Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-577
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2015-02-26
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality

Alternative and renewable resources

Environmental regulatory procedures

Motor fuels
Latest action: action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-02-26
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act of 2015</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Clean Air Act to revise the renewable fuel program by eliminating the annual renewable fuel standard that requires 36 billion gallons of renewable fuel to be blended into transportation fuel by 2022.</p> <p>The bill would not affect the separate requirements for the following renewable fuels that are not corn starch ethanol: advanced biofuel, cellulosic biofuel, or biomass-based diesel.

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 577 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 26, 2015 Mr. Toomey (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein , and Mr. Flake ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate the corn ethanol mandate for renewable fuel.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act of 2015 . 2. Elimination of corn ethanol mandate for renewable fuel (a) Removal of table Section 211(o)(2)(B)(i) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(2)(B)(i) ) is amended by striking subclause (I). (b) Conforming amendments Section 211(o)(2)(B) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(2)(B) ) is amended— (1) in clause (i)— (A) by redesignating subclauses (II) through (IV) as subclauses (I) through (III), respectively; (B) in subclause (I) (as so redesignated), by striking of the volume of renewable fuel required under subclause (I), ; and (C) in subclauses (II) and (III) (as so redesignated), by striking subclause (II) each place it appears and inserting subclause (I) ; and (2) in clause (v), by striking clause (i)(IV) and inserting clause (i)(III) . (c) Administration Nothing in this section or the amendments made by this section affects the volumes of advanced biofuel, cellulosic biofuel, or biomass-based diesel that are required under section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7545(o) ).