HR 703 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Renewable Fuel Standard Elimination Act

Introduced Feb 4, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Bob Goodlatte R-VA

Latest action · Feb 6, 2015 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.

IntroducedFeb 4, 2015
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Renewable Fuel Standard Elimination Act

This bill amends the Clean Air Act to repeal the Environmental Protection Agency's renewable fuel program, which requires transportation fuel to contain a minimum volume of renewable fuel.

Cosponsors 85

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 4, 2015 to Sep 28, 2016; 38 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-TX	Bill Flores	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-TX	Blake Farenthold	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-PA	Charles W. Dent	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-UT	Chris Stewart	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-CA	David G. Valadao	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-TN	David P. Roe	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-TN	Diane Black	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-GA	Doug Collins	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-CO	Doug Lamborn	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-SC	Jeff Duncan	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-OK	Jim Bridenstine	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-TX	Kay Granger	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-PA	Keith J. Rothfus	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-TX	Kenny Marchant	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-TX	Kevin Brady	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-TX	Louie Gohmert	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-NC	Mark Meadows	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-SC	Mark Sanford	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-TX	Pete Olson	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-ID	Raul R. Labrador	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-FL	Richard B. Nugent	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-NY	Richard L. Hanna	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-NC	Robert Pittenger	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-FL	Ron DeSantis	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-TX	Sam Johnson	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-NM	Stevan Pearce	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-TX	Ted Poe	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-FL	Ted S. Yoho	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-KY	Thomas Massie	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-OK	Tom Cole	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-CA	Tom McClintock	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-SC	Tom Rice	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-NC	Virginia Foxx	Original	Feb 4, 2015
R-OH	Jim Jordan		Feb 5, 2015
R-TX	Lamar Smith		Feb 5, 2015
R-FL	Bill Posey		Feb 10, 2015
R-CA	Devin Nunes		Feb 10, 2015
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling		Feb 10, 2015
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Feb 10, 2015
R-SC	Mick Mulvaney		Feb 10, 2015
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo		Feb 10, 2015
R-FL	David W. Jolly		Feb 12, 2015
R-TX	Brian Babin		Feb 13, 2015
R-AZ	David Schweikert		Feb 13, 2015
R-GA	Barry Loudermilk		Feb 25, 2015
R-TX	John R. Carter		Feb 25, 2015
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Feb 25, 2015
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Mar 2, 2015
R-WY	Cynthia M. Lummis		Mar 4, 2015
R-GA	Tom Price		Mar 4, 2015
R-MD	Andy Harris		Mar 13, 2015
R-AL	Bradley Byrne		Mar 13, 2015
R-CA	Mimi Walters		Mar 26, 2015
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Apr 16, 2015
R-SC	Joe Wilson		May 18, 2015
R-GA	Austin Scott		May 21, 2015
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		May 21, 2015
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter		Jun 2, 2015
R-AZ	Martha McSally		Jun 2, 2015
R-UT	Mia B. Love		Jun 2, 2015
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw		Jun 4, 2015
R-OK	Steve Russell		Jun 4, 2015
R-TX	John Abney Culberson		Jul 8, 2015
R-AL	Mo Brooks		Jul 8, 2015
R-TX	Roger Williams		Jul 8, 2015
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Jul 8, 2015
R-TX	Joe Barton		Jul 20, 2015
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup		Jul 23, 2015
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland		Sep 10, 2015
R-AZ	Trent Franks		Sep 22, 2015
R-NC	George Holding		Oct 21, 2015
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa		Oct 28, 2015
R-GA	Tom Graves		Oct 28, 2015
R-GA	Jody B. Hice		Dec 15, 2015
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts		Feb 1, 2016
R-KY	Andy Barr		Feb 9, 2016
R-PA	Bill Shuster		Mar 22, 2016
R-UT	Rob Bishop		Apr 12, 2016
R-NJ	Scott Garrett		May 24, 2016
R-VA	Dave Brat		Sep 28, 2016

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 4, 2015
	Energy Subcommittee	Referred Feb 6, 2015

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 6, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Feb 4, 2015Introduced in House
Feb 4, 2015Referred 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.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Extensions	Debate and remarks E161	Bob Goodlatte R-VA	Feb 4, 2015

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, clause 3. Because the federal government has extended Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (the commerce clause) beyond its intended boundaries, it follows that efforts to rein in excessive federal government encroachment in this area can be justified by Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 19, February 4, 2015, page H812.

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. 114-47	THE RENEWABLE FUEL STANDARD: A TEN-YEAR REVIEW OF COSTS AND BENEFITS182 pages	Science, Space, and Technology Committee	Nov 3, 2015

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.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R41561	EPA Regulations: Too Much, Too Little, or On Track? Archived	Report	Dec 30, 2016

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 1314	Renewable Fuel Standard Elimination Act	Reintroduced Bill	Mar 17, 2017

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To repeal the renewable fuel program of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Short Titles as Introduced: Renewable Fuel Standard Elimination Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 4, 2015Introduced in House

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