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S 251 113th Congress Senate Energy Air quality Alternative and renewable resources Energy storage, supplies, demand Government information and archives Motor fuels

Phantom Fuel Reform Act

Introduced: February 7, 2013 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 113th Congress (2013–2014) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Feb 7, 2013
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Phantom Fuel Reform Act  - Amends the Clean Air Act to revise the renewable fuel program by requiring the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, in estimating the projected volume of cellulosic biofuel to be sold or introduced into commerce in the next year, to determine for each facility producing such biofuel during the current year: (1) the average monthly volume of biofuel produced by such facility based on the actual volume produced through October 31, and (2) the estimated annualized volume of biofuel production for such facility for the current year based on such average monthly production. Requires the estimate of cellulosic biofuel projected to be sold or introduced into commerce in the following year to equal the total of the estimated annual volumes of cellulosic biofuel production for all such facilities.

Requires (currently, authorizes) the Administrator, in any year in which the Administrator reduces the applicable volume of cellulosic biofuel required in gasoline, to also reduce the applicable volume of renewable fuel and advanced biofuels required by the same (currently, by the same or a lesser) volume.

What's happening now February 7, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 251: Phantom Fuel Reform Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-251/
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"S. 251: Phantom Fuel Reform Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-251/.
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