IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 628 
Recognizing the 20th anniversary of the Renewable Fuel Standard and its 
foundational role in strengthening United States energy security, sup-
porting rural communities, growing the United States economy, and 
improving environmental performance. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 1, 2025 
Mr. MILLER of Ohio (for himself, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, 
Ms. CRAIG, Mr. FLOOD, Mr. BACON, Mr. BOST, Mr. FEENSTRA, and 
Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the 20th anniversary of the Renewable Fuel 
Standard and its foundational role in strengthening 
United States energy security, supporting rural commu-
nities, growing the United States economy, and improv-
ing environmental performance. 
Whereas the Renewable Fuel Standard (‘‘RFS’’), first estab-
lished by Congress in 2005 and expanded in 2007, cele-
brates its 20th anniversary as a key national policy for 
increasing the supply of domestic renewable energy and 
supporting families in the United States, the economy, 
and United States energy security; 
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Whereas the RFS provides for steady growth by setting forth 
increasing annual volumetric targets for an appropriate 
variety of renewable fuels; 
Whereas the RFS achieves this goal by setting forth annual 
volumetric targets for renewable fuel, including specific 
pools for biodiesel, cellulosic, and advanced; 
Whereas such targets were designed to be ambitious in order 
to induce private sector innovation and investment, while 
providing ample flexibility in the law for the Environ-
mental Protection Agency to administer the program, in-
cluding the ability to adjust annual targets if necessary 
to reflect production volumes; 
Whereas the RFS drives innovation that improves environ-
mental performance by requiring that renewable fuel 
achieve certain minimum thresholds of life-cycle green-
house gas emissions reductions ranging from 20 percent 
to 60 percent, depending on the type of fuel; 
Whereas the private sector has responded with billions of dol-
lars of investment in the renewable fuel sector since 
2007, to both expand production of first-generation re-
newable fuel and to develop and demonstrate advanced 
renewable fuel; 
Whereas the RFS has driven innovation and investment in 
the biofuels sector, resulting in more than 2,700 renew-
able fuel facilities in 42 States, producing almost 
28,000,000,000 gallons per year; 
Whereas the renewable fuels industry supports a robust bio-
economy that, in 2023, contributed $210,000,000,000 of 
gross domestic product and supported nearly 644,000 do-
mestic jobs; 
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Whereas the RFS has provided critical markets for farmers 
in the United States, supporting rural economies and do-
mestic processing, and helping to drive economic growth 
and strengthen rural communities; 
Whereas the RFS continues to provide an important backstop 
for farmers in the United States to ensure robust domes-
tic demand when facing uncertainty in export markets; 
Whereas the RFS has enabled the United States ethanol in-
dustry to supply more than 98 percent of gasoline sold 
nationwide with at least 10 percent ethanol, and has 
helped the biodiesel and renewable diesel industry 
produce over 5,000,000,000 gallons annually, about 10 
percent of total onroad diesel use; 
Whereas renewable fuels have delivered real savings for 
United States consumers at the pump, with higher level 
ethanol blends like E15 reducing prices by 10 to 30 cents 
per gallon on average, and biodiesel driving down the 
price of traditional diesel by about 4 percent; 
Whereas the RFS has contributed to significant reductions in 
greenhouse gas emissions by requiring renewable fuels to 
meet minimum life-cycle emissions reductions, and has 
helped the United States transportation sector make 
progress toward environmental sustainability; 
Whereas the RFS has evolved over 20 years to keep pace 
with new technologies and shifting markets, while re-
maining at the heart of ongoing national conversations 
about energy security, environmental stewardship, and 
the agricultural economy; 
Whereas, over the past 20 years, the RFS has become a cor-
nerstone of United States energy security by reducing re-
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liance on volatile energy markets and supporting the do-
mestic production of renewable fuels; and 
Whereas, to continue on a path toward greater energy domi-
nance, the United States must continue its efforts to di-
versify its transportation fuel supply and avoid overreli-
ance on imported fuels: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the 20th anniversary of the Re-
newable Fuel Standard (‘‘RFS’’) as a milestone in 
the commitment of the United States to strength-
ening energy security, supporting rural communities, 
growing the economy, and improving environmental 
performance; 
(2) commends the contributions of the RFS in 
building a robust and innovative domestic renewable 
fuels industry; 
(3) recognizes the positive impacts of the RFS 
on United States energy policy, the agricultural sec-
tor, and the environment over the past 20 years; 
(4) affirms the continued importance of the 
RFS in advancing the Nation’s energy, economic, 
and environmental goals; 
(5) believes that diversifying the United States 
fuel supply with an increasing percentage of domes-
tic renewable fuel strengthens the Nation’s economy, 
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increases security, and improves environmental per-
formance; and 
(6) supports continued implementation of the 
RFS as enacted in 2007 to achieve this goal. 
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