113 S1807 IS: Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act of 2013 U.S. Senate 2013-12-12 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II113th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 1807IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESDecember 12 (legislative day, December 11), 2013Mrs. Feinstein (for herself, Mr. Coburn, Mrs. Hagan, Ms. Collins, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Flake, Mr. Corker, Mr. Burr, Mr. Risch, and Mr. Manchin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public WorksA BILLTo amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate the corn ethanol mandate for renewable fuel, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act of 2013.

2.

Elimination of corn ethanol mandate for renewable fuel

(a)

Removal of table

Section 211(o)(2)(B)(i) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(2)(B)(i)) is amended by striking subclause (I).(b)

Conforming amendments

Section 211(o)(2)(B) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(2)(B)) is amended—(1)in clause (i)—(A)by redesignating subclauses (II) through (IV) as subclauses (I) through (III), respectively;(B)in subclause (I) (as so redesignated), by striking of the volume of renewable fuel required under subclause (I),; and(C)in subclauses (II) and (III) (as so redesignated), by striking subclause (II) each place it appears and inserting subclause (I); and(2)in clause (v), by striking clause (i)(IV) and inserting clause (i)(III).(c)

Administration

Nothing in this section or the amendments made by this section affects the volumes of advanced biofuel, cellulosic biofuel, or biomass-based diesel that are required under section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)).(d)

Regulations

Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to carry out the amendments made by this section.(e)

Effective date

The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.