[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 791 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 791

 To increase the renewable fuel content of gasoline sold in the United 
 States by the year 2025 to 25 billion gallons, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 31, 2007

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To increase the renewable fuel content of gasoline sold in the United 
 States by the year 2025 to 25 billion gallons, 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. RENEWABLE FUEL CONTENT OF GASOLINE.

    (a) Calendar Years From 2012 to 2025.--Clause (i) of section 
211(o)(2)(B) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(2)(B)) is amended 
by striking ``2006 through 2012'' in each place it appears and 
inserting ``2006 through 2025'' and by adding the following new table 
at the end thereof:

``Applicable volume of renewable
   fuel (in billions of gallons):                        Calendar year:
        8.9....................................................   2013 
        10.3...................................................   2014 
        11.7...................................................   2015 
        12.1...................................................   2016 
        13.5...................................................   2017 
        14.9...................................................   2018 
        16.3...................................................   2019 
        17.7...................................................   2020 
        19.4...................................................   2021 
        20.8...................................................   2022 
        22.2...................................................   2023 
        23.6...................................................   2024 
        25..................................................... 2025''.
    (b) Calendar Years After 2025.--Section 211(o)(2)(B) of such Act is 
amended by striking clauses (ii) through (iv) and inserting the 
following:
                            ``(ii) Calendar years after 2025.--For the 
                        purposes of subparagraph (A), for calendar 
                        years after 2025 the applicable volume shall be 
                        equal to the product obtained by multiplying 
                        subclause (I) by subclause (II) of this clause.
                                    ``(I) The number of gallons of 
                                gasoline that the Administrator 
                                estimates will be sold or introduced 
                                into commerce in the calendar year 
                                concerned.
                                    ``(II) The ratio that 
                                25,000,000,000 gallons bears to the 
                                number of gallons of gasoline sold or 
                                introduced into commerce in calendar 
                                year 2025.''.
    (c) Credit for 85 Percent Ethanol Blend.--Section 211(o)(4) of such 
Act is amended by inserting ``or 85 percent ethanol blend'' in the 
heading before the period and by adding the following at the end 
thereof ``For the purposes of paragraph (2), 1 gallon of a fuel blend 
containing 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline shall be 
considered to be the equivalent of 1.5 gallons of renewable fuel.''.
    (d) Conforming Amendments.--Paragraph (3) and (6) of section 211(o) 
of such Act are each amended by striking ``2011'' and ``2012'' in each 
place such dates appear and inserting ``2024'' and ``2025'' 
respectively.
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