110 HR 2037 IH: To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1992 U.S. House of Representatives 2007-04-25 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.

I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2037 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 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.

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:

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 fuelCalendar year 15 percentAfter 2014 and before 2020 25 percentAfter 2019 and before 2025 30 percentYears 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. .