To amend the Clean Air Act to require that, after the year 2012, all gasoline sold to consumers in the United States for motor vehicles contain not less than 10 percent renewable fuel and for other purposes.
Latest action · Feb 16, 2006 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 16, 2006
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator to promulgate regulations requiring that all gasoline motor vehicle fuel sold or dispensed to consumers in the United States after 2012 contain not less than 10% renewable fuel on an annual average basis.
Cosponsors 30
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 16, 2006 to May 18, 2006; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NH | Charles F. Bass | Original | Feb 16, 2006 |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Original | Feb 16, 2006 |
| R-MI | Dave Camp | Original | Feb 16, 2006 |
| R-NC | Howard Coble | Original | Feb 16, 2006 |
| R-IA | James A. Leach | Original | Feb 16, 2006 |
| R-MI | John J.H. "Joe" Schwarz | Original | Feb 16, 2006 |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Original | Feb 16, 2006 |
| R-OH | Paul E. Gillmor | Original | Feb 16, 2006 |
| D-PA | Tim Holden | Original | Feb 16, 2006 |
| R-MI | Vernon J. Ehlers | Original | Feb 16, 2006 |
| R-MD | Wayne T. Gilchrest | Original | Feb 16, 2006 |
| R-MI | Candice S. Miller | Feb 28, 2006 | |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Feb 28, 2006 | |
| R-SC | Henry E. Brown, Jr. | Mar 1, 2006 | |
| R-MI | Peter Hoekstra | Mar 1, 2006 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Mar 1, 2006 | |
| D-TN | Harold E. Ford Jr. | Mar 7, 2006 | |
| D-MN | Martin Olav Sabo | Mar 7, 2006 | |
| R-PA | Phil English | Mar 7, 2006 | |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | Mar 7, 2006 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Mar 8, 2006 | |
| R-GA | Jack Kingston | Mar 14, 2006 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Mar 14, 2006 | |
| R-KY | Ron Lewis | Mar 15, 2006 | |
| R-IN | Mark E. Souder | Mar 28, 2006 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Mar 28, 2006 | |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Apr 6, 2006 | |
| D-IL | Melissa L. Bean | Apr 25, 2006 | |
| R-PA | Don Sherwood | Apr 27, 2006 | |
| D-GA | Cynthia A. McKinney | May 18, 2006 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 16, 2006 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 16, 2006Introduced in House
- Feb 16, 2006Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 109-82 | DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S FISCAL YEAR 2007 BUDGET PROPOSAL159 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Mar 9, 2006 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Clean Air Act to require that, after the year 2012, all gasoline sold to consumers in the United States for motor vehicles contain not less than 10 percent renewable fuel and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 16, 2006Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.