(II) in accordance with— 
(aa) applicable land manage-
ment plans; and 
(bb) the requirements for 
old-growth maintenance, restora-
tion, and management direction 
of paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of 
subsection (e) and the require-
ments for large-tree retention of 
subsection (f) of section 102 of 
the Healthy Forests Restoration 
Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6512); or 
(B) any organic matter that is available on 
a renewable or recurring basis from non-Fed-
eral land or from land belonging to an Indian 
tribe, or an Indian individual, that is held in 
trust by the United States or subject to a re-
striction against alienation imposed by the 
United States, including— 
(i) renewable plant material, includ-
ing— 
(I) feed grains; 
(II) other agricultural commod-
ities; 
(III) other plants and trees; and 
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(IV) algae; and 
(ii) waste material, including— 
(I) crop residue; 
(II) other vegetative waste mate-
rial (including wood waste and wood 
residues); 
(III) animal waste and byprod-
ucts (including fats, oils, greases, and 
manure); and 
(IV) food waste and yard waste. 
(5) RENEWABLE FUEL.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘renewable 
fuel’’ means motor vehicle fuel or home heating 
fuel that is— 
(i) produced from renewable biomass; 
and 
(ii) used to replace or reduce the 
quantity of fossil fuel present in a fuel or 
fuel mixture used to operate a motor vehi-
cle or furnace. 
(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘‘renewable 
fuel’’ includes— 
(i) conventional biofuel; and 
(ii) advanced biofuel. 
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(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
(7) SMALL REFINERY.—The term ‘‘small refin-
ery’’ means a refinery for which the average aggre-
gate daily crude oil throughput for a calendar year 
(as determined by dividing the aggregate throughput 
for the calendar year by the number of days in the 
calendar year) does not exceed 75,000 barrels. 
Subtitle A—Renewable Fuel 
Standard 
SEC. 111. RENEWABLE FUEL STANDARD. 
(a) RENEWABLE FUEL PROGRAM.— 
(1) REGULATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
President shall promulgate regulations to en-
sure that motor vehicle fuel and home heating 
oil sold or introduced into commerce in the 
United States (except in noncontiguous States 
or territories), on an annual average basis, con-
tains the applicable volume of renewable fuel 
determined in accordance with paragraph (2). 
(B) PROVISIONS
OF
REGULATIONS.—Re-
gardless of the date of promulgation, the regu-
lations promulgated under subparagraph (A)— 
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(i) shall contain compliance provisions 
applicable to refineries, blenders, distribu-
tors, and importers, as appropriate, to en-
sure that— 
(I) the requirements of this sub-
section are met; and 
(II) renewable fuels produced 
from facilities that commence oper-
ations after the date of enactment of 
this Act achieve at least a 20 percent 
reduction in life cycle greenhouse gas 
emissions compared to gasoline; but 
(ii) shall not— 
(I) restrict geographic areas in 
the contiguous United States in which 
renewable fuel may be used; or 
(II) impose any per-gallon obliga-
tion for the use of renewable fuel. 
(C) RELATIONSHIP
TO
OTHER
REGULA-
TIONS.—Regulations promulgated under this 
paragraph shall, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, incorporate the program structure, com-
pliance, and reporting requirements established 
under the final regulations promulgated to im-
plement the renewable fuel program established 
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by the amendment made by section 1501(a)(2) 
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 
109–58; 119 Stat. 1067). 
(2) APPLICABLE VOLUME.— 
(A) CALENDAR
YEARS
2008
THROUGH 
2022.— 
(i) RENEWABLE FUEL.—For the pur-
pose of paragraph (1), subject to clause 
(ii), the applicable volume for any of cal-
endar years 2008 through 2022 shall be 
determined in accordance with the fol-
lowing table: 
Applicable volume of 
renewable fuel 
Calendar year: 
(in billions of gallons): 
2008 .........................................................................................
8.5
2009 .........................................................................................
10.5
2010 .........................................................................................
12.0
2011 .........................................................................................
12.6
2012 .........................................................................................
13.2
2013 .........................................................................................
13.8
2014 .........................................................................................
14.4
2015 .........................................................................................
15.0
2016 .........................................................................................
18.0
2017 .........................................................................................
21.0
2018 .........................................................................................
24.0
2019 .........................................................................................
27.0
2020 .........................................................................................
30.0
2021 .........................................................................................
33.0
2022 .........................................................................................
36.0. 
(ii) ADVANCED
BIOFUELS.—For the 
purpose of paragraph (1), of the volume of 
renewable fuel required under clause (i), 
the applicable volume for any of calendar 
years 2016 through 2022 for advanced 
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