[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2037 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2037

  To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1992 to require 
 States to meet certain goals for the use of renewable fuels, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 25, 2007

  Ms. Kaptur introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1992 to require 
 States to meet certain goals for the use of renewable 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. STATE RENEWABLE FUEL GOALS.

    (a) Amendment of Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1992.--Title 
XII of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13311 
and following) is amended by adding the following new section at the 
end there of:

``SEC. 213. STATE RENEWABLE FUEL GOALS.

    ``(a) Annual Goals.--Each State and in the District of Columba 
shall establish such rules and regulations as may be necessary to 
ensure that gasoline sold in that State and in the District of Columba, 
will, on an average annual basis, contain the applicable percentage of 
renewable fuel (as defined in section 22(o)(1)(C) of the Clean Air Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)(C)), as set forth in the following table:


 
 
 
``Applicable percentage of renewable     Calendar year
 fuel
  15 percent...........................  After 2014 and before 2020
  25 percent...........................  After 2019 and before 2025
  30 percent...........................  Years after 2024

    ``(b) Compliance.--Unless the Secretary of Energy has determined 
for each calendar year after 2014 that a State or the District of 
Columbia has met the requirements of subsection (a) for that calendar 
year, beginning on January 1 of the next calendar year and ending on 
the date on which the Secretary makes such determination:
            ``(1) no permit may be issued by the Nuclear Regulatory 
        Commission under the Atomic Energy Act for the construction or 
        operation of any nuclear power plant in that State (or the 
        District of Columbia);
            ``(2) no license may be issued under Part 1 of the Federal 
        Power Act for the construction or operation of any 
        hydroelectric facility in that State (or the District of 
        Columbia);
            ``(3) the Secretary of Energy may not make any grant or 
        loan to that State (or the District of Columbia) or any 
        political subdivision of that State or to any entity located 
        within that State (or the District of Columbia); and
            ``(4) the Secretary of Agriculture may not make any grant 
        or loan under the Rural Utilities Program to that State (or the 
        District of Columbia) or any political subdivision of that 
        State or to any entity located within that State (or the 
        District of Columbia).''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for title XII of the 
Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13311 and 
following) is amended by adding the following new item after the item 
relating to section 212:

``Sec. 213. State renweable fuel goals.''.
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