I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1482 
To amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate certain requirements under the 
renewable fuel program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 10, 2013 
Mr. WOMACK (for himself, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. CRAWFORD, and Mr. GRIF-
FIN of Arkansas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate certain require-
ments under the renewable fuel program, 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 ‘‘Renewable Fuel Stand-
ard Amendments Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE CLEAN AIR ACT. 
(a) REVISED DEFINITION OF RENEWABLE FUEL.— 
Section 211(o)(1)(J) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7545(o)(1)(J)) is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(J) RENEWABLE
FUEL.—The term ‘re-
newable fuel’ means fuel that— 
‘‘(i) is produced from renewable bio-
mass; 
‘‘(ii) is used to replace or reduce the 
quantity of fossil fuel present in a trans-
portation fuel; and 
‘‘(iii) beginning on January 1, 2014, 
is advanced biofuel.’’. 
(b) APPLICABLE VOLUMES.—Section 211(o)(2)(B)(i) 
of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(2)(B)(i)) is 
amended— 
(1) in the table in subclause (I)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘18.15’’ and inserting 
‘‘3.75’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘20.5’’ and inserting 
‘‘5.5’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘22.25’’ and inserting 
‘‘7.25’’; 
(D) by striking ‘‘24.0’’ and inserting 
‘‘9.0’’; 
(E) by striking ‘‘26.0’’ and inserting 
‘‘11.0’’; 
(F) by striking ‘‘28.0’’ and inserting 
‘‘13.0’’; 
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(G) by striking ‘‘30.0’’ and inserting 
‘‘15.0’’; 
(H) by striking ‘‘33.0’’ and inserting 
‘‘18.0’’; and 
(I) by striking ‘‘36.0’’ and inserting 
‘‘21.0’’; 
(2) in subclause (II)— 
(A) in the matter preceding the table, by 
striking ‘‘2022’’ and inserting ‘‘2013’’; and 
(B) in the table, by striking the items re-
lating to calendars years 2014 through 2022; 
(3) in subclause (III), by striking ‘‘of the vol-
ume of advanced biofuel required under subclause 
(II)’’ and inserting ‘‘of the volume of advanced 
biofuel required for calendar years 2010 through 
2013 under subclause (II), as in effect on the day 
before the date of enactment of the Renewable Fuel 
Standard Amendments Act, and of the volume of re-
newable fuel required for calendar years 2014 
through 2022 under the subclause (I)’’; and 
(4) in subclause (IV), by inserting ‘‘, as in ef-
fect on the day before the date of enactment of the 
Renewable Fuel Standard Amendments Act’’ after 
‘‘of the volume of advanced biofuel required under 
subclause (II)’’. 
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(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) 
OTHER
CALENDAR
YEARS.—Section 
211(o)(2)(B) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7545(o)(2)(B)) is amended— 
(A) in clause (ii)(III), by striking ‘‘ad-
vanced biofuels in each category (cellulosic 
biofuel and biomass-based diesel)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘cellulosic biofuel and biomass-based die-
sel’’; 
(B) by striking clause (iii); and 
(C) by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v) as 
clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively. 
(2) MODIFICATION OF GREENHOUSE GAS RE-
DUCTION PERCENTAGES.—Section 211(o)(4) of the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(4)) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘20, 
50, or 60 percent reduction levels’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘applicable percent reduction level’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (F), by inserting ‘‘(if 
applicable)’’ after ‘‘(2)(A)(i)’’. 
(3) WAIVERS.—Section 211(o)(7) of the Clean 
Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(7)) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (D)(i), by inserting ‘‘, 
if such year is before 2014,’’ before ‘‘advanced 
biofuels’’; and 
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(B) in subparagraph (E)(ii), by inserting 
‘‘, if such year is before 2014,’’ before ‘‘ad-
vanced biofuels’’. 
SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY AND REGULATIONS. 
The amendments made by this Act to section 211(o) 
of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)) shall apply only 
with respect to calendar years 2014 and after, except that 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy shall promulgate regulations to carry out such amend-
ments not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and take any steps necessary to ensure such 
amendments may be carried out for calendar years 2014 
and after. 
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