GREENER Fuels Act
Latest action · Nov 26, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
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.
- IntroducedNov 14, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Growing Renewable Energy through Existing and New Environmentally Responsible Fuels Act or the GREENER Fuels Act
This bill revises the renewable fuel program, including to eliminate the volume standards applicable to corn-starch ethanol and extend the volume standards applicable to cellulosic biofuel.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 15, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Nov 15, 2019 |
Committees 3
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 Nov 14, 2019 |
| Environment Subcommittee | Referred Nov 15, 2019 | |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Nov 14, 2019 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Nov 26, 2019 | |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Nov 14, 2019 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 26, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
- Nov 15, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
- Nov 14, 2019Introduced in House
- Nov 14, 2019Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 182, November 14, 2019, page H8880.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2873 | GREENER Fuels Act | Identical bill | Nov 14, 2019 |
| HR 5212 | GREENER Fuels Act | Reintroduction of | May 22, 2018 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Clean Air Act to reform the renewable fuel program under that Act, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- GREENER Fuels Act
- Growing Renewable Energy through Existing and New Environmentally Responsible Fuels Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Agricultural conservation and pollution
- Air quality
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Business records
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Ecology
- Energy
- Energy storage, supplies, demand
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Farmland
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Government trust funds
- Horticulture and plants
- Land transfers
- Land use and conservation
- Motor fuels
- Oil and gas
- Research and development
- User charges and fees
- Wetlands
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 14, 2019Introduced in House
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.
