[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 344 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 344

 To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
from approving the introduction into commerce of gasoline that contains 
    greater than 10-volume-percent ethanol, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 14, 2013

Mr. Wicker (for himself and Mr. Vitter) 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 prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
from approving the introduction into commerce of gasoline that contains 
    greater than 10-volume-percent ethanol, 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. PROHIBITION OF GASOLINE BLENDS WITH GREATER THAN 10-VOLUME-
              PERCENT ETHANOL.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency may not, including by granting a 
waiver under section 211(f)(4) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7545(f)(4)), authorize or otherwise allow the introduction into 
commerce of gasoline containing greater than 10-volume-percent ethanol.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF WAIVERS.

    (a) In General.--Any waiver granted under section 211(f)(4) of the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(f)(4)) before the date of enactment of 
this Act that allows the introduction into commerce of gasoline 
containing greater than 10-volume-percent ethanol for use in motor 
vehicles shall have no force or effect.
    (b) Certain Waivers.--The waivers described in subsection (a) 
include the following:
            (1) The waiver entitled, ``Partial Grant and Partial Denial 
        of Clean Air Act Waiver Application Submitted by Growth Energy 
        To Increase the Allowable Ethanol Content of Gasoline to 15 
        Percent; Decision of the Administrator'', 75 Fed. Reg. 68094 
        (November 4, 2010).
            (2) The waiver entitled, ``Partial Grant of Clean Air Act 
        Waiver Application Submitted by Growth Energy To Increase the 
        Allowable Ethanol Content of Gasoline to 15 Percent; Decision 
        of the Administrator'', 76 Fed. Reg. 4662 (January 26, 2011).

SEC. 3. MISFUELING RULE.

    The portions of the rule entitled, ``Regulation to Mitigate the 
Misfueling of Vehicles and Engines with Gasoline Containing Greater 
Than Ten Volume Percent Ethanol and Modifications to the Reformulated 
and Conventional Gasoline Programs'', 76 Fed. Reg. 44406 (July 25, 
2011) to mitigate misfueling shall have no force and effect 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act.
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