To increase the renewable fuel content of gasoline sold in the United States by the year 2025 to 25 billion gallons, to require Federal agencies to use ethanol and biodiesel in government vehicles, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-4573
Sponsor: Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Agricultural subsidies
Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Alcohol as fuel
Alternative energy sources
Cellulose
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Depreciation and amortization
Diesel motor
Electric vehicles
Emissions trading
Energy crops
Energy facilities
Energy industries
Environmental Protection
Excise tax
Finance and Financial Sector
Fuel cells
Fuel consumption
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
Government vehicles
Governmental investigations
Hydrogen
Income tax
Law
Licenses
Minimum tax
Motor vehicle pollution control
Natural gas vehicles
Oils and fats
Petroleum pipelines
Petroleum refineries
Reformulated gasoline
Refuse as fuel
Service stations
Small business
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Taxation
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Amends the Clean Air Act to extend to 2025 certain requirements increasing the applicable volume of renewable fuel in gasoline. 
 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to require the head of each federal agency to ensure that, in areas in which ethanol-blended gasoline is reasonably available at a generally competitive price, the agency purchases such gasoline with at least 10% ethanol, rather than nonethanol-blended gasoline, for its vehicles that use gasoline.
 
Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to: (1) authorize appropriations for FY2007-FY2015 to the Department of Agriculture bioenergy program; and (2) direct the Secretary of Agriculture to give priority to production of both cellulosic ethanol, and hydrogen using ethanol technology.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make ethanol and biodiesel refining property eligible for 7-year depreciation.
 
Creates a new flexible fuel hybrid motor vehicle income tax credit.
 
Extends: (1) the alternative technology vehicle credit through calendar 2014; (2) the alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit through calendar 2024; (3) the volumetric excise tax credit for alternative fuels and the alternative fuel mixture credit through FY2014; and (6) the biodiesel producer credit and the small ethanol producer credit through calendar 2024.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2006-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2005-12-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2586-2587)
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House