I 112th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1712 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 4, 2011 Mr. Cassidy (for himself, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Denham, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Landry, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Boren, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Schilling, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Guinta, Mr. Fleming, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Cole, Mr. Terry, Mr. Flores, Mr. Rehberg, Mr. Griffin of Arkansas, Mr. Austria, Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. Olson, Mr. Critz, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Alexander, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Scalise, Ms. Granger, Mr. Stutzman, Mr. Richmond, and Mr. Harper) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt sales of natural gas for use in natural gas vehicles from the retail sales limitation on defining independent producers of petroleum products.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Job Creation and Energy Security Act of 2011.

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Exemption of sales of natural gas for use in motor vehicles from the retail sales limitation on definition of independent producers of petroleum products

(a)

In general

Paragraph (2) of section 613A(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: Sales of natural gas, or any product derived from natural gas, for use in motor vehicles shall not be taken into account for purposes of this paragraph.. (b)

Motor vehicle

Subsection (d) of section 613A of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (6)

Motor vehicle

For purposes of paragraph (2), the term motor vehicle means any vehicle which is manufactured primarily for use on public streets, roads, and highways (not including a vehicle operated exclusively on a rail or rails) and which has at least 4 wheels. . (c)

Effective date

The amendment made by this section shall apply to sales after the date of the enactment of this Act.