3.0.0 4690 2022-11-01T13:49:38Z 2022-11-01T13:49:38Z House HR 2019-10-16 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 163 (Wednesday, October 16, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. FLORES:H.R. 4690.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of theUnited States.[Page H8198]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif18 Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Referred to 2019-10-17T18:08:39Z Referred to 2019-10-16T14:02:45Z 2019-10-17 hsif18 Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change. Committee 2019-10-16 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2019-10-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-10-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000461 Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17] Bill Flores R TX 17 N S000364 Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-15] JOHN SHIMKUS R IL M. 15 2019-10-16 True Energy Administrative law and regulatory procedures Air quality Alternative and renewable resources Civil actions and liability Climate change and greenhouse gases Congressional oversight Consumer affairs Energy efficiency and conservation Energy prices Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental health Environmental regulatory procedures Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Federal preemption Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government studies and investigations Inflation and prices Licensing and registrations Manufacturing Marketing and advertising Motor fuels Motor vehicles Oil and gas Retail and wholesale trades State and local government operations Transportation costs Energy 00 2019-10-16 Introduced in House 2021-03-08T14:04:29Z 21st Century Transportation Fuels Act

This bill addresses provisions related to high-octane fuel, renewable fuels, and vehicle fuel efficiency.

Among other things, the bill

  • establishes a national octane standard that requires automobile manufacturers to design motor vehicles to operate using gasoline that has a research octane number of 95 or higher,
  • addresses the limitations on Reid vapor pressure (a measure of gasoline's volatility) that are placed on gasoline during the summer ozone season, and
  • revises requirements for calculating Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) credits earned by a passenger automobile manufacturer for exceeding minimal required CAFE standards in a particular model year.
]]> 21st Century Transportation Fuels Act Display Title 21st Century Transportation Fuels Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title II of the Clean Air Act and title II of the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act with respect to high-octane fuels, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced 21st Century Transportation Fuels Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr4690ih/xml/BILLS-116hr4690ih.xml 2019-10-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change. 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.