US Congress House Bill 704 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 56-9)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy and Power Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

RFS Reform Act of 2015 This bill amends the Clean Air Act to revise the renewable fuel standard program. Beginning on January 1, 2015, the renewable fuel that is required to be blended into gasoline must be advanced biofuel, which cannot be ethanol derived from corn starch. This bill revises the renewable fuel standards by decreasing the total volume of renewable fuel that must be contained in gasoline sold or introduced into commerce for years 2015 through 2022. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must determine the target amount of cellulosic biofuel to be blended into transportation fuel based on the actual volume of cellulosic biofuel produced in the current year. The EPA must reduce the required volume of renewable fuel in transportation fuel by the same volume of cellulosic biofuel in the fuel. The EPA may not allow gasoline containing greater than 10% ethanol by volume to be introduced into commerce. Waivers that allow gasoline containing a greater percentage of ethanol are nullified.

RFS Reform Act of 2015

Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Womack [R-AR]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]	Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]	Rep. David Jolly [R-FL]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]
Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]
Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. Tom Rice [R-SC]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]
Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]	Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Keith Rothfus [R-PA]
Rep. French Hill [R-AR]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]	Rep. Rob Woodall [R-GA]
Rep. Robert Hurt [R-VA]	Rep. Jason Chaffetz [R-UT]	Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]
Rep. Robert Pittenger [R-NC]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Bruce Westerman [R-AR]	Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]
Rep. Doug Collins [R-GA]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]
Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]	Rep. Brian Babin [R-TX]
Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]
Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]	Rep. Rick Allen [R-GA]	Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]	Rep. Earl Carter [R-GA]
Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Thomas MacArthur [R-NJ]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Rep. John Carter [R-TX]	Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]	Rep. Jim Bridenstine [R-OK]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]	Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]	Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]
Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-06	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
2015-02-04	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2015-02-04	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E161-162)
2015-02-04	House	Introduced in House

SB934 (Related) 2015-04-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/704/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr704/BILLS-114hr704ih.pdf