
(a) 
DEFINITION
OF
DOMESTIC
ALTERNATIVE 
FUEL.—Section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 
U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)) is amended— 
(1) 
by 
redesignating 
subparagraphs 
(G) 
through (L) as subparagraphs (H) through (M), re-
spectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(G) DOMESTIC
ALTERNATIVE
FUEL.— 
The term ‘domestic alternative fuel’ means eth-
anol that— 
‘‘(i) is produced from natural gas; and 
‘‘(ii) is used to replace or reduce the 
quantity of petroleum present in a trans-
portation fuel.’’. 
(b) APPLICABLE VOLUME
OF RENEWABLE FUEL 
AND DOMESTIC ALTERNATIVE FUEL.—Section 211(o)(2) 
of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ‘‘con-
tains at least’’ and all that follows through ‘‘in ac-
cordance with subparagraph (B)’’ and inserting the 
following: ‘‘contains at least the applicable volume of 
renewable fuel, advanced biofuel, cellulosic biofuel, 
biomass-based diesel, and domestic alternative fuel, 
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determined in accordance with subparagraph (B)’’; 
and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)(i)— 
(A) in the heading of subclause (I), by 
striking ‘‘RENEWABLE
FUEL’’ and inserting 
‘‘RENEWABLE
FUEL
AND
DOMESTIC
ALTER-
NATIVE FUEL’’; 
(B) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘the ap-
plicable volume of renewable fuel for the cal-
endar years 2006 through 2022’’ and inserting 
‘‘the applicable volume of renewable fuel for the 
calendar years 2006 through 2012, and the ap-
plicable volume of renewable fuel and domestic 
alternative fuel (in the aggregate) for the cal-
endar years 2013 through 2022’’; and 
(C) in the table in subclause (I), by strik-
ing ‘‘Applicable volume of renewable fuel’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Applicable volume of renewable fuel 
and domestic alternative fuel (in the aggre-
gate)’’. 
Æ 
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