HR 3097 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Renewable Fuel Standard Flexibility Act

Introduced Oct 5, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Bob Goodlatte R-VA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Oct 7, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

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.

  1. IntroducedOct 5, 2011
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Renewable Fuel Standard Flexibility Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): (1) by August 1 and by the end of November each year, to determine and publish the U.S. corn stocks-to-use ratio for the current crop year; and (2) to waive the renewable fuel program's requirements for the rest of the calendar year following the August determination or for the next calendar year following the November determination by reducing the national quantity of renewable fuel otherwise required by specified amounts based on the ratio determined.

Prohibits: (1) waivers granted under this Act from affecting the volume of advanced biofuel under such program, or (2) the Administrator from allowing any volume of conventional biofuel to be used to satisfy the requirement for advanced biofuel.

Cosponsors 33

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 5, 2011 to Sep 21, 2012; 26 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-MSAlan NunneleeOriginalOct 5, 2011
R-MDAndy HarrisOriginalOct 5, 2011
D-OKDan BorenOriginalOct 5, 2011
D-CADennis A. CardozaOriginalOct 5, 2011
R-AREric A. "Rick" CrawfordOriginalOct 5, 2011
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldOriginalOct 5, 2011
R-VAH. Morgan GriffithOriginalOct 5, 2011
D-TXHenry CuellarOriginalOct 5, 2011
D-VAJames P. MoranOriginalOct 5, 2011
D-CAJim CostaOriginalOct 5, 2011
D-UTJim MathesonOriginalOct 5, 2011
D-CAJoe BacaOriginalOct 5, 2011
D-GAJohn BarrowOriginalOct 5, 2011
R-PAJoseph R. PittsOriginalOct 5, 2011
R-IDMichael K. SimpsonOriginalOct 5, 2011
D-NCMike McIntyreOriginalOct 5, 2011
D-ARMike RossOriginalOct 5, 2011
D-VTPeter WelchOriginalOct 5, 2011
R-NCRenee L. EllmersOriginalOct 5, 2011
R-VARobert HurtOriginalOct 5, 2011
R-VARobert J. WittmanOriginalOct 5, 2011
R-ARSteve WomackOriginalOct 5, 2011
R-FLThomas J. RooneyOriginalOct 5, 2011
R-ARTim GriffinOriginalOct 5, 2011
R-GATom GravesOriginalOct 5, 2011
R-CATom McClintockOriginalOct 5, 2011
R-MOBilly LongOct 25, 2011
D-CALoretta SanchezOct 25, 2011
R-CAKen CalvertNov 16, 2011
R-TXTed PoeNov 16, 2011
R-GAJack KingstonSep 13, 2012
R-CAWally HergerSep 13, 2012
R-NYChristopher P. GibsonSep 21, 2012

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Oct 5, 2011
Energy Subcommittee
Referred Oct 7, 2011

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 7, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
  2. Oct 5, 2011Introduced in House
  3. Oct 5, 2011Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1779-1780)
  4. Oct 5, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

In the Congressional Record 1

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E1779Bob Goodlatte R-VAOct 5, 2011

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H6625.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 112-30THE FUTURE OF U.S. FARM POLICY: FORMULATION OF THE 2012 FARM BILL1,639 pagesAgriculture CommitteeMar 9, 2012–Apr 20, 2012

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

ProductTitleKindPublished
R42954Animal Agriculture: Selected Issues in the 113th Congress ArchivedReportFeb 11, 2013

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 3428Renewable Fuel Standard Flexibility ActRelated billJul 24, 2012

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To partially waive the renewable fuel standard when corn inventories are low.
Short Titles as Introduced
Renewable Fuel Standard Flexibility Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Oct 5, 2011Introduced in House

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