S 193
117th Congress
Senate
Environmental Protection
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Motor fuels
Adopt GREET Act
Introduced: February 3, 2021
Introduced by:
Thune, John
Republican
· South Dakota
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 3, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text: S320)
Feb 3, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Adopt the Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Transportation model Act or the Adopt GREET Act
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to update the methodology used in life-cycle analyses of greenhouse gas emissions that result from the production and use of corn-based ethanol and biodiesel fuel. The EPA must update its methodology within 90 days and every five years thereafter. In the first update, the EPA must adopt the most recent Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Transportation model (commonly referred to as the GREET model) developed by Argonne National Laboratory.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text: S320)
Committees of jurisdiction
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