[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2454 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2454

 To include B20 biodiesel blends as an alternative fuel for corporate 
                     average fuel economy purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 23, 2007

 Mr. Burgess introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To include B20 biodiesel blends as an alternative fuel for corporate 
                     average fuel economy purposes.

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

SECTION 1. BIODIESEL AS ALTERNATIVE FUEL FOR CAFE PURPOSES.

    Section 32901(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by redesignating subparagraphs (J) 
        and (K) as subparagraphs (K) and (L), respectively, and 
        inserting after subparagraph (I) the following:
                    ``(J) B20 biodiesel blend;''; and
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (16) as 
        paragraphs (9) through (18), respectively, and insert after 
        paragraph (6) the following:
            ``(7) `biodiesel' means the monoalkyl esters of long chain 
        fatty acids derived from plant or animal matter which meet--
                    ``(A) the registration requirements for fuels and 
                fuel additives established by the Environmental 
                Protection Agency under section 211 of the Clean Air 
                Act (42 U.S.C. 7545); and
                    ``(B) the requirements of the American Society of 
                Testing and Materials D6751.
            ``(8) `B20 biodiesel blend' means a mixture of biodiesel 
        and diesel fuel approximately 20 percent of the content of 
        which is biodiesel, and commonly known as `B20'.''.
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