[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6136 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6136

  To amend the Clean Air Act to authorize the President to waive any 
  requirement for an applicable volume of renewable fuels if he finds 
that the applicable volume is not technologically feasible or that the 
  fuel concerned is not commercially available in the required volume.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2008

 Mr. Burgess (for himself, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Upton, Mr. Deal of 
 Georgia, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Pitts, Mrs. 
   Bono Mack, Mr. Walden of Oregon, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Sullivan, Mrs. 
 Blackburn, Mr. Brady of Texas, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Clean Air Act to authorize the President to waive any 
  requirement for an applicable volume of renewable fuels if he finds 
that the applicable volume is not technologically feasible or that the 
  fuel concerned is not commercially available in the required volume.

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

SECTION 1. PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER AUTHORITY.

    Section 211(o)(8)(D)(i) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7545(o)(8)(D)(i) is amended to read as follows:
                            ``(i) Authority of president.--The 
                        President may waive, in whole or in part, the 
                        applicable volume requirement for any fuel 
                        specified in any table in paragraph (2)(B) in 
                        any calendar year after 2007 through the 
                        calendar year 2022 if he finds that complying 
                        with such requirement in that year is not 
                        technologically feasible or that the fuel 
                        concerned is not commercially available in the 
                        required volume for that year.''.
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