[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2249 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2249

  To amend section 211 of the Clean Air Act to require a more uniform 
 formula for gasoline and diesel fuel so that gasoline and diesel fuel 
 manufactured for one region of the country may be transported to and 
     sold in other regions of the country, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 20, 2001

Mr. Blunt (for himself, Mr. Rush, Mr. Hastert, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Terry, 
   Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Costello, Mr. 
  Osborne, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Lipinski, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Latham, Mr. 
 Boswell, Mr. Johnson of Illinois, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Hulshof, Mr. Kirk, 
Mr. Barcia, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, and Mrs. Northup) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend section 211 of the Clean Air Act to require a more uniform 
 formula for gasoline and diesel fuel so that gasoline and diesel fuel 
 manufactured for one region of the country may be transported to and 
     sold in other regions of the country, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Gasoline Access and Stabilization 
Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR REFORMULATED AND OXYGENATED GASOLINE.

    (a) Reformulated Gasoline.--(1) Section 211 of the Clean Air Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7545) is amended by adding the following new subsection at 
the end thereof:
    ``(p) Phase III Uniform Formula for Reformulated and Oxygenated 
Gasoline.--
            ``(1) National formula.--After notice and opportunity for 
        hearing, the Administrator shall promulgate regulations for 
        reformulated gasoline and oxygenated gasoline sold for use in 
        all States. The regulations shall require such gasoline to 
        comply with a national formula promulgated by the Administrator 
        that meets the requirements of both subsections (k) and (m). 
        The regulations shall prohibit any manufacturer of reformulated 
        gasoline or oxygenated gasoline from selling, offering for 
        sale, or introducing into commerce in any State any gasoline 
        for purposes of compliance with the requirements of subsection 
        (k) or (m) unless the gasoline complies with such national 
        formula.
            ``(2) Oxygenate requirement.--The formula under paragraph 
        (1) shall include provisions regarding the oxygen content of 
        such gasoline which shall require that a single type of 
        oxygenate be used. Such formula shall insure that the oxygen 
        content shall equal or exceed the following:
                    ``(A) Winter oxygen levels.--2.7 percent by weight 
                (subject to a testing tolerance established by the 
                Administrator) in portions of the year in which any 
                area referred to in subsection (m) is prone to high 
                ambient concentrations of carbon monoxide.
                    ``(B) Summer oxygenate levels.--2.0 percent by 
                weight (subject to a testing tolerance established by 
                the Administrator) in portions of the year in which any 
                area referred to in subsection (m) is not prone to high 
                ambient concentrations of carbon monoxide.
            ``(3) Factors to be considered.--In establishing the 
        national formula under this subsection, the Administrator shall 
        take into account the toxicity of various alternatives, the 
        effects of various fuel additives on water quality, crude oil 
        supply, and such other factors as the Administrator determines 
        appropriate.
            ``(4) Alternative.--The reformulated gasoline approved by 
        the Administrator for a State referred to in subsection 
        (c)(4)(B) shall be treated, for any State, as satisfying the 
        requirements of this subsection.
            ``(4) State opt-in to national reformulated gas program or 
        California reformulated gas program.--The Governor of any State 
        may elect to have any area within the State, or the entire 
        State, be treated as a covered area for purposes of subsection 
        (k) by notifying the Administrator of such State's election. An 
        election provided for in this subsection shall not be subject 
        to any of the requirements or limitations set forth in 
        paragraph (6) of subsection (k). Such election shall take 
        effect at such time as the State determines in its notice to 
        the Administrator.
            ``(5) Effective date.--The regulations promulgated under 
        paragraph (1) of this subsection shall take effect with respect 
        to all reformulated gasoline and oxygenated gasoline sold, 
        offered for sale, or introduced into commerce after the date 4 
        years after the promulgation of such regulations.''.
    (2) The Administrator shall commence a rulemaking proceeding under 
this section 211(p) of the Clean Air Act (as added by paragraph (1) of 
this subsection) promptly after the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Other State and Local Variations in Gasoline Prohibited.--(1) 
Subparagraph (C) of subsection (c)(4) of such Act is amended by adding 
the following at the end thereof: ``This subparagraph shall not apply 
to any gasoline (including reformulated gasoline or oxygenated 
gasoline) offered for sale, or introduced into commerce after December 
31, 2004, and after such date, no State, or political subdivision 
thereof, (other than the State of California pursuant to subsection 
(c)(4)(B) or another State exercising the right to opt in to 
California's reformulated gas standards pursuant to subsection (p)(4)) 
may prescribe or attempt to enforce any control or prohibition 
regarding the characteristics or components (including the chemical 
composition or emission characteristics) of gasoline, or any additive 
to gasoline, that is not identical to such regulations.''.
    (2) Section 211(c)(4)(A) of such Act is amended by inserting after 
``for purposes of motor vehicle emission control'' the phrase ``or for 
any other purpose''.
    (3) Not later than 9 months prior to the effective date of 
regulations under subsection (p) of section 211 of the Clean Air Act, 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall notify 
each State for which an amendment of the applicable implementation plan 
under the Clean Air Act will be necessary by reason of the amendment 
made by this subsection and shall require that each such State submit 
such revision to the Administrator under section 110 of this Act within 
3 months after receiving such notification.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF SULFUR REDUCTION PHASE-IN REQUIREMENT.

    (a) Amendment.--Section 211(i) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7545(i)) is amended by adding the following at the end thereof:
    ``(5) Effective September 1, 2006, no person shall manufacture, 
sell, supply, or offer for sale or supply, dispense, transport, or 
introduce into commerce motor vehicle diesel fuel which contains a 
concentration of sulfur in excess of 15 ppm or which fails to meet a 
cetane minimum index of 40 and a maximum aromatic content of 35 volume 
percent.''.
    (b) Regulations.--Not later than 12 months after enactment of this 
Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall 
promulgate regulations to implement and enforce the requirements of 
paragraph (5) of section 211(i) of the Clean Air Act, as added by this 
Act.
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