IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1265 
Expressing support for the designation of May 2024 as ‘‘Renewable Fuels 
Month’’ to recognize the important role that renewable fuels play in 
reducing carbon impacts, lowering fuel prices for consumers, supporting 
rural communities, and lessening reliance on foreign adversaries. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 31, 2024 
Mr. NUNN of Iowa (for himself, Ms. CRAIG, and Mrs. HINSON) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the designation of May 2024 as ‘‘Re-
newable Fuels Month’’ to recognize the important role 
that renewable fuels play in reducing carbon impacts, 
lowering fuel prices for consumers, supporting rural com-
munities, and lessening reliance on foreign adversaries. 
Whereas the United States is the largest producer of biofuels 
in the world, which contributes to the domestic economy, 
creates jobs, and reduces greenhouse gas emissions; 
Whereas ethanol is a renewable fuel made of biomass from 
plant materials; 
Whereas, in 2023, more than 72,463 jobs in the United 
States were directly associated with the ethanol industry, 
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with an additional 322,000 indirect and induced jobs 
supported across all sectors of the economy; 
Whereas the ethanol industry created $32,500,000,000 in 
household 
income 
and 
contributed 
more 
than 
$54,200,000,000 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 2023, ethanol played a vital role in bolstering the 
energy 
independence 
of 
the 
United 
States 
by 
supplementing nearly 525,000,000 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 greenhouse 
gas emissions, while meeting the same standard specifica-
tion for diesel fuels as petroleum-based 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 
throughout the United States; 
Whereas advanced biofuels like biodiesel and renewable diesel 
reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50 percent 
compared to petroleum-based diesel; 
Whereas biodiesel emits up to 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 8 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 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of ‘‘Renewable 
Fuels Month’’; and 
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(2) recognizes— 
(A) the important role renewable fuels play 
in reducing the carbon impact of the United 
States; 
(B) the ability of renewable fuels 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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