Renewable Fuel Adjustment Act of 2008
Latest action · May 22, 2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
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.
- IntroducedMay 22, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Renewable Fuel Adjustment Act of 2008 - Repeals specified amendments made to renewable fuel program provisions of the Clean Air Act by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, including the renewable fuel standards and related definitions prescribed by such Act.
Requires the President to recommend changes to renewable fuel standards based upon the findings of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) study of the impact of the renewable fuel program on producers of feed grains, livestock, food, forest products, and energy when the Secretary of Energy submits it to Congress.
Requires the Secretary to enter into an arrangement with NAS to assess the impact of federal and state requirements to use ethanol on such producers and producers of other consumer goods.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for reductions in the ethanol blender credits for ethanol derived from corn kernels, soybeans, or any other substances that are suitable for human food or livestock feed consumption.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 22, 2008 to Dec 9, 2008, with 17 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MS | Charles W. "Chip" Pickering | Original | May 22, 2008 |
| R-FL | Cliff Stearns | Original | May 22, 2008 |
| R-CA | Darrell Issa | Original | May 22, 2008 |
| R-CA | Elton Gallegly | Original | May 22, 2008 |
| R-VA | Eric Cantor | Original | May 22, 2008 |
| R-CA | George Radanovich | Original | May 22, 2008 |
| R-LA | Jim McCrery | Original | May 22, 2008 |
| R-AZ | John B. Shadegg | Original | May 22, 2008 |
| R-NY | John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr. | Original | May 22, 2008 |
| R-OK | John Sullivan | Original | May 22, 2008 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | May 22, 2008 |
| R-CA | Mary Bono | Original | May 22, 2008 |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Original | May 22, 2008 |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Original | May 22, 2008 |
| D-GA | Nathan Deal | Original | May 22, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 22, 2008Introduced in House
- May 22, 2008Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
- May 22, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Agriculture and Food
- Alcohol as fuel
- Alternative energy sources
- Animals
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Corn
- Energy
- Feed grains
- Feeds
- Food industry
- Food prices
- Food supply
- Forest products
- Governmental investigations
- Income tax
- Livestock
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Reformulated gasoline
- Soybeans
- Standards
- Tax credits
- Taxation
- Transportation and Public Works
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 22, 2008Introduced in House
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