[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 167 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 167

   To amend the Clean Air Act to require the Secretary of Energy to 
provide grants to eligible entities to carry out research, development, 
    and demonstration projects of cellulosic ethanol and construct 
infrastructure that enables retail gas stations to dispense cellulosic 
 ethanol for vehicle fuel to reduce the consumption of petroleum-based 
                                 fuel.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 4, 2007

  Mrs. Boxer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Clean Air Act to require the Secretary of Energy to 
provide grants to eligible entities to carry out research, development, 
    and demonstration projects of cellulosic ethanol and construct 
infrastructure that enables retail gas stations to dispense cellulosic 
 ethanol for vehicle fuel to reduce the consumption of petroleum-based 
                                 fuel.

    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 ``Cellulosic Ethanol Development and 
Implementation Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. CELLULOSIC ETHANOL FUEL DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM.

    Section 212 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7546) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Cellulosic Ethanol Fuel Grant Program.--
            ``(1) Definition of eligible entity.--In this subsection, 
        the term `eligible entity' means--
                    ``(A) an institution of higher education;
                    ``(B) a National Laboratory;
                    ``(C) a Federal research agency;
                    ``(D) a State research agency;
                    ``(E) a private sector entity;
                    ``(F) a nonprofit organization; or
                    ``(G) a consortium of 2 or more entities described 
                in subparagraphs (A) through (F).
            ``(2) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a 
        program to provide grants to eligible entities for use in 
        carrying out research, development, and demonstration projects 
        relating to the use of cellulosic ethanol fuel for motor 
        vehicles.
            ``(3) Application.--An eligible entity that seeks to 
        receive a grant under this subsection shall submit to the grant 
        review committee described in paragraph (4) an application for 
        the grant at such time, in such form, and containing such 
        information as the grant review committee may require.
            ``(4) Grant review committee.--Applications for grants 
        under this subsection shall be reviewed, and approved or 
        disapproved, by a grant review committee composed of an equal 
        number of representatives of--
                    ``(A) the Department of Energy, to be appointed by 
                the Secretary;
                    ``(B) the Department of Agriculture, to be 
                appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture;
                    ``(C) the Environmental Protection Agency, to be 
                appointed by the Administrator; and
                    ``(D) experts that are not full-time employees of 
                the Federal Government, to be appointed by the 
                President.
            ``(5) Priority.--In awarding grants under this subsection, 
        the grant review committee shall give priority to eligible 
        entities that propose to carry out--
                    ``(A) projects that use alternative or renewable 
                energy sources in the production of cellulosic ethanol 
                fuel; and
                    ``(B) demonstration projects.
            ``(6) Matching funds.--As a condition of receiving a grant 
        under this subsection, an eligible entity shall provide 
        matching funds in the amount of 20 percent of the total amount 
        of the grant.
            ``(7) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $1,000,000,000 
        for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2013.
    ``(g) Infrastructure Pilot Program for Cellulosic Ethanol Fuel.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a pilot 
        program to provide grants to eligible entities (as described in 
        subsection (d)(2) or defined in subsection (f)) for use in 
        installing infrastructure (such as pumps) that would enable 
        retail gas stations to sell and dispense ethanol fuel.
            ``(2) Application.--An eligible entity that seeks to 
        receive a grant under this subsection shall submit to the 
        Secretary an application for the grant at such time, in such 
        form, and containing such information as the Secretary may 
        require.
            ``(3) Matching funds.--As a condition of receiving a grant 
        under this subsection, an eligible entity shall provide 
        matching funds in the amount of 20 percent of the total amount 
        of the grant.
            ``(4) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $1,000,000,000 
        for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2013.''.

SEC. 3. CELLULOSIC BIOMASS ETHANOL CONVERSION ASSISTANCE.

    Section 212(e) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7546(e)) is amended 
by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:
            ``(3) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection 
        $400,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2010.''.
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