Renewable Fuels Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3081
Sponsor: Rep. Gutknecht, Gil [R-MN-1]
Introduced: 2005-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Alcohol as fuel
Alternative energy sources
Biomass energy
Business records
Cellulose
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Defective products
Diesel motor
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Energy crops
Energy efficiency
Energy prices
Energy supplies
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental health
Environmental law enforcement
Environmental research
Executive orders
Farm manure
Fibers
Fuel consumption
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Government vehicles
Governmental investigations
Grain
Health
Housing and Community Development
Job creation
Labor and Employment
Landfills
Law
Local laws
Medical research
Methane
Motor vehicle pollution control
Municipal solid waste
Oil pollution
Oils and fats
Oilseeds
Oxygen
Oxygenates
Ozone
Petroleum industry
Petroleum refineries
Plants
Poultry
Products liability
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Recycling of waste products
Reformulated gasoline
Refuse as fuel
Rural economic development
Science, Technology, Communications
Sewage treatment
Small business
Standards
State laws
Surveys
Transportation and Public Works
Trees
Water pollution control
Water quality
Wood

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: 
Renewable Fuels Act of 2005 - Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a program to require U.S. motor vehicle fuel to contain a certain volume of renewable fuel. Defines &quot;renewable fuel&quot; to include cellulosic biomass ethanol, waste derived ethanol, and biodiesel. 
Establishes a system of: (1) tradeable credits for motor vehicle fuel containing more renewable fuel than required; (2) waivers for states and small refineries; and (3) safe harbor standards to protect manufacturers of renewable fuels from civil liability. 
 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to require federal agency heads to ensure that ethanol-blended gasoline and biodiesel-blended diesel fuel are purchased for agency vehicles in areas where such fuel is available at competitive prices. 
 
Amends the Clean Air Act to eliminate the oxygen content requirement for reformulated gasoline. 
 
Requires the Administrator: (1) to establish standards for toxic air pollutants from the use of reformulated gasoline; and (2) within 30 days of enactment of this Act, to determine the adequacy of any petition from a state governor to exempt gasoline sold in the state from certain requirements for reformulated gasoline. 
 
Directs the Administrator (currently, discretionary) to require fuel manufacturers to conduct tests to determine potential public health and environmental effects of fuels and fuel additives prior to registering such fuels.
 
 Permits states in the ozone transport region to opt into the reformulated gasoline program.
 
Requires the Administrator, at the request of a state, to enforce state controls on fuel and fuel additives.
 
 Sets forth various data collection and reporting requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2005-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, 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: 2005-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, 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: 2005-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, 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: 2005-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, 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: 2005-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: Introduced in House