[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5700 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5700

To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for a reduction in the number of 
                boutique fuels, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 2006

Mr. Blunt (for himself, Mr. Cantor, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Green of 
     Wisconsin, Mr. Putnam, Mr. Kirk, Mr. McHenry, Mr. Wicker, Mr. 
  Sensenbrenner, Mr. Petri, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Akin, Mr. Kingston, Mr. 
  Calvert, and Mr. Franks of Arizona) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for a reduction in the number of 
                boutique fuels, 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 ``Boutique Fuel Reduction Act of 
2006''.

SEC. 2. TEMPORARY WAIVERS.

    Section 211(c)(4)(C)(ii)(II) of the Clean Air Act (42 
U.S.C.7545(c)(4)(C)(ii)(II)) is amended by inserting after ``equipment 
failure'' the following: ``, unexpected problems with distribution or 
delivery equipment that is necessary for transportation and delivery of 
fuel or fuel additives''.

SEC. 3. REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF BOUTIQUE FUELS.

    Section 211(c)(4)(C) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(c)(4)(C)) 
is amended as follows:
            (1) By redesignating the clause (v) added by section 
        1541(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-58; 
        119 Stat. 1106) as clause (vi).
            (2) In clause (vi) (as so redesignated)--
                    (A) in subclause (I) by striking ``approved under 
                this paragraph as of September 1, 2004, in all State 
                implementation plans'' and by inserting in lieu there 
                of ``set forth on the list published under subclause 
                (II), or if the list has been revised under subclause 
                (III), on the revised list'';
                    (B) by amending subclause (III) to read as follows:
                    ``(III) The Administrator shall, after notice and 
                opportunity for comment, remove a fuel from the list 
                published under subclause (II) if the Administrator 
                determines that such fuel has ceased to be included in 
                any State implementation plan or is identical to a 
                Federal fuel control or prohibition promulgated and 
                implemented by the Administrator. The Administrator 
                shall publish a revised list reflecting the reduction 
                in the number of fuels.'';
                    (C) in subclause (IV) by striking ``Subclause (I)'' 
                and inserting ``Neither subclause (I) nor subclause 
                (V)'' and by striking ``not'' and by striking ``if such 
                new fuel'';
                    (D) in item (aa) of subclause (IV) by inserting 
                ``if such new fuel'' after ``(aa)'' and by striking ``; 
                or'' and inserting ``, or if the list has been revised 
                under subclause (III), on the revised list'';
                    (E) in item (bb) of subclause (IV) by inserting 
                ``if such new fuel'' and by striking ``as of September 
                1, 2004.'' and inserting ``, or if the list has been 
                revised under subclause (III), on the revised list, 
                and''; and
                    (F) by striking so much of the last sentence of 
                subclause (IV) as precedes the phrase ``if the 
                Administrator'', by striking ``a new fuel'' in such 
                last sentence and inserting ``such new fuel'', and by 
                designating the remaining language in such last 
                sentence as item (cc) and adjusting the left margin 
                accordingly.

SEC. 4. COMPLETION OF HARMONIZATION STUDY.

    Paragraph (1) of section 1509(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
is amended by striking ``June 1, 2008'' and inserting ``the earlier of 
(A) the date 9 months after the date of the enactment of Boutique Fuel 
Reduction Act of 2006 or (B) June 1, 2008''.
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