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HR 2037 110th Congress House Energy Alternative energy sources District of Columbia Economics and Public Finance Electric utilities Gasoline Government Operations and Politics Government lending Grants-in-aid Housing and Community Development Hydroelectric power Law Licenses Local laws Nuclear power plants State laws Water Resources Development

To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1992 to require States to meet certain goals for the use of renewable fuels, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 25, 2007 Introduced by: Kaptur, Marcy Democratic · Ohio See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 4, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture.
May 4, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
Apr 26, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Apr 25, 2007
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 25, 2007
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1992 to require each state and the District of Columba to prescribe rules and regulations to ensure that according to a specified goal schedule gasoline sales will, on an average annual basis, contain certain percentages of renewable fuel.

Cites the following sanctions for non-compliance with such schedule: (1) no permit may be issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the construction or operation of any nuclear power plant; (2) no license may be issued for the construction or operation of any hydroelectric facility; and (3) neither the Secretary of Energy, nor the Secretary of Agriculture under the Rural Utilities Program, may make any grant or loan to that state or to any of its political subdivisions, or to any entity located within it.

What's happening now May 4, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture.

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