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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2014 
To encourage greater use of propane as a transportation fuel, to create 
jobs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 26, 2011 
Mr. CARTER (for himself, Mr. BOREN, and Mr. ROGERS of Alabama) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means 
A BILL 
To encourage greater use of propane as a transportation 
fuel, to create jobs, 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, ETC. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Propane Green Autogas Solutions Act of 2011’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.—Except as other-
wise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amend-
ment is expressed in terms of an amendment to a section 
or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be 
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made to a section or other provision of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986. 
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF ALTERNATIVE 
FUEL CREDIT. 
(a) ALTERNATIVE FUEL CREDIT.—Paragraph (5) of 
section 6426(d) is amended by inserting ‘‘, and December 
31, 2016, in the case of any sale or use involving liquefied 
petroleum gas)’’ after ‘‘hydrogen’’. 
(b) ALTERNATIVE FUEL MIXTURE CREDIT.—Para-
graph (3) of section 6426(e) is amended by inserting ‘‘, 
and December 31, 2016, in the case of any sale or use 
involving liquefied petroleum gas)’’ after ‘‘hydrogen’’. 
(c) PAYMENTS RELATING TO ALTERNATIVE FUEL 
AND ALTERNATIVE FUEL MIXTURES.—Paragraph (6) of 
section 6427(e) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (C)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (D)’’ in 
subparagraph (C) and inserting ‘‘subpara-
graphs (D) and (E)’’, and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end thereof, 
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (D) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) any alternative fuel or alternative fuel 
mixture (as so defined) involving liquefied pe-
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troleum gas sold or used after December 31, 
2016.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to liquefied petroleum gas sold or 
used after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF NEW QUALI-
FIED ALTERNATIVE FUEL MOTOR VEHICLE 
CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (4) of section 30B(k) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘(December 31, 2016, in the case 
of a vehicle powered by liquefied petroleum gas)’’ before 
the period at the end. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to property placed in service after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLE RE-
FUELING PROPERTY CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (g) of section 30C is 
amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (1), 
by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3), and by 
inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) in the case of property relating to liquefied 
petroleum gas, after December 31, 2016, and’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to property placed in service after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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