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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4784
To provide for the establishment of a Midwest Clean Air Gasoline Reserve
to ensure the availability of gasoline in the Midwest.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 29, 2000
Mrs. BIGGERT (for herself, Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin, and Mr. LAHOOD) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Commerce
A BILL
To provide for the establishment of a Midwest Clean Air
Gasoline Reserve to ensure the availability of gasoline
in the Midwest.
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 ‘‘Midwest Clean Air
Gasoline Reserve Act’’.
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH RESERVE.
The Secretary of Energy may establish, maintain,
and operate in the Midwest a Midwest Clean Air Gasoline
Reserve. A Reserve established under this Act is not a
component of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. A Reserve
established under this Act shall contain no more than
1,000,000 barrels of reformulated gasoline.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘Midwest’’ means the States or
parts of States of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North
Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin which
are required by the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy under section 211(k) of the Clear Air Act to use
reformulated gasoline; and
(2) the term ‘‘reformulated gasoline’’ includes
any of the compositions of gasoline which are re-
quired by the Environmental Protection Agency,
under section 211(k) of the Clean Air Act, to be
used.
SEC. 4. SECRETARY’S AUTHORITY.
To the extent necessary or appropriate to carry out
this Act, the Secretary of Energy may—
(1) purchase, contract for, lease, or otherwise
acquire, in whole or in part, storage and related fa-
cilities, and storage services;
(2) use, lease, maintain, sell, or otherwise dis-
pose of storage and related facilities required under
this Act;
(3) acquire by purchase, exchange (including
exchange of petroleum products from the Strategic
Petroleum Reserve or received as royalty from Fed-
eral lands), lease, or otherwise—
(A) reformulated gasoline; or
(B) petroleum products for refinement into
reformulated gasoline,
for storage in the Midwest Clean Air Gasoline Re-
serve;
(4) enter into contracts or other arrangements
for the storage of reformulated gasoline or other pe-
troleum products in facilities not owned by the
United States; and
(5) sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of refor-
mulated gasoline or other petroleum products from
the Reserve established under this Act pursuant to
section 5.
SEC. 5. CONDITIONS FOR RELEASE; PLAN.
(a) CONDITIONS FOR RELEASE.—Except as provided
in subsection (b), the Secretary of Energy may release re-
formulated gasoline only in the event of—
(1) a severe energy supply disruption;
(4) a description of the estimated costs of es-
tablishment, maintenance, and operation of the Re-
serve.
If the Secretary decides not to establish a Reserve, the
report shall include an explanation of the reasons for such
decision.
(d) STORAGE.—The storage under this Act of refor-
mulated gasoline or other petroleum products in a storage
facility that meets all applicable Federal and State envi-
ronmental requirements shall not be considered a ‘‘major
Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the
human environment’’ as that term is used in section
102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969.
SEC. 
6. 
MIDWEST 
CLEAN 
AIR 
GASOLINE 
RESERVE
ACCOUNT.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Upon a decision of the Sec-
retary of Energy to establish a Reserve under this Act,
the Secretary of the Treasury shall establish in the Treas-
ury of the United States an account known as the Midwest
Clean Air Gasoline Reserve Account (referred to in this
section as the ‘‘Account’’).
(b) DEPOSITS.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall
deposit in the Account any amounts appropriated to the
Account and any receipts from the sale, exchange, or other
disposition of reformulated gasoline from the Reserve.
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary of Energy may
obligate amounts in the Account to carry out activities
under this Act without the need for further appropriation,
and amounts available to the Secretary of Energy for obli-
gation under this section shall remain available without
fiscal year limitation.
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