[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3337 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3337

  To amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate the renewable fuel standard 
   advanced biofuel corn starch prohibition, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 15, 2023

Mrs. Miller-Meeks (for herself, Mr. Hunt, Mrs. Bice, Ms. Budzinski, and 
Mr. Sorensen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate the renewable fuel standard 
   advanced biofuel corn starch prohibition, 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.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fuels Parity Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATING RENEWABLE FUEL STANDARD ADVANCED BIOFUEL CORN 
              STARCH PROHIBITION.

    (a) Advanced Biofuel Definition.--Section 211(o)(1)(B) of the Clean 
Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``, other than ethanol 
        derived from corn starch,''; and
            (2) in subclause (ii)(II), by striking ``(other than corn 
        starch)'' and inserting ``, including corn starch''.
    (b) Conforming Change.--Section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 
U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)) is amended by striking subparagraph (F) (relating to 
the definition of conventional biofuel).
    (c) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) 
shall apply beginning with the first calendar year that begins after 
the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM CORN-BASED ETHANOL AND BIOMASS-
              BASED DIESEL.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 5 years thereafter, 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (in this 
section referred to as the ``Administrator'') shall update the 
methodology used by the Environmental Protection Agency in lifecycle 
analyses with respect to--
            (1) greenhouse gas emissions that result from ethanol 
        derived from corn starch; and
            (2) greenhouse gas emissions that result from biomass-based 
        diesel (as defined in section 211(o)(1)(D) of the Clean Air Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)(D)).
    (b) Requirements.--
            (1) First update.--In carrying out the first update 
        required under subsection (a), the Administrator shall adopt 
        the most recent Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and 
        Energy Use in Transportation model (commonly referred to as the 
        ``GREET model'') developed by Argonne National Laboratory.
            (2) Subsequent updates.--In carrying out the second and 
        each subsequent update required under subsection (a), the 
        Administrator shall--
                    (A) as necessary, adopt, review, or update a 
                methodology determined to be appropriate by the 
                Administrator; or
                    (B) adopt the methodology described in paragraph 
                (1).
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