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HR 5911 110th Congress House Energy Alcohol as fuel Environmental Protection Excise tax Foreign Trade and International Finance Imports Income tax Motor vehicle pollution control Reformulated gasoline Standards Tariff Tax credits Taxation Transportation and Public Works

RIPE Act of 2008

Introduced: April 29, 2008 See on congress.gov
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Apr 30, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Apr 29, 2008
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 29, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Remove Incentives for Producing Ethanol Act of 2008 or the RIPE Act of 2008 - Amends the Clean Air Act to repeal the renewable fuel standard.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to terminate the excise tax credit for alcohol fuel mixtures and the income tax credit for alcohol used as fuel.

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for the duty free treatment for ethyl alcohol or a mixture containing ethyl alcohol if it is to be used as fuel. Applies such treatment to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouses for consumption, on or after the 15th day after this Act's enactment.

What's happening now April 30, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · May 1, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5911: RIPE Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5911/
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"H.R. 5911: RIPE Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5911/.
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H.R. 5911, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5911/.
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