3.0.0 133 2023-01-11T20:06:40Z 2023-01-11T20:06:40Z Senate S S 2007-01-04 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-01-04T22:12:33Z American Fuels Act of 2007 110 2354 HR 2007-06-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness. Related bill CRS Text similarities House 2007-01-04 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S128-133) IntroReferral 2007-01-04 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S127-128) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL N L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN 2007-01-04 True H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2007-01-04 True S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO 2007-02-26 False Energy Administrative procedure Advice and consent of the Senate Agriculture and Food Alcohol as fuel Alternative energy sources Armed Forces and National Security Automobile industry Biomass energy Cellulose Coal Commerce Compressed natural gas Congress Congressional reporting requirements Corporation taxes Defense contracts Defense procurement Diesel motor Economic growth Economics and Public Finance Electric vehicles Energy security Energy supplies Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency Equipment and supplies Excise tax Executive Office of the President Executive reorganization Federal installations Franchises (Retail trade) Fuel cells Government Operations and Politics Government vehicles Housing and Community Development Hydrogen Income tax Job creation Labor and Employment Law Liquefied natural gas Liquefied petroleum gas Mass rapid transit Minimum tax Motor buses Motor vehicle pollution control Natural gas vehicles Oils and fats Petroleum Petroleum industry Presidential appointments Public Lands and Natural Resources Recycling of waste products Rural economic development Service stations Sugar Sulphur Tax credits Taxation Transportation and Public Works Trucks Energy 00 2007-01-04 Introduced in Senate 2007-01-30T16:06:13Z American Fuels Act of 2007 - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President the Office of Energy Security to oversee all federal energy security programs, including coordination of all federal agency efforts to assist the United States in achieving full energy independence.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide: (1) a tax credit, against both ordinary and alternative minimum tax, for production of qualified flexible fuel motor vehicles; and (2) an alternative fuel retail sales credit.

Amends the Clayton Act and the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act to prohibit restrictions on the installation of alternative fuel pumps within fuel franchise documents.

Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations to ensure that diesel sold or introduced into commerce in the United States, on an annual average basis, contains specified percentages of alternative diesel fuel.

Sets forth a credit program for the generation of diesel fuel.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an excise tax credit for: (1) production of cellulosic biomass ethanol; and (2) qualifying ethanol blending and processing equipment.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPA) to treat a medium or heavy duty hybrid vehicle as an alternative fueled vehicle.

Sets a deadline by which: (1) any federal property with at least one fuel refueling station must include at least one alternative fuel refueling station; and (2) any alternative fuel refueling station on federally-owned property must permit full public access for the purpose of refueling using alternative fuel.

Amends federal transportation law to require that any bus purchased with funds from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to be a clean fuel bus.

Amends armed forces law governing energy-related procurement to direct the Secretary of Defense to develop a strategy to use fuel produced from domestically produced fuel using starch, sugar, cellulosic biomass, plant or animal oils, or thermal chemical conversion, thermal depolymerization, or thermal conversion processes (covered fuel). Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts to: (1) develop and operate covered fuel production facilities; and (2) provide for construction or capital modification of such facilities.

Amends the EPA to include among alternative fueled vehicles any vehicle propelled by electric drive transportation, engine dominant hybrid electric, or plug-in hybrid technology.

]]> American Fuels Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote the national security and stability of the economy of the United States by reducing the dependence of the United States on oil through the use of alternative fuels and new technology, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title American Fuels Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced American Fuels Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-01-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s133is/xml/BILLS-110s133is.xml 2007-01-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S128-133) 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.