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<dc:title>110 HR 4306 IH: To amend the Clean Air Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the use of ethanol and bio-diesel, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2007-12-06</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code> 
<congress>110th CONGRESS</congress> <session>1st Session</session> 
<legis-num>H. R. 4306</legis-num> 
<current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber> 
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<action-date date="20071206">December 6, 2007</action-date> 
<action-desc><sponsor name-id="K000362">Mr. King of Iowa</sponsor> (for himself and <cosponsor name-id="L000111">Mr. Latham</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HIF00">Committee on Energy and Commerce</committee-name>, and in addition to the Committees on <committee-name committee-id="HWM00">Ways and Means</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="HJU00">Judiciary</committee-name>, 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</action-desc> 
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<legis-type>A BILL</legis-type> 
<official-title>To amend the Clean Air Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the use of ethanol and bio-diesel, and for other purposes.</official-title> 
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<title id="H2491F81D58334EB2881B54D6DB26005B"><enum>I</enum><header>Use of ethanol and bio-diesel</header> 
<section id="HC70A7F42D9934C02B513823312322EA"><enum>101.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> 
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<paragraph id="H33230C1CFAC149449674A2E867BBBA5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> 
<subparagraph id="HF269DFC54B84402083A0006F382011C7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Renewable fuel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>renewable fuel</term> means ethanol produced from renewable biomass.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7D31C971F2FA4975BB2720E97FA79FBB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Bio-diesel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>bio-diesel</quote> means bio-diesel as defined in section 312(f) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13220">42 U.S.C. 13220(f)</external-xref>), but only if such fuel contains methyl or ethyl esters.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA45D25E9FCF240FCB45B595102D112F8"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Renewable biomass</header><text>The term <term>renewable biomass</term> means each of the following:</text> 
<clause id="H2FABAB0BBD9A493AB0FFE700C8FB779"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Planted crops and crop residue harvested—</text> 
<subclause id="H45BA64E661864B1DAD219E00C1CD4CE7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>from agricultural land cleared or cultivated at any time prior to the enactment of this sentence that is either actively managed or fallow and nonforested; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="HD7DD7633453445FABE13F111EEA733A6"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in compliance with a conservation plan that meets the standards, guidelines and restrictions provided for by Subtitles B and C of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985.</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause id="H9A0F809BA1E042878EC5001E5218003E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Planted trees and tree residue from actively managed tree plantations on non-federal land cleared at any time prior to enactment of this sentence.</text> </clause>
<clause id="H0583D0B702094B6EB084A034A3D2D50"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Animal waste material and animal byproducts.</text> </clause>
<clause id="H627F3C301F2F417F9EA6EB625C10BDD"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Slash and pre-commercial thinnings from Federal and non-federal forestlands other than ecological communities with a global or state ranking of critically imperiled, imperiled, or rare pursuant to a State Natural Heritage Program, old growth forest, or late successional forest.</text> </clause>
<clause id="H14C6DAD94DED4916BFA7F5D0300047EE"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Biomass obtained from the immediate vicinity of buildings and other areas regularly occupied by people, or of public infrastructure, at risk from wildfire.</text> </clause>
<clause id="HA377022627AD40D2934BB364D500498F"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>Algae.</text> </clause>
<clause id="H94E9EA8510D54DB3A696BD80A294575D"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Separated food waste or yard waste.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFA9FB8C6D22843C4BC7F00D9B032802E"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Small refinery</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>small refinery</term> means a refinery for which the average aggregate daily crude oil throughput for a calendar year (as determined by dividing the aggregate throughput for the calendar year by the number of days in the calendar year) does not exceed 75,000 barrels.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section id="H67B52758F8E64E2288AB944EF592E202"><enum>102.</enum><header>Ethanol and bio-diesel standards</header> 
<subsection id="HDCA24562A01F4BC084854376B7C35DC8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Renewable fuel program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (2) of section 211(o) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(2)</external-xref>) of the Clean Air Act is amended as follows:</text> 
<paragraph id="HC4F587945C3D4C7FB983B2CFC1821CC5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clause (i) of subparagraph (A) is amended to read as follows: <quote>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this sentence, the Administrator shall promulgate regulations under this paragraph to ensure that fuel sold or introduced into commerce in the United States (except in noncontiguous States or territories) for use in motor vehicles, on an annual average basis, contains at least the applicable volume of renewable fuel and bio-diesel, determined in accordance with subparagraph (B).</quote></text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8A5B84DE1BF3421B9F2CD51CE29CB23C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicable volumes</header><text>Subparagraph (B) is amended by striking out clause (iv) and by amending so much of subparagraph (B) as precedes clause (iii) to read as follows:</text> 
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<subparagraph id="H3E61285138CE402CA63F5B063CF8C6C5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Applicable volumes</header> 
<clause id="H988C99B4D76E4F2BA7D3B886AC152968"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Calendar years after 2005</header> 
<subclause id="H6C7EF2DDBA174D5C943381AD59BF3F27"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Renewable fuel</header><text>For the purpose of subparagraph (A), the applicable volume of renewable fuel for the calendar years 2006 through 2022 shall be determined in accordance with the following table:</text> 
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<row><entry namest="column1" morerows="0" rowsep="0" align="left" colname="column1"></entry><entry namest="column2" morerows="0" rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2"><bold>Applicable volume of<linebreak/>renewable fuel</bold></entry></row>
<row><entry namest="column1" morerows="0" rowsep="0" align="left" colname="column1"><bold>Calendar year:</bold></entry><entry namest="column2" morerows="0" rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2"><bold>(in billions of gallons):</bold></entry></row></thead>
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<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" leader-modify="force-ldr" colname="column1">2006</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">4.0</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" leader-modify="force-ldr" colname="column1">2007</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">4.7</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" leader-modify="force-ldr" colname="column1">2008</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">9.5</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" leader-modify="force-ldr" colname="column1">2009</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">11</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" leader-modify="force-ldr" colname="column1">2010</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">12.0</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" leader-modify="force-ldr" colname="column1">2011</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">12.6</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" leader-modify="force-ldr" colname="column1">2012</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">13.2</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" leader-modify="force-ldr" colname="column1">2013</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">13.8</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" leader-modify="force-ldr" colname="column1">2014</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">14.4</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" leader-modify="force-ldr" colname="column1">2015</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">15.0</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" leader-modify="force-ldr" colname="column1">2016</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">18.0</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" leader-modify="force-ldr" colname="column1">2017</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">21.0</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" leader-modify="force-ldr" colname="column1">2018</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">24.0</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" leader-modify="force-ldr" colname="column1">2019</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">27.0</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" leader-modify="force-ldr" colname="column1">2020</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">30.0</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" leader-modify="force-ldr" colname="column1">2021</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">33.0</entry></row>
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" leader-modify="force-ldr" colname="column1">2022</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" colname="column2">36.0.</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> </subclause>
<subclause id="HBED21624FE64415883F7BE7CC5A01F22"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Biomass-based diesel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purpose of subparagraph (A), the applicable volume of bio-diesel for the calendar years 2008 through 2012 shall be determined in accordance with the following table:</text> 
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<tgroup cols="2" rowsep="0"><colspec coldef="txt" colname="column1" colwidth="305pts" min-data-value="250"/><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column2" colwidth="210.00pt" min-data-value="5"/> <thead> 
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" morerows="0" namest="column1" rowsep="0"></entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2" rowsep="0"><bold>Applicable volume of<linebreak/>bio-diesel</bold></entry> </row> 
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" morerows="0" namest="column1" rowsep="0"><bold>Calendar year:</bold></entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2" rowsep="0"><bold>(in millions of gallons):</bold></entry> </row> </thead> 
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<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2008</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" rowsep="0">450</entry> </row> 
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2009</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" rowsep="0">650</entry> </row> 
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2010</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" rowsep="0">875</entry> </row> 
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2011</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" rowsep="0">1,125</entry> </row> 
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2012</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" rowsep="0">1,300.</entry> </row> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> </subclause></clause>
<clause id="H95178C40DBCE4FAC8EF67140E4322BA5"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Other calendar years</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purposes of subparagraph (A), the applicable volumes of each fuel specified in the tables in clause (i) for calendar years after the calendar years specified in the tables shall be determined by the Administrator, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Agriculture, with a review of the implementation of the program during calendar years specified in the tables, and an analysis of—</text> 
<subclause id="HF67A94CC9487422FB6B5BA60FAF69B84"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the impact of the production and use of renewable fuels on the environment, air quality, biomass-based diesel, job creation, and rural economic development; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="HC69E919DF3CB446600EBDACED3846E7E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the expected annual rate of future production of renewable fuels and biomass-based diesel);</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H01288A5A53554587862CE100ADC7EAC6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicable percentages</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (3) of section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(3)</external-xref>) is amended as follows:</text> 
<paragraph id="H82B9C68542824691A45ECA27F4A7AD93"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In subparagraph (A), strike <quote>2011</quote> and insert <quote>2022</quote>.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC5218CABA2D44067A39214450015D600"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In subparagraph (A), strike <quote>gasoline</quote> and insert <quote>fuel for motor vehicles</quote>.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6DDEAAF3FDC6402C89354425EAF4E1EF"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In subparagraph (B), strike <quote>2012</quote> and insert <quote>2023</quote> and insert <quote>distributors</quote> after <quote>refineries</quote> in clause (ii)(I).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAC88BFB2E23E45E8807132464747FD20"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In subparagraph (B), strike “gasoline” and insert “fuel for motor vehicles” in clause (ii)(II).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H62ED0E782EE84455BE4F4518D5472477"><enum>103.</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title takes effect January 1, 2008.</text> </section></title>
<title id="HF76ABCC57F3A433B934BAC40B7333FB9"><enum>II</enum><header>Availability of ethanol blends and bio-diesel</header> 
<section id="HA11D0290086B464F99C9E897D2AC1888"><enum>201.</enum><header>Ethanol-blend fuel infrastructure</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(o)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> 
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<paragraph id="H4DB46C375C6E43EC98103DB97FE2F51"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Installation of ethanol-blend and bio-diesel fuel pumps by covered owners at stations</header> 
<subparagraph id="H2F278DA662A44F489229F84F4B208300"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this paragraph:</text> 
<clause id="H61F18377F91445A8BEC04622A64232E6"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Covered owner</header><text>The term <term>covered owner</term> means any person that, individually or together with any other person with respect to which the person has an affiliate relationship or significant ownership interest, owns 1 or more retail station outlets, as determined by the Secretary.</text> </clause>
<clause id="HE8508179F5AD49D1A29BFCDD11EF91D2"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Ethanol-blend fuel</header><text>The term <term>ethanol-blend fuel</term> means a blend of gasoline at least 30 percent of the content of which is derived from renewable fuel.</text> </clause>
<clause id="H2F9D95F544624F319D36D66CAD236E44"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Bio-diesel blend fuel</header><text>The term <term>bio-diesel blend fuel</term> means a blend of diesel at least 5 percent of the content of which is derived from bio-diesel.</text> </clause>
<clause id="H29257850ED3E4EFAA8C41600AEC18893"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Energy, acting in consultation with the Administrator and the Secretary of Agriculture.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H02FDBAABF13A400FB94B1600A887CE5D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Secretary shall promulgate regulations to ensure that by 2009 each covered owner installs or otherwise makes available 1 or more pumps that dispense ethanol-blend fuel and one or more pumps that dispense bio-diesel blend fuel (including any other equipment necessary, such as tanks, to ensure that the pumps function properly) at retail station outlets of the covered owner.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD156826527524ABBB682F2EF7E8CFD96"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Financial responsibility</header><text>In promulgating regulations under subparagraph (C), the Secretary shall ensure that each covered owner described in that subparagraph assumes full financial responsibility for the costs of installing or otherwise making available the pumps described in that subparagraph and any other equipment necessary (including tanks) to ensure that the pumps function properly.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section id="H9F34C5C005154EA6BEF1F3234695E801"><enum>202.</enum><header>Freedom for fuel franchisers</header> 
<subsection id="H4284995C1A1B4FBFB7F9FA4F42F8D37D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition on restriction of installation of alternative fuel pumps</header> 
<paragraph id="HD57BEDE4CEBD4FA4AB9041DEF3B3BA19"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title I of the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2801">15 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> 
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<section id="H320DD95E3EE74015BC983962F8C17D02"><enum>107.</enum><header>Prohibition on restriction of installation of ethanol blend and bio-diesel fuel pumps</header> 
<subsection id="H2AF7B8248D5849D7AF02E1597E43BE35"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this section:</text> 
<paragraph id="HE04DB76AA7094E3195E66138CE4CA6DC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Alternative fuel</header><text>The term <term>alternative blend fuel</term> means any fuel—</text> 
<subparagraph id="H4CF54EF2B06F4817B027311661F78EE1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>at least 30 percent of the volume of which consists of ethanol; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7EA3AA98854440CBB350E3A300325973"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any mixture of bio-diesel (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/40A">section 40A(d)(1)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) and diesel fuel (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/4083">section 4083(a)(3)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), determined without regard to any use of kerosene and containing at least 5 percent bio-diesel.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEDD2EB03B3F648B0820747FF1BBA3949"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Franchise-related document</header><text>The term <term>franchise-related document</term> means—</text> 
<subparagraph id="HC8D2A675449F4C3792AC58B3F1B42641"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a franchise under this Act; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEAB75E3D3B3F4345A789CD1D51DBA57"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any other contract or directive of a franchisor relating to terms or conditions of the sale of fuel by a franchisee.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H55FDAC407D634A9EBFE6678DCF9FCE41"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibitions</header> 
<paragraph id="HEA0E0DFAD31342D0A9B77C3BF408D100"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any provision of a franchise-related document in effect on the date of enactment of this section, no franchisee or affiliate of a franchisee shall be restricted from—</text> 
<subparagraph id="HE74DD1F47126485D88E04B4EFBFE7BFC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>installing on the marketing premises of the franchisee an alternative blend fuel pump;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF3F33155ECAD4361A2FD36D4EDCDCEED"><enum>(B)</enum><text>converting an existing tank and pump on the marketing premises of the franchisee for alternative blend fuel use;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0AE6DBE0D4544988B944B625B618526B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>advertising (including through the use of signage or logos) the sale of any alternative blend fuel; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE8B61AEC211C44E3A0223067AF814D36"><enum>(D)</enum><text>selling alternative blend fuel in any specified area on the marketing premises of the franchisee (including any area in which a name or logo of a franchisor or any other entity appears).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H65703BC9DD37444A936F5B5FEDD395B0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text>Any restriction described in paragraph (1) that is contained in a franchise-related document and in effect on the date of enactment of this section—</text> 
<subparagraph id="H33A5081A2C5941C88888B653638B89BE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be considered to be null and void as of that date; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H17B4FD4248DF46D6A30045F9A51597B5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall not be enforced under section 105.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H641E43458BFB4A6D9CD4D2D6806FDD4E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exception to 3-grade requirement</header><text>No franchise-related document that requires that 3 grades of gasoline be sold by the applicable franchisee shall prevent the franchisee from selling an alternative blend fuel in lieu of 1 grade of gasoline.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAC22A5A5C2AF4CC2B619DE5859CDEA73"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header> 
<subparagraph id="HBCE556FF7F5648C9B7BC89E76DCB81D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 101(13) of the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2801">15 U.S.C. 2801(13)</external-xref>) is amended by adjusting the indentation of subparagraph (C) appropriately.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4641A1AE44184F12A5516078B72CF521"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Table of contents</header><text>The table of contents of the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2801">15 U.S.C. 2801</external-xref> note) is amended—</text> 
<clause id="HDA3E55DCF9D24523B400AE15B370067"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting after the item relating to section 106 the following:</text> 
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<toc> 
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 107. Prohibition on restriction of installation of ethanol blend and bio-diesel fuel pumps.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> <continuation-text continuation-text-level="clause">and</continuation-text></clause>
<clause id="H745F5E5D6D70425285E3D6B0E58FC695"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the item relating to section 202 and inserting the following:</text> 
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<toc> 
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 202. Automotive fuel rating testing and disclosure requirements.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H30ADC673595242E8974ECFAA60E1E3FD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application of Gasohol Competition Act of 1980</header><text>Section 26 of the Clayton Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/26a">15 U.S.C. 26a</external-xref>) is amended—</text> 
<paragraph id="H1988D59173DA4E5884B6A6D3168E3119"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d);</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H893EA1F15C5F4545A864D1B38E04DA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b) the following:</text> 
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0BD2674E838E496482B554234B04D851" style="OLC"> 
<subsection id="H09F3CDF8983B4379B0D115A66799D086"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Restriction prohibited</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of subsection (a), restricting the right of a franchisee to install on the premises of that franchisee ethanol blend or bio-diesel blend fuel pumps (within the meaning of section 107 of the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2801">15 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.</external-xref>)) shall be considered an unlawful restriction.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>; and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB42732EE4337481481B8E42906A64464"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d) (as redesignated by paragraph (1))—</text> 
<subparagraph id="H290659D2C8454D868536413F20349011"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(d) As used in this section,</quote> and inserting the following:</text> 
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idB29312E9DED042B0A5F4AF06649CFA9A"> <text>section—</text>
<paragraph id="idBEF03657B6024FD1840426CCF20B909E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB9272C313F324B3E998FE1E61B78AB41"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H11E4CA67F0E24968985DF5C083753B16"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> 
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<paragraph id="HAB5401270C504BBCB039D200619CE579"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <quote>gasohol</quote> includes any blend of ethanol and gasoline.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H9A7C2CBD1D074A1F00C1725DDEEE00"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on January 1, 2009.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="HEF22EF60952D46B9B9B919A19FA9F28"><enum>203.</enum><header>Certification of ethanol and bio-diesel blend fuels</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall, as promptly as practicable but not later than January 1, 2009, promulgate such regulations and take such other actions as may be necessary under section 211of the Clean Air Act to provide for the certification of motor vehicle fuels containing at least 30 percent ethanol and motor vehicle fuels containing at least 5 percent bio-diesel, notwithstanding section 221(f) or (h) of such Act or any other provision of law.</text> </section></title>
<title id="H81E2C7985E7C46F5BBD0126260DBC9DF"><enum>III</enum><header>Tax provisions</header> 
<section id="H808275372E004A1600A790084FA4C300"><enum>301.</enum><header>Extension of credit for alcohol used as fuel</header> 
<subsection id="H7E8E4F8BEB064D34955C4264FEC7AA3F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header> 
<paragraph id="HD0444BA35E924D17B4A5A0B5AB6983B1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Credit against income tax</header> 
<subparagraph id="HAC4F0CEE2F5145EAB07E5917003455DA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Termination generally</header><text>Paragraph (1) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/40">section 40(e)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to termination) is amended—</text> 
<clause id="H958FB8D43E8C45308CDE24A709801583"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>December 31, 2010</quote> in subparagraph (A) and inserting <quote>December 31, 2012</quote>, and</text> </clause>
<clause id="HE3ED6D8D2BD64B4DB6DBEEDB79DCC163"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>January 1, 2011</quote> in subparagraph (B) and inserting <quote>January 1, 2013</quote>.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H59AE39F13CCD4D55BDD3C1C35D22D5AD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reduced rate for ethanol blenders</header><text>Subsection (h) of section 40 of such Code (relating to reduced credit for ethanol blenders) is amended—</text> 
<clause id="H7C4F8B26C80A4711BC8531AFA23D81F3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2010</quote> in paragraph (1) and inserting <quote>2012</quote>, and</text> </clause>
<clause id="HC6097018A2334BA7B79489A548194B31"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2010</quote> in the table in paragraph (2) and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1CDB3C0F5075406B868900E2E4A7AB9E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Credit against excise tax</header><text>Paragraph (5) of section 6426(b) of such Code (relating to termination) is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2010</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2012</quote>.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD0790DCFC7304085967FA7A23B9457D5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Payments for fuel used in trade or business</header><text>Subparagraph (A) of section 6427(e)(5) of such Code (relating to termination) is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2010</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2012</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC5BA90DF23E146CEB394742FAF45102D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="HDC155485AE214833AE8B9185E30418F0"><enum>302.</enum><header>Extension of bio-diesel and renewable diesel credit</header> 
<subsection id="H7CA41048DACC404CB2DB095E95ED1C33"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header> 
<paragraph id="HC378C2A63ED74CBCBEE00000E082D1CA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Credit against income tax</header><text>Subsection (g) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/40A">section 40A</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to termination) is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2008</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2012</quote>.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H702454019A324A799200F000726F30AF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Credit against excise tax</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (6) of section 6426(c) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2010</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2012</quote>.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H998192C6834D41EDA57C6B10DDE516D9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Payments for fuel used in trade or business</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (B) of section 6427(e)(5) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2008</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2012</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HDCA568486CE2445C895E56DE8B17D6A5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection></section></title>
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