I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5592 
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to direct the head of each Federal 
agency to ensure that, in areas in which ethanol-blended gasoline is 
reasonably available at a generally competitive price, the Federal agency 
purchases ethanol-blended gasoline containing at least 10 percent ethanol 
rather than nonethanol-blended gasoline, for use in vehicles used by 
the agency that use gasoline. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 13, 2006 
Mr. WELLER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to direct the 
head of each Federal agency to ensure that, in areas 
in which ethanol-blended gasoline is reasonably available 
at a generally competitive price, the Federal agency pur-
chases ethanol-blended gasoline containing at least 10 
percent ethanol rather than nonethanol-blended gasoline, 
for use in vehicles used by the agency that use gasoline. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Growing Responsible 
Energy and Environment Nationally through Federal En-
ergy Decisions Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. FEDERAL AGENCY ETHANOL-BLENDED GASOLINE 
AND 
BIODIESEL 
PURCHASING 
REQUIRE-
MENT. 
Title III of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 is amended 
by striking section 306 (42 U.S.C. 13215) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 306. FEDERAL AGENCY ETHANOL-BLENDED GASO-
LINE AND BIODIESEL PURCHASING REQUIRE-
MENT. 
‘‘(a) ETHANOL-BLENDED GASOLINE.—The head of 
each Federal agency shall ensure that, in areas in which 
ethanol-blended gasoline is reasonably available at a gen-
erally competitive price, the Federal agency purchases eth-
anol-blended gasoline containing at least 10 percent eth-
anol rather than nonethanol-blended gasoline, for use in 
vehicles used by the agency that use gasoline. 
‘‘(b) BIODIESEL.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION OF BIODIESEL.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘biodiesel’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 312(f). 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT.—The head of each Fed-
eral agency shall ensure that the Federal agency 
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purchases, for use in fueling fleet vehicles that use 
diesel fuel used by the Federal agency at the loca-
tion at which fleet vehicles of the Federal agency are 
centrally fueled, in areas in which the biodiesel- 
blended diesel fuel described in subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) is available at a generally competitive 
price— 
‘‘(A) as of the date that is 5 years after 
the date of enactment of this paragraph, bio-
diesel-blended diesel fuel that contains at least 
2 percent biodiesel, rather than nonbiodiesel- 
blended diesel fuel; and 
‘‘(B) as of the date that is 10 years after 
the date of enactment of this paragraph, bio-
diesel-blended diesel fuel that contains at least 
20 percent biodiesel, rather than nonbiodiesel- 
blended diesel fuel. 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENT
OF
FEDERAL
LAW.—The 
provisions of this subsection shall not be considered 
a requirement of Federal law for the purposes of 
section 312. 
‘‘(c) EXEMPTION.—This section does not apply to 
fuel used in vehicles excluded from the definition of ‘fleet’ 
by subparagraphs (A) through (H) of section 301(9).’’. 
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