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I115th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 1315IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESMarch 2, 2017Mr. Goodlatte (for himself, Mr. Welch, Mr. Womack, Mr. Costa, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Bridenstine, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mr. Posey, Mr. Dent, Mr. Pittenger, Mr. Meadows, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Rothfus, Mrs. Comstock, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. Harris, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Cole, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. Zeldin, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Cooper, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Allen, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Farenthold, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Babin, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Jones, Mr. Williams, Mr. Bilirakis, and Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and CommerceA BILLTo amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate certain requirements under the renewable fuel program, to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from approving the introduction into commerce of gasoline that contains greater than 10-volume-percent ethanol, and for other purposes.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the RFS Reform Act of 2017.
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Table of contents
The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. Title I—Renewable Fuel Standard Amendments Sec. 101. Amendments to the Clean Air Act. Sec. 102. Cellulosic biofuel requirement based on actual production. Sec. 103. Applicability and regulations. Title II—Gasoline containing greater than 10-volume-percent ethanol Sec. 201. Prohibition of gasoline blends with greater than 10-volume-percent ethanol. Sec. 202. Prohibition of waivers. Sec. 203. Misfueling rule.
<enum>I</enum><header>Renewable Fuel Standard Amendments</header> <section id="H128F18969EDC45E1A12E97023BC496E2"><enum>101.</enum><header>Amendments to the Clean Air Act</header> <subsection id="H42136181A7FE4A5987DFFDB1A6C38299"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Revised definition of renewable fuel</header> <paragraph id="HBA9F92914EA841F3A478BA8C6A22E7FC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 211(o)(1)(J) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)(J)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAA93D4A8CE934416B34A75DB9F6464CD" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HCA090CC0C4AD4B8BAA0B9425ED074F38"><enum>(J)</enum><header>Renewable fuel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>renewable fuel</term> means fuel that—</text> <clause id="H7A1A0AEEEC6D43058EB7ABBA2C7B9884"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is produced from renewable biomass;</text> </clause><clause id="H010E620305BC4BBD82429A490971F5A5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is used to replace or reduce the quantity of fossil fuel present in a transportation fuel; and</text> </clause><clause id="H3E128D49FBEE4D388C6D93CE1EDD74EB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>beginning on January 1, 2017, is advanced biofuel.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HBB5B28756BAA442DBED88EC0945F92F5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 211(o)(1)(B)(i) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)(B)(i)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>renewable fuel</quote> and inserting <quote>fuel described in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (J)</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H01F38CD26E36486F96A7A5020DAE0F5B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicable volumes</header><text>Section 211(o)(2)(B)(i) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(2)(B)(i)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HA27AA4F137E14A77BC0C732AE0671504"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the table in subclause (I)—</text> <subparagraph id="H4BBF474D08114C648D70EDFD5C86610C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>24.0</quote> and inserting <quote>9.0</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H31A06D22C33B491FBF29140C41D428B6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>26.0</quote> and inserting <quote>11.0</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H854EF21AD8EA4A63843E20605F05064D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>28.0</quote> and inserting <quote>13.0</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD30D1FB799AD4C29B858B450FB51FCA7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking <quote>30.0</quote> and inserting <quote>15.0</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7331547B899E469A88E4EDC78FCA3F5B"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by striking <quote>33.0</quote> and inserting <quote>18.0</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H591266CFC60D43F998E782D41F4C4FC2"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by striking <quote>36.0</quote> and inserting <quote>21.0</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0C43C08CE00B41FFB72F25C5224B08CD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subclause (II)—</text> <subparagraph id="HDC99007550094A7E8E91BB4A0B045A25"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding the table, by striking <quote>2022</quote> and inserting <quote>2016</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD9EA3C825F70405EAC189B7D96C80B17"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the table, by striking the items relating to calendar years 2017 through 2022;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA03F2030538D4A42A364930A7E04A87F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subclause (III), by striking <quote>of the volume of advanced biofuel required under subclause (II)</quote> and inserting <quote>of the volume of advanced biofuel required for calendar years 2010 through 2016 under subclause (II), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the <short-title>RFS Reform Act of 2017</short-title>, and of the volume of renewable fuel required for calendar years 2017 through 2022 under subclause (I)</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7F803B8B60D74F30AE67BB9558E00330"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subclause (IV), by inserting <quote>, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the <short-title>RFS Reform Act of 2017</short-title></quote> after <quote>of the volume of advanced biofuel required under subclause (II)</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H10AB8253E5094E1E94C135688C499D86"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header> <paragraph id="H1845B315C536404E972BC528BBB3AC7A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Other calendar years</header><text>Section 211(o)(2)(B) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(2)(B)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HA86E0731478C4CC38E43AEA06A95A75B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (ii)(III), by striking <quote>advanced biofuels in each category (cellulosic biofuel and biomass-based diesel)</quote> and inserting <quote>cellulosic biofuel and biomass-based diesel</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE7A59F0439AE4C4D86B188F2ABFFD036"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking clause (iii); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF05DE5261B9D461BA8FCBE4BFA7A3538"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v) as clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6EBEAF30463A4A1A996FAF344C42E825"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicable percent reduction level</header><text>Section 211(o)(4) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(4)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HCF129ACD9CF24E8685E91FF2F83A42F6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>20, 50, or 60 percent reduction levels</quote> and inserting <quote>applicable percent reduction level</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H58A0AB6C86CD4028A1FE3635AABAAE58"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F), by inserting <quote>(if applicable)</quote> after <quote>(2)(A)(i)</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB5D399178A7C48DA9A7D3ED29302A3A7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Waivers</header><text>Section 211(o)(7) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(7)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HB3D794717A594E52A2FD9C07F5202608"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D)(i), by inserting <quote>, if such year is before 2017,</quote> before <quote>advanced biofuels</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF571856DA9134E8288F12F4277D9A1EC"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (E)(ii), by inserting <quote>, if such year is before 2017,</quote> before <quote>advanced biofuels</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HFDA5A85B7EED420D9B8C62E1299609B5"><enum>102.</enum><header>Cellulosic biofuel requirement based on actual production</header> <subsection id="H21A31E34AA5C4534ACD2450D822B884F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Provision of estimate of volumes of cellulosic biofuel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 211(o)(3)(A) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(3)(A)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H6F75BB6947654E088009E0D108CF23EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(i)</quote> before <quote>Not later than</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H34D5D1FA3F1D48028B1EA5E1F2E3E0E6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new clause:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D7E664D65174A97A555E5007E5D3C30" style="OLC"> <clause id="H369A698BABD74B5D9377845BFA99F2B2" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H2CFED3CD6FBE4FA6823527EEA658FC5A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>In determining any estimate under clause (i), with respect to the following calendar year, of the projected volume of cellulosic biofuel production (as described in paragraph (7)(D)(i)), the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration shall—</text> <item id="H12E0FBD6A45D40A790D81AE9FA8F0C88" indent="up1"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>for each cellulosic biofuel production facility that is producing (and continues to produce) cellulosic biofuel during the period of January 1 through October 31 of the calendar year in which the estimate is made (in this clause referred to as the <term>current calendar year</term>)—</text> <subitem id="H3789EE6F155540F4872F1B5542D70D1E"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>determine the average monthly volume of cellulosic biofuel produced by such facility, based on the actual volume produced by such facility during such period; and</text> </subitem><subitem id="HA99E44214BAB4FAD90B9C35954C902D3"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>based on such average monthly volume of production, determine the estimated annualized volume of cellulosic biofuel production for such facility for the current calendar year; and</text> </subitem></item><item id="H7EDF6C8C59FF49F1BA6EAF7241AD3F46" indent="up1"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for each cellulosic biofuel production facility that begins initial production of (and continues to produce) cellulosic biofuel after January 1 of the current calendar year—</text> <subitem id="H29A7B25D2146462AB08A81769C32BE0E"><enum>(AA)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine the average monthly volume of cellulosic biofuel produced by such facility, based on the actual volume produced by such facility during the period beginning on the date of initial production of cellulosic biofuel by the facility and ending on October 31 of the current calendar year; and</text> </subitem><subitem id="HBD653D9F81384F15833E1747DF8506F0"><enum>(BB)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">based on such average monthly volume of production, determine the estimated annualized volume of cellulosic biofuel production for such facility for the current calendar year.</text> </subitem></item></subclause><subclause id="HBF8CC3525B3244D49EBE5CA9ED4BEA12" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>An estimate under clause (i) with respect to the following calendar year of the projected volume of cellulosic biofuel production (as described in paragraph (7)(D)(i)), shall be equal to the total of the estimated annual volumes of cellulosic biofuel production for all cellulosic biofuel production facilities described in subclause (I) for the current calendar year.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H86597E14C87B4F7FBEA24BFAE2D368F1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reduction in applicable volume</header><text>Section 211(o)(7)(D)(i) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(7)(D)(i)</external-xref>), as amended by section 101(c)(3)(A), is further amended by—</text> <paragraph id="H5F668DED3FF246DC962715F6E546A182"><enum>(1)</enum><text>striking <quote>based on the</quote> and inserting <quote>using the exact</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H594E563DD4814A95A75B8476A4BDCB25"><enum>(2)</enum><text>striking <quote>may also reduce</quote> and inserting <quote>shall also reduce</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC122B304C5E845E1B8787216B75B0F9F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>striking <quote>by the same or a lesser volume</quote> and inserting <quote>by the same volume</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H4338FF6FB1D144C3B79C85D007BA195F"><enum>103.</enum><header>Applicability and regulations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The amendments made by this title to section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(o)</external-xref>) shall apply only with respect to calendar years 2017 and after, except that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall promulgate regulations to carry out such amendments not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and take any steps necessary to ensure such amendments may be carried out for calendar years 2017 and after.</text> </section><enum>II</enum><header>Gasoline containing greater than 10-volume-percent ethanol</header> <section id="HD93D307C4F8448D49C22C94DF6AA2C22" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Prohibition of gasoline blends with greater than 10-volume-percent ethanol</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may not, including by granting a waiver under section 211(f)(4) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(f)(4)</external-xref>), authorize or otherwise allow the introduction into commerce of gasoline containing greater than 10-volume-percent ethanol.</text> </section><section id="HFBBA338116D643EDA671A9148958AD65"><enum>202.</enum><header>Prohibition of waivers</header> <subsection id="H75A7AEE70379469AACA504DB055CF9BB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any waiver granted under section 211(f)(4) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(f)(4)</external-xref>) before the date of enactment of this Act that allows the introduction into commerce of gasoline containing greater than 10-volume-percent ethanol for use in motor vehicles shall have no force or effect.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HCE7BF077B31B4140A8A08868D63514B4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certain waivers</header><text>The waivers described in subsection (a) include the following:</text> <paragraph id="HE6FEE2121B1B417AAE3626875430CBDE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The waiver entitled, <quote>Partial Grant and Partial Denial of Clean Air Act Waiver Application Submitted by Growth Energy To Increase the Allowable Ethanol Content of Gasoline to 15 Percent; Decision of the Administrator</quote>, 75 Fed. Reg. 68094 (November 4, 2010).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H895C111AB3EF4137839DBA3A7757E131"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The waiver entitled, <quote>Partial Grant of Clean Air Act Waiver Application Submitted by Growth Energy To Increase the Allowable Ethanol Content of Gasoline to 15 Percent; Decision of the Administrator</quote>, 76 Fed. Reg. 4662 (January 26, 2011).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H380892EAD36343A68160059291026048"><enum>203.</enum><header>Misfueling rule</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The portions of the rule entitled, <quote>Regulation to Mitigate the Misfueling of Vehicles and Engines with Gasoline Containing Greater Than Ten Volume Percent Ethanol and Modifications to the Reformulated and Conventional Gasoline Programs</quote>, 76 Fed. Reg. 44406 (July 25, 2011) to mitigate misfueling shall have no force and effect beginning 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </section>