HR 6071 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Defend the Blend Act

Introduced Nov 23, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Ashley Hinson R-IA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Nov 24, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

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. IntroducedNov 23, 2021
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Defend the Blend Act

This bill prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency from reducing under the renewable fuel program any applicable volume, or any renewable fuel obligation or applicable percentage that has already been finalized for any calendar year.

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 23, 2021 to Oct 14, 2022; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NEAdrian SmithOriginalNov 23, 2021
D-MNAngie CraigOriginalNov 23, 2021
D-IACynthia AxneOriginalNov 23, 2021
R-ILDarin LaHoodOriginalNov 23, 2021
R-SDDusty JohnsonOriginalNov 23, 2021
R-KSJake LaTurnerOriginalNov 23, 2021
R-INJames R. BairdOriginalNov 23, 2021
R-NEJeff FortenberryOriginalNov 23, 2021
R-IAMariannette Miller-MeeksOriginalNov 23, 2021
R-MNMichelle FischbachOriginalNov 23, 2021
R-ILMike BostOriginalNov 23, 2021
R-IARandy FeenstraOriginalNov 23, 2021
R-ILRodney DavisOriginalNov 23, 2021
D-WIRon KindOriginalNov 23, 2021
R-NEDon BaconDec 2, 2021
R-NEMike FloodOct 14, 2022

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 Nov 23, 2021
Environment Subcommittee
Referred Nov 24, 2021

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 24, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
  2. Nov 23, 2021Introduced in House
  3. Nov 23, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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 1, Section 8, Clause 3 Article 1, section 8, clause 18

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 203, November 23, 2021, page H6674.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 3380Defend the Blend ActIdentical billDec 14, 2021

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from retroactively reducing certain determinations under the Renewable Fuel Program, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Defend the Blend Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Nov 23, 2021Introduced in House

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