Restoring Our Commitment to Renewable Fuels Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6731
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Young, David [R-IA-3]
Introduced: 2018-09-07
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality

Alternative and renewable resources

Government information and archives

Motor fuels

Small business
Latest action: action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-09-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Restoring Our Commitment to Renewable Fuels Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill&nbsp;revises the Renewable Fuel Program. If the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gives exemptions to small refineries from their renewable fuel obligations during a year, then the EPA must reallocate each gallon of renewable fuel covered by such exemptions to refineries, blenders, distributors, and importers subject to a renewable fuel obligations&nbsp;for that year.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6731 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 7, 2018 Mr. Young of Iowa (for himself and Mr. Peterson ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To provide for reallocation of the renewable fuel obligation of exempted small refineries under section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7545(o) ) to other refineries, blenders, distributors, and importers, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Restoring Our Commitment to Renewable Fuels Act of 2018 . 2. Reallocation of renewable fuel obligation of exempted small refineries to other refineries, blenders, distributors, and importers Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (1) For any calendar year for which an exemption from a renewable fuel obligation is authorized under paragraph (9) of section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7545(o) ), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall reallocate (in a manner determined appropriate by the Administrator) each gallon of renewable fuel covered by such exemption to refineries, blenders, distributors, and importers subject to a renewable fuel obligation for that calendar year pursuant to such section 211(o). (2) Any information submitted to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency by any person, including a small refinery, with respect to a petition under section 211(o)(9)(B) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(9)(B) )— (A) shall not be deemed to be a trade secret or confidential information; and (B) shall be subject to public disclosure, notwithstanding section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code, or any other Federal law or regulation.