[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1120 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1120

To encourage greater use of propane as a transportation fuel, to create 
                     jobs, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 26, 2011

 Mr. Cardin (for himself, Mr. Blunt, and Ms. Stabenow) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                                Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To encourage greater use of propane as a transportation fuel, to create 
                     jobs, 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. SHORT TITLE, ETC.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Propane Green 
Autogas Solutions Act of 2011''.
    (b) Amendment of 1986 Code.--Except as otherwise expressly 
provided, whenever in this Act an amendment is expressed in terms of an 
amendment to a section or other provision, the reference shall be 
considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL CREDIT.

    (a) Alternative Fuel Credit.--Paragraph (5) of section 6426(d) is 
amended by inserting ``, and December 31, 2016, in the case of any sale 
or use involving liquefied petroleum gas)'' after ``hydrogen''.
    (b) Alternative Fuel Mixture Credit.--Paragraph (3) of section 
6426(e) is amended by inserting ``, and December 31, 2016, in the case 
of any sale or use involving liquefied petroleum gas)'' after 
``hydrogen''.
    (c) Payments Relating to Alternative Fuel and Alternative Fuel 
Mixtures.--Paragraph (6) of section 6427(e) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (C)--
                    (A) by striking ``subparagraph (D)'' in 
                subparagraph (C) and inserting ``subparagraphs (D) and 
                (E)'', and
                    (B) by striking ``and'' at the end thereof,
            (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (D) 
        and inserting ``, and'', and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) any alternative fuel or alternative fuel 
                mixture (as so defined) involving liquefied petroleum 
                gas sold or used after December 31, 2016.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to liquefied petroleum gas sold or used after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF NEW QUALIFIED ALTERNATIVE FUEL 
              MOTOR VEHICLE CREDIT.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (4) of section 30B(k) is amended by 
inserting ``(December 31, 2016, in the case of a vehicle powered by 
liquefied petroleum gas)'' before the period at the end.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to property placed in service after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.

SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLE REFUELING PROPERTY 
              CREDIT.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (g) of section 30C is amended by 
striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (1), by redesignating 
paragraph (2) as paragraph (3), and by inserting after paragraph (1) 
the following new paragraph:
            ``(2) in the case of property relating to liquefied 
        petroleum gas, after December 31, 2016, and''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to property placed in service after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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