[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 737 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 737

To amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to authorize 
     the Secretary of Energy to conduct research, development, and 
   demonstration to make biofuels more compatible with small nonroad 
                    engines, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 30, 2009

  Ms. Collins (for herself and Mr. Udall of Colorado) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to authorize 
     the Secretary of Energy to conduct research, development, and 
   demonstration to make biofuels more compatible with small nonroad 
                    engines, 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. BIOFUELS DISTRIBUTION AND ADVANCED BIOFUELS INFRASTRUCTURE.

    Section 248 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 
U.S.C. 17054) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``and new alternative 
        distribution infrastructure'' and inserting ``, new alternative 
        distribution infrastructure, and effects on small engines''; 
        and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (8), by striking ``and'' after the 
                semicolon at the end;
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph 
                (10); and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (8) the following:
            ``(9) problems associated with the use of biofuels in small 
        nonroad engines; and''.
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