3.0.0 1095 2023-01-11T13:19:00Z 2023-01-11T13:19:00Z Senate S S 2009-05-20 111 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-05-20T18:27:41Z 2009-05-20 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5711-5713) IntroReferral 2009-05-20 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5704-5706) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-05-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory procedures Air quality Alternative and renewable resources Climate change and greenhouse gases Energy storage, supplies, demand Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental Protection 00 2009-05-20 Introduced in Senate 2009-09-15T18:37:44Z America's Low-Carbon Fuel Standard Act of 2009 - Amends the Clean Air Act to replace the renewable fuel program with a low-carbon transportation fuel program beginning on January 1, 2015. Defines "low-carbon fuel" as transportation fuel (including renewable fuel, electricity, hydrogen, and other forms of energy) that achieves a specified percentage of lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions below a baseline established for transportation fuel sold or distributed in 2005.

Requires reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuels by an increasing percentage of the baseline between 2015 and 2030 (20% in 2015 to 42.5% in 2030). Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set percentages for 2031 and thereafter using specified criteria.

Requires 10% of transportation fuel sold or introduced into U.S. commerce in 2015 to be low-carbon fuel. Increases such percentage by 1.5% each year until 2030. Requires the Administrator to determine percentages for 2031 and subsequent years using specified criteria.

Authorizes the Administrator to adjust or waive low-carbon fuel requirements under certain conditions. Allows for the generation of credits for excess production of low-carbon fuel and the transfer of such credits to another person for the purpose of complying with low carbon fuel requirements.

Requires the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration to assist the EPA Administrator in determining low-carbon fuel requirements by providing an estimate in each year between 2005 and 2021 of the volumes of transportation fuel and low-carbon fuel projected to be sold or introduced into commerce in the United States.

Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to perform a market concentration analysis of low-carbon fuel production, import, and distribution industries to determine whether there is sufficient competition among industry participants to avoid price-setting and other anticompetitive behavior.

]]> America's Low-Carbon Fuel Standard Act of 2009 Display Title America's Low-Carbon Fuel Standard Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to convert the renewable fuel standard into a low-carbon fuel standard, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced America's Low-Carbon Fuel Standard Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-05-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1095is/xml/BILLS-111s1095is.xml 2009-05-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5711-5713) 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.