Biofuels for Energy Security and Transportation Act of 2007
Latest action · Apr 12, 2007 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-81.
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.
- IntroducedMar 26, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Biofuels for Energy Security and Transportation Act of 2007 - Directs the President to: (1) promulgate regulations to ensure that motor vehicle fuel, home heating oil, and boiler fuel sold or introduced into commerce contains prescribed volumes of renewable fuel for calendar years 2008-2022; and (2) publish in the Federal Register the renewable fuel obligation that ensures that such requirements are met.
Exempts small refineries until calendar year 2013 from renewable fuel program requirements.
Instructs the Secretary of Energy to establish a pilot program administered through the Department of Energy's Vehicle Technology Deployment Program to provide up to 10 geographically-dispersed project grants to governmental entities and metropolitan transportation authorities to establish refueling infrastructure corridors for gasoline blends or diesel fuel containing renewable fuel.
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to increase funding for bioenergy research and development.
Authorizes the Secretary to make loan guarantees for renewable fuel facilities.
Directs the Secretary to provide grants: (1) for research, development and implementation of renewable fuel production technologies in states with low rates of ethanol production, including low rates of cellulosic biomass ethanol; and (2) to promote infrastructure to support transportation of biomass to local biorefineries, including by portable processing equipment.
Directs the Secretary to establish a biorefinery information center.
Directs the Federal Trade Commission to impose a fuel tank cap labeling requirement for alternative fueled vehicles beginning with model year 2010 to inform consumers that such vehicle can operate on alternative fuel.
Requires various specified studies relating to biofuels technologies.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 26, 2007 to Mar 29, 2007; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NM | Pete V. Domenici | Original | Mar 26, 2007 |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Mar 27, 2007 | |
| D-CO | Ken Salazar | Mar 27, 2007 | |
| R-ID | Larry E. Craig | Mar 27, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Mar 27, 2007 | |
| R-FL | Mel Martinez | Mar 27, 2007 | |
| D-ND | Byron L. Dorgan | Mar 29, 2007 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Mar 26, 2007Hearings Apr 12, 2007 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 12, 2007Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-81.
- Mar 26, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Mar 26, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3752-3753)
- Mar 26, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3753-3757)
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3831 | Pete V. Domenici R-NM | Mar 27, 2007 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3753Text printed S3753–S3757 | Jeff Bingaman D-NM (text) | Mar 26, 2007 |
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 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 110-120 | COAL GASIFICATION: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES106 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | May 24, 2007 |
| S. Hrg. 110-85 | ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROMOTION ACT OF 200798 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Apr 23, 2007 |
| S. Hrg. 110-81 | BIOFUELS FOR ENERGY SECURITY AND TRANSPORTATION ACT OF 200775 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Apr 12, 2007 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6 | Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 | Related bill | Dec 19, 2007 |
| S 1321 | Energy Savings Act of 2007 | Related bill | May 7, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to enhance the energy security of the United States by promoting biofuels and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Biofuels for Energy Security and Transportation Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative procedure
- Agriculture and Food
- Alcohol as fuel
- Alternative energy sources
- Authorization
- Biomass energy
- Cellulose
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Data banks
- Diesel motor
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electric vehicles
- Energy
- Energy crops
- Energy prices
- Energy research
- Environmental Protection
- Executive Office of the President
- Farm manure
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to research
- Federal aid to transportation
- Federally-guaranteed loans
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Gasoline
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Governmental investigations
- Grants-in-aid
- Heating
- Higher education
- Labeling
- Law
- Motor vehicle pollution control
- Motor vehicles
- Municipal solid waste
- Petroleum
- Pipelines
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Refuse as fuel
- Research and development
- Research centers
- Research grants
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Service stations
- Standards
- Technology assessment
- Transportation and Public Works
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 26, 2007Introduced in Senate
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.
