[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5911 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5911

    To repeal certain incentives and subsidies for renewable fuels.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 2008

Mr. Flake (for himself, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Broun 
  of Georgia, and Mr. Stark) introduced the following bill; which was 
  referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the 
   Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 repeal certain incentives and subsidies for renewable fuels.

    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 ``Remove Incentives for Producing 
Ethanol Act of 2008'' or the ``RIPE Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF RENEWABLE FUEL STANDARD.

    Section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)), and the 
amendments to such section 211(o) made by title I of the Energy 
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-140), are 
repealed.

SEC. 3. IMMEDIATE TERMINATION OF EXCISE TAX CREDIT FOR ALCOHOL FUEL 
              MIXTURES.

    Sections 6426(b)(5) and 6427(e)(5)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 are each amended by striking ``December 31, 2010'' and 
inserting ``the date of the enactment of the RIPE Act of 2008''.

SEC. 4. IMMEDIATE TERMINATION OF INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR ALCOHOL USED AS 
              FUEL.

    Paragraph (1) of section 40(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended by striking ``any sale or use--'' and all that follows and 
inserting ``any sale or use for any period after the date of the 
enactment of the RIPE Act of 2008''.

SEC. 5. REMOVAL OF TARIFFS ON ETHANOL.

    (a) Duty-Free Treatment.--Chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subchapter:


                                                ``Subchapter XXII
                                                Alternative Fuels
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                                                                        Rates of Duty
                                           ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Heading/Subheading    Article Description                         1
                                           -----------------------------------------------           2
                                                    General                Special
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9823.01.01          Ethyl alcohol           Free                    Free                   20%''.
                     (provided for in
                     subheadings
                     2207.10.60 and
                     2207.20) or any
                     mixture containing
                     such ethyl alcohol
                     (provided for in
                     heading 2710 or 2824)
                     if such ethyl alcohol
                     or mixture is to be
                     used as a fuel or in
                     producing a mixture
                     of gasoline and
                     alcohol, a mixture of
                     a special fuel and
                     alcohol, or any other
                     mixture to be used as
                     fuel (including motor
                     fuel provided for in
                     subheading
                     2710.11.15,
                     2710.19.15 or
                     2710.19.21), or is
                     suitable for any such
                     uses.................
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    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Subchapter I of chapter 99 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended--
            (1) by striking heading 9901.00.51; and
            (2) by striking U.S. notes 2 and 3.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section apply to 
goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 
the 15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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