3.0.0 581 2022-11-01T16:47:41Z 2022-11-01T16:47:41Z Senate S 2019-02-27 116 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-02-27T16:53:49Z 2019-02-27 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2019-02-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY N G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2019-02-27 True Environmental Protection Air quality Alternative and renewable resources Consumer affairs Energy efficiency and conservation Motor fuels Motor vehicles Oil and gas Environmental Protection 00 2019-02-27 Introduced in Senate 2020-12-22T17:33:41Z Fuel Choice and Deregulation Act of 2019

This bill revises requirements governing the use of alternative fuels in vehicles.

Among other things, the bill revises requirements on aftermarket vehicle conversions that enable older vehicles to use alternative fuels. Under current law, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must certify such conversions. This bill removes such certification requirements.

The bill also bans the EPA from prohibiting or controlling biomass fuel.

In addition, the bill revises the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards for certain vehicles that are able to operate on something other than petroleum-based fuel, such as electric vehicles.

Finally, the bill revises the Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) requirements to provide for the year-round sale of ethanol-gasoline fuel blends that contain more than 10% denatured anhydrous ethanol. RVP is a metric of gasoline volatility (i.e., how quickly fuel evaporates into the atmosphere). Current law prohibits the sale of gasoline that exceed certain RVP limits during the high ozone season (i.e., the summer months). However, current law provides waivers from this requirement, including a waiver that gives certain ethanol-gasoline fuel blends containing 10% denatured anhydrous ethanol a higher RVP limit under certain conditions. This bill expands the waiver to include ethanol-gasoline fuel blends containing more than 10% of such ethanol, thus allowing year-round sales of such fuel blends.

]]> Fuel Choice and Deregulation Act of 2019 Display Title Fuel Choice and Deregulation Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Fuel Choice and Deregulation Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide regulatory relief to alternative fuel producers and consumers, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s581is/xml/BILLS-116s581is.xml 2019-02-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 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.