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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5700 
To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for a reduction in the number 
of boutique fuels, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 28, 2006 
Mr. BLUNT (for himself, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. GREEN 
of Wisconsin, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. KIRK, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. WICKER, Mr. 
SENSENBRENNER, Mr. PETRI, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. AKIN, Mr. KINGSTON, 
Mr. CALVERT, and Mr. FRANKS of Arizona) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for a reduction 
in the number of boutique fuels, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Boutique Fuel Reduc-
tion Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY WAIVERS. 
Section 211(c)(4)(C)(ii)(II) of the Clean Air Act (42 
U.S.C.7545(c)(4)(C)(ii)(II)) is amended by inserting after 
‘‘equipment failure’’ the following: ‘‘, unexpected problems 
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with distribution or delivery equipment that is necessary 
for transportation and delivery of fuel or fuel additives’’. 
SEC. 3. REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF BOUTIQUE FUELS. 
Section 211(c)(4)(C) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7545(c)(4)(C)) is amended as follows: 
(1) By redesignating the clause (v) added by 
section 1541(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
(Public Law 109–58; 119 Stat. 1106) as clause (vi). 
(2) In clause (vi) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) in subclause (I) by striking ‘‘approved 
under this paragraph as of September 1, 2004, 
in all State implementation plans’’ and by in-
serting in lieu there of ‘‘set forth on the list 
published under subclause (II), or if the list has 
been revised under subclause (III), on the re-
vised list’’; 
(B) by amending subclause (III) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(III) The Administrator shall, after notice 
and opportunity for comment, remove a fuel 
from the list published under subclause (II) if 
the Administrator determines that such fuel has 
ceased to be included in any State implementa-
tion plan or is identical to a Federal fuel con-
trol or prohibition promulgated and imple-
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mented by the Administrator. The Adminis-
trator shall publish a revised list reflecting the 
reduction in the number of fuels.’’; 
(C) in subclause (IV) by striking ‘‘Sub-
clause (I)’’ and inserting ‘‘Neither subclause (I) 
nor subclause (V)’’ and by striking ‘‘not’’ and 
by striking ‘‘if such new fuel’’; 
(D) in item (aa) of subclause (IV) by in-
serting ‘‘if such new fuel’’ after ‘‘(aa)’’ and by 
striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting ‘‘, or if the list has 
been revised under subclause (III), on the re-
vised list’’; 
(E) in item (bb) of subclause (IV) by in-
serting ‘‘if such new fuel’’ and by striking ‘‘as 
of September 1, 2004.’’ and inserting ‘‘, or if 
the list has been revised under subclause (III), 
on the revised list, and’’; and 
(F) by striking so much of the last sen-
tence of subclause (IV) as precedes the phrase 
‘‘if the Administrator’’, by striking ‘‘a new 
fuel’’ in such last sentence and inserting ‘‘such 
new fuel’’, and by designating the remaining 
language in such last sentence as item (cc) and 
adjusting the left margin accordingly. 
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SEC. 4. COMPLETION OF HARMONIZATION STUDY. 
Paragraph (1) of section 1509(b) of the Energy Pol-
icy Act of 2005 is amended by striking ‘‘June 1, 2008’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the earlier of (A) the date 9 months after 
the date of the enactment of Boutique Fuel Reduction Act 
of 2006 or (B) June 1, 2008’’. 
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