Fuels Security Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-385
Sponsor: Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD]
Introduced: 2003-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Alcohol as fuel
Alternative energy sources
Aquifers
Biomass energy
Business records
Cellulose
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Diesel motor
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Energy crops
Energy efficiency
Energy facilities
Energy prices
Energy supplies
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental health
Environmental law enforcement
Environmental research
Executive orders
Farm manure
Federal-state relations
Federally-guaranteed loans
Fibers
Finance and Financial Sector
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Government publicity
Government vehicles
Governmental investigations
Health
Law
Legislation
Lumber trade
Medical research
Motor vehicle pollution control
Municipal solid waste
Oil pollution
Oxygen
Oxygenates
Ozone
Petroleum industry
Petroleum refineries
Petroleum storage
Plants
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Recycling of waste products
Reformulated gasoline
Refuse as fuel
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business
Soil pollution
Standards
Transportation and Public Works
Trees
Underground storage
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Water quality
Wood

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Fuels Security Act of 2003 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require that gasoline contain a specified volume of renewable fuel. Provides for annual increases in the applicable volume through 2012. Establishes a ratio for determining the volume required from 2013 onward.
Defines renewable fuel to include motor vehicle fuel produced from biomass (e.g. grain) or natural gas produced from a biogas (e.g. landfill) source.
Establishes a system of credits for gasoline which contains more renewable fuel than required.
Requires studies concerning these renewable fuel requirements, specifically: (1) seasonal variations in renewable fuel availability; (2) the impact on consumers; and (3) the impact on small refineries.
Establishes a system of waivers for States claiming and proving economic or environmental hardship.
Establishes a Federal agency ethanol-blended gasoline and biodiesel purchasing requirement.
Establishes a commercial byproducts from municipal solid waste loan guarantee program.
Requires data collection concerning the monthly consumption of renewable fuels.
Federal Reformulated Fuels Act of 2002 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to permit the use of the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund for methyl tertiary butyl ether (MBTE) remediation purposes.
Amends the Clean Air Act to revise guidelines pertaining to: (1) water quality protection from fuels; (2) oxygen content requirements for reformulated gasoline; (3) public health and environmental impacts of fuels and fuel additives; (4) analyses of motor vehicle fuel changes; (5) additional opt-in areas under the reformulated gasoline program; and (6) Federal enforcement of State fuels requirements.
Requires a joint study of Federal, State and local requirements concerning motor vehicle fuels.
Requires a review of Federal procurement initiatives relating to use of recycled products and fleet and transportation efficiency.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air,  Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety. Hearings held.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2458-2459)
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate