S 3031
110th Congress
Senate
Environmental Protection
Alcohol as fuel
Alternative energy sources
Motor vehicle pollution control
Standards
Transportation and Public Works
A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to limit the use of ethanol to meet the renewable fuel standard, and for other purposes.
Introduced: May 19, 2008
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 19, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
May 19, 2008
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Clean Air Act to require the applicable volume of ethanol derived from corn starch in renewable fuel for the years 2006 through 2022 to not exceed nine billion gallons.
Requires the renewable fuel regulations to impose penalties for failures to comply with advanced biofuel, cellulosic biofuel, and biomass-based diesel standards.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Committees of jurisdiction
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