[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6134 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6134

  To restore certain fuels provisions enacted by section 1501 of the 
           Energy Policy Act of 2005, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2008

Mr. Barton of Texas (for himself, Mr. Cantor, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Deal of 
 Georgia, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Radanovich, Mrs. Bono Mack, 
 Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Burgess, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Gallegly, 
Mr. Pearce, Mr. McCrery, Mr. McCaul of Texas, Mr. Kuhl of New York, and 
  Mr. Issa) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Ways and Means, 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 restore certain fuels provisions enacted by section 1501 of the 
           Energy Policy Act of 2005, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Renewable Fuel Adjustment Act of 
2008''.

SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF CERTAIN RENEWABLE FUEL PROVISIONS.

    Section 202 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 is 
amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 202 RENEWABLE FUEL STANDARD.

    ``When the Secretary submits to Congress the report provided for in 
section 203 of this Act, the President shall recommend to Congress 
appropriate changes, if any, to section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act 
based upon the findings in the report.''.

SEC. 3. REPEAL AND STUDY.

    (a) Repeal.--Section 201 of the Energy Independence and Security 
Act of 2007 is repealed.
    (b) Study.--Paragraph (11) of section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act, 
as added by section 203 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 
2007, is amended to read as follows:
            ``(11) Study.--The Secretary of Energy, in consultation 
        with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator of the 
        Environmental Protection Agency, shall enter into an 
        arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences under which 
        the Academy shall assess the impact of Federal and State 
        requirements to use ethanol on producers of feed grains, 
        livestock, food, forest products, energy, and other consumer 
        goods.''.

SEC. 4. REDUCED ETHANOL BLENDER CREDIT FOR ETHANOL DERIVED FROM CORN 
              KERNELS, SOYBEANS, OR OTHER FOOD OR FEED SUBSTANCES.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (h) of section 40 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to reduced credit for ethanol blenders) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Additional reductions for ethanol derived from corn 
        kernels, soybeans, or other food or feed substances.--In the 
        case of ethanol derived from corn kernels, soybeans, or any 
        other substance that is suitable for human food or livestock 
        feed consumption, the table contained in paragraph (2) shall be 
        applied by substituting the amounts in the following table for 
        the otherwise applicable blender amounts and low-proof blender 
        amounts:


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                                                          The low-proof
 ``In the case of any sale or use  during   The blender  blender  amount
              calendar year:                 amount is:        is:
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2009......................................           45           33.33
2010......................................           33           24.44
2011......................................           15        11.11''.
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    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to sales and uses after December 31, 2008.
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