I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2037 
To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1992 to require States 
to meet certain goals for the use of renewable fuels, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 25, 2007 
Ms. KAPTUR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1992 
to require States to meet certain goals for the use of 
renewable 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. STATE RENEWABLE FUEL GOALS. 
(a) AMENDMENT
OF ENERGY POLICY
AND CON-
SERVATION ACT OF 1992.—Title XII of the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13311 and fol-
lowing) is amended by adding the following new section 
at the end there of: 
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‘‘SEC. 213. STATE RENEWABLE FUEL GOALS. 
‘‘(a) ANNUAL GOALS.—Each State and in the Dis-
trict of Columba shall establish such rules and regulations 
as may be necessary to ensure that gasoline sold in that 
State and in the District of Columba, will, on an average 
annual basis, contain the applicable percentage of renew-
able fuel (as defined in section 22(o)(1)(C) of the Clean 
Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)(C)), as set forth in the fol-
lowing table: 
‘‘Applicable percentage of renewable fuel 
Calendar year 
15 percent ...............................................................
After 2014 and before 
2020 
25 percent ...............................................................
After 2019 and before 
2025 
30 percent ...............................................................
Years after 2024 
‘‘(b) COMPLIANCE.—Unless the Secretary of Energy 
has determined for each calendar year after 2014 that a 
State or the District of Columbia has met the require-
ments of subsection (a) for that calendar year, beginning 
on January 1 of the next calendar year and ending on 
the date on which the Secretary makes such determina-
tion: 
‘‘(1) no permit may be issued by the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission under the Atomic Energy 
Act for the construction or operation of any nuclear 
power plant in that State (or the District of Colum-
bia); 
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‘‘(2) no license may be issued under Part 1 of 
the Federal Power Act for the construction or oper-
ation of any hydroelectric facility in that State (or 
the District of Columbia); 
‘‘(3) the Secretary of Energy may not make 
any grant or loan to that State (or the District of 
Columbia) or any political subdivision of that State 
or to any entity located within that State (or the 
District of Columbia); and 
‘‘(4) the Secretary of Agriculture may not make 
any grant or loan under the Rural Utilities Program 
to that State (or the District of Columbia) or any 
political subdivision of that State or to any entity lo-
cated within that State (or the District of Colum-
bia).’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
title XII of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 
1992 (42 U.S.C. 13311 and following) is amended by add-
ing the following new item after the item relating to sec-
tion 212: 
‘‘Sec. 213. State renweable fuel goals.’’. 
Æ 
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