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Renewable Fuels Promotion Act

Introduced: September 29, 2006 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sep 29, 2006
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Renewable Fuels Promotion Act - Amends the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act to prohibit a franchisor from restricting a franchisee from: (1) installing a renewable fuel pump on the franchisee marketing premises; (2) converting an existing tank and pump on the marketing premises of the franchisee for renewable fuel use; (3) advertising the sale of renewable fuel; or (4) selling renewable fuel in any specified area on the franchisee marketing premises.

Declares any such restriction to be null and void and unenforceable under the Act.

Prohibits a franchise-related document that requires the franchisee to sell three grades of gasoline from preventing the franchisee from selling a renewable fuel in lieu of one grade of gasoline.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to set a deadline for mandatory installation of at least one renewable fuel pump at every federal fleet fueling center in the United States.

What's happening now September 29, 2006

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2812 Related bill Renewable Fuels Promotion Act
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Sep 29, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4020: Renewable Fuels Promotion Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-4020/
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"S. 4020: Renewable Fuels Promotion Act." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-4020/.
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S. 4020, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-4020/.
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