A bill to establish certain requirements for the small refineries exemption of the renewable fuels provisions under the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Jun 13, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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.
- IntroducedJun 13, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill revises requirements for exemptions given to small refineries of crude oil under the renewable fuel program, which requires transportation fuel to contain a minimum volume of renewable fuel.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 13, 2019 to Oct 15, 2019; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | Jun 13, 2019 |
| R-SD | John Thune | Original | Jun 13, 2019 |
| R-IA | Joni Ernst | Original | Jun 13, 2019 |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Original | Jun 13, 2019 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Jun 18, 2019 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Jun 18, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Jun 18, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Jul 8, 2019 | |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Jul 9, 2019 | |
| R-NE | Ben Sasse | Jul 24, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Sep 12, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Sep 17, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Sep 19, 2019 | |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Sep 26, 2019 | |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Oct 15, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Referred Jun 13, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 13, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Jun 13, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46244 | The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS): Frequently Asked Questions About Small Refinery Exemptions (SREs) Archived | Report | Mar 2, 2020 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1792 | A bill to establish certain requirements for the small refineries exemption of the renewable fuels provisions under the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes. | Reintroduced Bill | May 24, 2021 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to establish certain requirements for the small refineries exemption of the renewable fuels provisions under the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 13, 2019Introduced 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.
