[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3031 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3031

  To amend the Clean Air Act to limit the use of ethanol to meet the 
            renewable fuel standard, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 19, 2008

Mrs. Hutchison (for herself, Mr. McCain, Mr. Sununu, Ms. Collins, Mrs. 
 Dole, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Allard, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. DeMint, Mr. Stevens, 
 and Mr. Enzi) 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 limit the use of ethanol to meet the 
            renewable fuel standard, 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 STANDARD.

    (a) In General.--Section 211(o)(2)(B)(i) of the Clean Air Act (42 
U.S.C. 7545(o)(2)(B)(i)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                                    ``(V) Limitation.--Notwithstanding 
                                any other provision of this clause, of 
                                the volume of renewable fuel required 
                                under subclause (I) for each of 
                                calendar years 2009 through 2022, the 
                                applicable volume of ethanol derived 
                                from corn starch shall not exceed 
                                9,000,000,000 gallons.
                                    ``(VI) Adjustment.--The 
                                Administrator, in coordination with the 
                                Secretary of Energy and the Secretary 
                                of Agriculture, shall adjust the 
                                applicable volumes of each fuel 
                                specified in subclauses (II), (III), 
                                and (IV) to reflect the limitation 
                                under subclause (V).''.
    (b) Compliance.--Section 211(o)(2)(A)(iii)(II) of the Clean Air Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(2)(A)(iii)(II)) is amended--
            (1) in item (aa), by striking ``or'' after the semicolon at 
        the end;
            (2) in item (bb), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                                            ``(cc) impose any penalty 
                                        for failure to comply with 
                                        subclauses (II) through (IV) of 
                                        subparagraph (B)(i).''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section take 
effect on January 1, 2009.
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