[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 71 (Thursday, June 4, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H4066]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     THE ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 1997

  (Mr. SHIMKUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, Congress wrote a massive energy bill in 
1994 called the Energy Policy Act which outlined ways for the United 
States to address our Nation's vulnerable reliance on foreign oil.
  Unfortunately, this statute has already run into trouble. The 
Department of Energy admits this in its own report to Congress stating, 
quote, ``Despite the many uncertainties, it preliminarily appears that 
the programs authorized by Congress in EPACT will fall substantially 
short of the year 2010 goal of 30 percent displacement.''
  Mr. Speaker, the program does not work. I and the gentlewoman from 
Missouri (Ms. McCarthy) have introduced legislation to address this 
problem. Our legislation would allow fleet managers to use biodiesel 
blends to comply with the mandates of EPACT, without tax credits or 
incentives.
  I urge my colleagues to cosponsor H.R. 2568, the Energy Policy Act of 
1997.

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