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H.R. 5089 117th Congress House

Next Generation Fuels Act of 2021

Official title: To promote low-carbon, high-octane fuels, to protect public health, and to improve vehicle efficiency and performance, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 16, 2022 See on congress.gov
Energy
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Aug 25, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Aug 24, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Aug 24, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Latest action August 25, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Next Generation Fuels Act of 2021

This bill supports the use of biofuels (e.g., gasoline blended with ethanol) in vehicles, including by establishing a minimum octane standard for gasoline as well as making related biofuel requirements for vehicles, their fuels, and fuel infrastructure.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 4621 Next Generation Fuels Act of 2022
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Lobbying activity 6

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • THE WAYFINDER GROUP
    for UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH · Colorado · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • THE WAYFINDER GROUP
    for UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH · Colorado · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSN
    for NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSN · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSN
    for NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSN · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSN
    for NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSN · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSN
    for NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSN · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

A filing lists the bills it worked on and the parts of government it contacted in separate sections, so these are the bodies those filers named anywhere in the filing, not a per-bill breakdown.

 Cosponsors 29
All 29 Democratic 7 Republican 14
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Flood, Mike
Nebraska · Oct 21, 2022
 D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · Sep 22, 2022
 D
Slotkin, Elissa
Michigan · Sep 9, 2022
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jul 26, 2022
 D
Craig, Angie
Minnesota · Jul 21, 2022
Hartzler, Vicky
· Apr 27, 2022
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Mar 16, 2022
 R
Fischbach, Michelle
Minnesota · Feb 11, 2022
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Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · Feb 11, 2022
 R
Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Feb 2, 2022
Kinzinger, Adam
· Jan 10, 2022
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Hinson, Ashley
Iowa · Dec 20, 2021
Kildee, Daniel
· Oct 12, 2021
RYAN, TIM
· Oct 12, 2021
Fortenberry, Jeff
· Sep 30, 2021
 R
Kustoff, David
Tennessee · Sep 27, 2021
 R
Smith, Adrian
Nebraska · Sep 27, 2021
Kahele, Kaiali'i
· Sep 24, 2021
Lawrence, Brenda
· Sep 24, 2021
 R
Baird, James R.
Indiana · Sep 3, 2021
 R
Feenstra, Randy
Iowa · Sep 3, 2021
 R
Miller-Meeks, Mariannette
Iowa · Sep 3, 2021
 R
Bost, Mike
Illinois · Aug 27, 2021
 R
McClain, Lisa C.
Michigan · Aug 27, 2021
Axne, Cynthia
· Aug 24, 2021
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Aug 24, 2021
 R
Comer, James
Kentucky · Aug 24, 2021
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LaHood, Darin
Illinois · Aug 24, 2021
 R
Smith, Jason
Missouri · Aug 24, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5089: Next Generation Fuels Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5089/
MLA
"H.R. 5089: Next Generation Fuels Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5089/.
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H.R. 5089, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5089/.
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