[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3431 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3431

 To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
from granting a waiver under section 211(f)(4) of the Clean Air Act for 
any fuel or fuel additive that will reduce fuel efficiency or cause or 
                      contribute to engine damage.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 15, 2011

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
from granting a waiver under section 211(f)(4) of the Clean Air Act for 
any fuel or fuel additive that will reduce fuel efficiency or cause or 
                      contribute to engine damage.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION AGAINST WAIVERS FOR FUELS AND FUEL ADDITIVES 
              THAT REDUCE FUEL EFFICIENCY OR CAUSE OR CONTRIBUTE TO 
              ENGINE DAMAGE.

    Paragraph (4) of section 211(f) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7545(f)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(4)'' and inserting ``(4)(A)'';
            (2) by striking ``The Administrator shall take final 
        action'' and inserting the following:
                    ``(B) The Administrator shall take final action''; 
                and
            (3) in subparagraph (A) (as so designated by paragraph (1) 
        of this section)--
                    (A) by striking ``if he determines that the 
                applicant has established that such fuel or fuel 
                additive'' and inserting the following: ``if he 
                determines that the applicant has established that--
                    ``(i) such fuel or fuel additive'';
                    (B) by striking ``and 213(a).'' and inserting ``and 
                213(a);''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(ii) such fuel or fuel additive will not 
                        reduce the fuel efficiency of the vehicle or 
                        engine in which such fuel or fuel additive is 
                        used; and
                            ``(iii) such fuel or fuel additive will not 
                        cause or contribute to any damage to the 
                        vehicle engine (or any component thereof) in 
                        which such fuel or fuel additive is used.''.
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