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HRES 140 101th Congress House Environmental Protection Alcohol as fuel Carbon monoxide Energy policy Gasohol Motor vehicle pollution control Natural gas Oxygen Ozone

Expressing the sense of the House regarding the critical need to include the use of alternative fuels such as ethanol, produced from our abundant stocks of surplus grain, methanol, which can be produced from our vast coal reserves, and compressed natural gas which can be produced from abundant gas reserves in air pollution control strategies required by the Federal Environmental Protection Agency to achieve compliance with the Clean Air Act.

Introduced: April 26, 1989 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 1, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Jun 1, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Apr 26, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 26, 1989
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the House that the Environmental Protection Agency should strongly encourage nonattainment cities to include in their State Implementation Plans, as cost effective and preferred pollution control strategies in meeting Clean Air Act standards, the required use of ethanol blended and other oxygenated fuels in carbon monoxide nonattainment areas, neat alcohol fuels in ozone nonattainment areas, and compressed natural gas in both carbon monoxide and ozone nonattainment areas.

What's happening now June 1, 1989

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

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