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HCONRES 256 106th Congress House Energy Administrative procedure Agriculture and Food Alcohol as fuel Energy security Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency Farm income Government Operations and Politics Illinois Law Local laws Motor vehicle pollution control Oxygenates Reformulated gasoline State laws Transportation and Public Works Water pollution control

Expressing the sense of Congress with regard to the use of reformulated gasoline fuels, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 29, 2000 See on congress.gov
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Mar 2, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Feb 29, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
Feb 29, 2000
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Federal government should: (1) promote the continued use of renewable ethanol in the Chicago reformulated gasoline market and in other reformulated gasoline areas as a means of enhancing energy security and supporting farm income; (2) allow State and local governments the option of limiting the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) as an oxygenate until those governments are certain that MTBE will not harm their environments; and (3) require the Environmental Protection Agency to revise the Phase II reformulated gasoline regulations under the Clean Air Act to allow ethanol to remain a viable oxygenate within the Act's reformulated gasoline program.
What's happening now March 2, 2000

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jul 19, 2000
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Apr 12, 2000
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Feb 29, 2000
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 256: Expressing the sense of Congress with regard to the use of reformulated gasoline fuels, and for other purposes.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HCONRES-256/
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"H. Con. Res. 256: Expressing the sense of Congress with regard to the use of reformulated gasoline fuels, and for other purposes.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HCONRES-256/.
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H. Con. Res. 256, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HCONRES-256/.
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