To amend the Clean Air Act to require that gasoline contain at least 15 billion gallons of renewable fuel by the year 2012, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Jun 5, 2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Progress
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- IntroducedMay 11, 2006
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Clean Air Act to require that gasoline contain at least 15 billion gallons (currently, 7.5 billion gallons) of renewable fuel by the year 2012). Revises the calculation used to determine the applicable volume of renewable fuel for 2013 and beyond by using the ratio of 15 billion gallons (currently, 7.5 billion gallons) of renewable fuels to the number of gallons of gasoline sold or introduced into commerce in 2012.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 5, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
- May 11, 2006Introduced in House
- May 11, 2006Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative procedure
- Agricultural wastes
- Agriculture and Food
- Alcohol as fuel
- Alternative energy sources
- Biomass energy
- Cellulose
- Diesel motor
- Energy
- Energy crops
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Gasoline
- Government Operations and Politics
- Law
- Motor vehicle pollution control
- Natural gas
- Natural gas vehicles
- Oils and fats
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Refuse as fuel
- Transportation and Public Works
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 11, 2006Introduced in House
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