114 S577 IS: Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act of 2015 U.S. Senate 2015-02-26 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II114th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 577IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESFebruary 26, 2015Mr. Toomey (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. Flake) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public WorksA BILLTo amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate the corn ethanol mandate for renewable fuel.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act of 2015.

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Elimination of corn ethanol mandate for renewable fuel

(a)

Removal of table

Section 211(o)(2)(B)(i) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(2)(B)(i)) is amended by striking subclause (I).(b)

Conforming amendments

Section 211(o)(2)(B) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(2)(B)) is amended—(1)in clause (i)—(A)by redesignating subclauses (II) through (IV) as subclauses (I) through (III), respectively;(B)in subclause (I) (as so redesignated), by striking of the volume of renewable fuel required under subclause (I),; and(C)in subclauses (II) and (III) (as so redesignated), by striking subclause (II) each place it appears and inserting subclause (I); and(2)in clause (v), by striking clause (i)(IV) and inserting clause (i)(III).(c)

Administration

Nothing in this section or the amendments made by this section affects the volumes of advanced biofuel, cellulosic biofuel, or biomass-based diesel that are required under section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)).