Title: Small Refinery Exemption Fairness Act of 2019
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
Small Refinery Exemption Fairness Act of 2019
This bill revises requirements under the renewable fuel program to adjust the renewable fuel obligation to account for the full volume of gasoline and diesel produced by exempted small refineries of crude oil. The renewable fuel program requires transportation fuel to contain a minimum volume of renewable fuel.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4385 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4385

 To amend section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act to adjust the renewable 
 fuel obligation to account for the full volume of gasoline and diesel 
 produced by small refineries that are exempt under paragraph (9), and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 18, 2019

Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois (for himself, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Bost, Mr. 
 LaHood, Mr. Kinzinger, Mr. Casten of Illinois, Mr. Comer, Mr. King of 
   Iowa, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Graves of Missouri, and Mr. 
   Watkins) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act to adjust the renewable 
 fuel obligation to account for the full volume of gasoline and diesel 
 produced by small refineries that are exempt under paragraph (9), and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Small Refinery Exemption Fairness 
Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. ACCOUNTING FOR FULL VOLUME OF GASOLINE AND DIESEL PRODUCED BY 
              EXEMPTED SMALL REFINERIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 211(o)(3) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7545(o)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (C)--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``and'' at the end;
                    (B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(iii) to account for the full average 
                        annual volume of gasoline and diesel produced 
                        during the previous three calendar years by 
                        small refineries exempt under paragraph (9).''; 
                        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(D) Calculation method.--For purposes of 
                subparagraph (C)(iii), the Administrator shall 
                calculate the full average annual volume of gasoline 
                and diesel produced during the previous three calendar 
                years by small refineries exempt under paragraph (9) 
                by--
                            ``(i) determining the total volume of 
                        gasoline and diesel produced during the 
                        previous three calendar years by such small 
                        refineries; and
                            ``(ii) dividing such total volume by 
                        three.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies to 
the renewable fuel obligation under section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7545(o)) beginning with calendar year 2020. Section 211(o) 
of such Act, as in effect before the amendment made by subsection (a), 
shall continue to apply with respect to calendar years before calendar 
year 2020.
    (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section and the 
amendment made by this section shall be construed to set or require a 
minimum number of exemptions for small refineries under section 211(o) 
of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)) with respect to any calendar 
year.
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