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HR 3773 112th Congress House

Domestic Alternative Fuels Act of 2012

Official title: To amend the Renewable Fuel Program in section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act to allow domestic alternative fuel to be used to satisfy a portion of the required applicable volume of renewable fuel.

Introduced: January 17, 2012 See on congress.gov
Environmental Protection Air qualityAlternative and renewable resourcesMotor fuels
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Jan 20, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Jan 17, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jan 17, 2012
Introduced in House
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 Latest action January 20, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Domestic Alternative Fuels Act of 2012 - Amends the Clean Air Act to revise the Renewable Fuel Program to: (1) provide that the applicable volume of renewable fuel required in transportation fuel sold or introduced into commerce in the United States for 2012 through 2022 shall apply in the aggregate to renewable fuel and domestic alternative fuel; and (2) define "domestic alternative fuel" as ethanol that is produced from domestic fossil fuels other than petroleum and that is used to replace or reduce the quantity of petroleum present in a transportation fuel.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 2 Republican 1
R
Crawford, Eric A. "Rick"
Arkansas · Sep 14, 2012
MATHESON, JIM
· May 18, 2012
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Feb 29, 2012
HALL, RALPH
· Feb 13, 2012
Marchant, Kenny
· Feb 13, 2012
Poe, Ted
· Feb 13, 2012
ROSS, MIKE
· Feb 13, 2012
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Jan 17, 2012
GONZALEZ, CHARLES
· Jan 17, 2012
GREEN, GENE
· Jan 17, 2012
PITTS, JOSEPH
· Jan 17, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3773: Domestic Alternative Fuels Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3773/
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"H.R. 3773: Domestic Alternative Fuels Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3773/.
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H.R. 3773, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3773/.
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