The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) has been involved in shaping public policy related to the increased production and use of domestically produced ethanol since 1981. The RFA serves as a vital link between the industry and the federal government, including the U.S. Congress, the Administration, and regulatory agencies.
This web page includes a wealth of information on advocacy, issues and the federal policymaking process. Below you will find a list of ethanol-related bills introduced in the 110th Congress. For more information on a specific bill, please visit
, the source of Congressional Legislative Information. We have also included links to the House and Senate web sites in the buttons on the right, where you can access legislative schedules, committee information and Member home pages.
Find out if your Member of Congress participates in the
. The caucus represents a strong coalition of Members supporting efforts to promote growth in the U.S. ethanol and biodiesel industries.
| S. 3485 |
Harkin, IA |
A bill to require manufacturers to increase the percentage of automobiles manufactured for sale within the United States that are capable of operating on higher-level blends of renewable fuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel, in combination with gasoline or diesel fuel. |
Pending in the Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee 9/12/08. |
| S. 3478 |
Baucus, MT |
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for the production of energy, to provide transportation and domestic fuel security, and to provide incentives for energy conservation and energy efficiency, and for other purposes. |
Pending in the Senate Finance Committee 9/11/08. |
| S. 3303 |
Brownback, KS |
A bill to require automobile manufacturers to ensure that not less than 80 percent of the automobiles manufactured or sold in the United States by each manufacturer to operate on fuel mixtures containing 85 percent ethanol, 85 percent methanol, or biodiesel.
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Pending in the Senate
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 7/22/08. |
| S. 3126 |
Coleman, MN |
A bill to provide for the development of certain traditional and alternative energy resources, and for other purposes. |
Pending in the Senate Finance Committee 6/12/08. |
| S. 3025 |
Thune, SD |
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against tax for the purchase of a flexible fuel vehicle.
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Pending in the Senate Finance Committee 5/15/08. |
| S. 3036 |
Boxer, CA |
A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases, and for other purposes.
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Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate 5/22/08. |
| S. 2558 |
Thune, SD |
A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to modify a definition. |
Pending in the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee 1/25/08. |
| S. 2306 |
Dorgan, ND |
A bill to encourage and facilitate the use of renewable fuel in the United States.
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Pending in the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee 11/5/07. |
| S. 2202 |
Obama, IL |
A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to increase the renewable content of gasoline, and for other purposes. |
Pending in the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee 10/18/07. |
| S. 1766 |
Bingaman, NM |
A bill to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the production and use of energy, and for other purposes. |
Pending in the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee 7/11/07. |
| S. 1491 |
Klobuchar, MN |
A bill to amend the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to provide grants for the installation of E-85 fuel infrastructure, and for other purposes. |
Pending in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee 5/24/07. |
| S. 36 |
Thune, SD |
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act to establish a biofuels promotion program to promote sustainable production of biofuels and biomass, and for other purposes. |
Pending in the Senate Agriculture Committee 5/23/07. |
| S. 1297 |
Boxer, CA |
A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to promote the use of advanced clean fuels that help reduce air and water pollution and protect the environment. |
Pending in Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works 5/3/07. |
| S. 1324 |
Obama, IL |
A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuel sold in the United States. |
Pending in Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works 5/7/07. |
| S. 1158 |
Inhofe, OK |
A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to increase the use of renewable and alternative fuel, and for other purposes.
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Pending in Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works 4/19/07. |
| S. 1106 |
Thune, SD |
A bill to extend the additional duty on ethanol, to require an investigation into certain ethanol imports, and for other purposes. |
Pending in Senate Committee on Finance 4/12/07.
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| S. 1007 |
Lugar, IN |
A bill to direct the Secretary of State to work with the Government of Brazil and other foreign governments to develop partnerships that will strengthen diplomatic relations and energy security by accelerating the development of biofuels production, research, and infrastructure to alleviate poverty, create jobs, and increase income, while improving energy security and protecting the environment.
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Pending in Senate Committee on Foreign Relations 3/28/07.
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| S. 987 |
Bingaman, NM |
A bill to enhance the energy security of the United States by promoting biofuels and for other purposes. |
Pending in Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held 4/12/07.
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| S. 875 |
Dorgan, ND |
A bill to improve energy security of the United States through a 50 percent reduction in the oil intensity of the economy of the United States by 2030 and the prudent expansion of secure oil supplies, to be achieved by raising the fuel efficiency of the vehicular transportation fleet, increasing the availability of alternative fuel sources, fostering responsible oil exploration and production, and improving international arrangements to secure the global oil supply, and for other purposes.
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Pending in Senate Committee on Finance 3/14/07.
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| S. 859 |
Harkin, IA |
A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to award funds to study the feasibility of constructing dedicated ethanol pipelines to increase the energy, economic, and environmental security of the United States, and for other purposes.
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Pending in Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 3/13/07. |
| S. 701 |
Clinton, NY |
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a temporary oil profit fee and to use the proceeds of the fee collected to provide a Strategic Energy Fund and expand certain energy tax incentives, and for other purposes.
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Pending in Senate Committee on Finance 2/28/07.
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| S. 426 |
Nelson, NE |
A bill to provide that all funds collected from the tariff on imports of ethanol be invested in the research, development, and deployment of biofuels, especially cellulosic ethanol produced from biomass feedstocks.
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Pending in Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 1/29/07. |
| S. 386 |
Chambliss, GA |
A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to require a higher volume of renewable fuel derived from cellulosic biomass, and for other purposes.
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Pending in Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works 1/24/07. |
| S. 339 |
Bayh, IN |
A bill to promote the national security and stability of the United States economy by reducing the dependence of the United States on oil through the use of alternative fuels and new technology, and for other purposes.
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Pending in Senate Committee on Finance 1/18/07.
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| S. 331 |
Thune, SD |
A bill to provide grants from moneys collected from violations of the corporate average fuel economy program to be used to expand infrastructure necessary to increase the availability of alternative fuels.
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Pending in Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 1/18/07. |
| S. 193 |
Lugar, IN |
A bill to increase cooperation on energy issues between the United States Government and foreign governments and entities in order to secure the strategic and economic interests of the United States, and for other purposes.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar No. 116 under General Orders 4/12/07.
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| S. 167 |
Boxer, CA |
A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to require the Secretary of Energy to provide grants to eligible entities to carry out research, development, and demonstration projects of cellulosic ethanol and construct infrastructure that enables retail gas stations to dispense cellulosic ethanol for vehicle fuel to reduce the consumption of petroleum-based fuel.
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Pending in Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works 1/4/07. |
| S. 162 |
Lugar, IN |
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the alcohol credit and the alternative fuel credit, to amend the Clean Air Act to promote the installation of fuel pumps for E-85 fuel, to amend title 49 of the United States Code to require the manufacture of dual fueled automobiles, and for other purposes.
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Pending in Senate Committee on Finance 1/4/07. |
| S. 133 |
Obama, IL |
A bill to promote the national security and stability of the economy of the United States by reducing the dependence of the United States on oil through the use of alternative fuels and new technology, and for other purposes.
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Pending in Senate Committee on Finance 1/4/07.
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| S. 23 |
Harkin, IA |
A bill to promote renewable fuel and energy security of the United States, and for other purposes.
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Pending in Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 1/4/07.
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| H.R. 6899 |
Rahall, WV |
A bill
to advance the national security interests of the United States by reducing its dependency on oil through renewable and clean, alternative fuel technologies while building a bridge to the future through expanded access to Federal oil and natural gas resources, revising the relationship between the oil and gas industry and the consumers who own those resources and deserve a fair return from the development of publicly owned oil and gas, ending tax subsidies for large oil and gas companies, and facilitating energy efficiencies in the building, housing, and transportation sectors, and for other purposes. |
Passed the House 9/16/08. Pending in the Senate. |
| H.R. 6692 |
Boswell, IA |
A bill
to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide loan guarantees for projects to construct renewable fuel pipelines, and for other purposes. |
Pending in the House Energy & Commerce and Transportation & Infrastructure Committees 7/31/08. |
| H.R. 6734 |
Herseth Sandlin, SD |
A bill
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage increased access to alternative fuels. |
Pending in the House Ways & Means Committee 7/31/08. |
| H.R. 6559 |
Engel, NY |
To require automobile manufacturers to ensure that not less that 80 percent of the automobiles manufactured or sold in the United States by each such manufacturer to operate on fuel mixtures containing 85 percent ethanol, 85 percent methanol, or biodiesel. |
Pending in the House Energy & Commerce Committee 7/22/08. |
| H.R. 6324 |
Udall, CO |
A bill
to facilitate the importation of ethanol. |
Pending in the House Ways & Means Committee 6/19/08. |
| H.R. 6137 |
Shadegg, AZ |
A bill
to remove the additional tariff on ethanol. |
Pending in the House Ways & Means Committee 5/22/08. |
| H.R. 6136 |
Burgess, TX |
A bill
to amend the Clean Air Act to authorize the President to waive any requirement for an applicable volume of renewable fuels if he finds that the applicable volume is not technologically feasible or that the fuel concerned is not commercially available in the required volume.
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Pending in the House Energy & Commerce Committee 5/22/08. |
| H.R. 6134 |
Barton, TX |
A bill to
restore certain fuels provisions enacted by section 1501 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and for other purposes.
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Pending in the House Energy & Commerce and Ways & Means Committees 5/22/08. |
| H.R. 6049 |
Rangel, NY |
A bill to
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes. |
Passed by the House 5/21/08. Pending in the Senate. |
| H.R. 5911 |
Flake (AZ) |
To repeal certain incentives and subsidies for renewable fuels. |
Pending in the House Ways & Meand and Energy & Commerce Committees 4/29/08. |
| H.R. 5437 |
Ross, AR |
A bill to
promote alternative and renewable fuels, domestic energy production, conservation, and efficiency, to increase American energy independence, and for other purposes. |
Pending in the House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee 2/29/08. |
H.R. 5351
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Rangel, NY |
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the production of renewable energy and energy conservation. |
Passed by the House. Pending in the Senate Finance Committee 2/28/07. |
| H.R. 6 |
Pelosi, CA |
Energy Independence and Security Act. |
Signed into law 12/19/07. |
| H.R. 3221 |
Pelosi, CA |
A bill moving the United States toward greater energy independence and security, developing innovative new technologies, reducing carbon emissions, creating green jobs, protecting consumers, increasing clean renewable energy production, and modernizing our energy infrastructure. |
Passed the House 8/4/07. |
| H.R. 2776 |
Rangel, NY |
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the production of renewable energy and energy conservation. |
Passed by the House 8/4/07 and appended to H.R. 3221. |
| H.R. 2419 |
Peterson, MN |
A bill to provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes. |
The House and Senate passed H.R. 2419 over veto, enacting 14 of 15 farm bill titles into law. On 5/22/2008 the House passed H.R. 6124, a new bill containing 15 farm bill titles. |
| H.R. 872 |
Braley, IA |
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make competitive grants to community colleges and advanced technology education centers partnering with community colleges to support the education and training of technicians in the fields of bioenergy and other agriculture-based, renewable energy resources, and for other purposes. |
Pending in the House
Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness 5/18/07. |
| H.R. 2426 |
Boswell, IA |
To require the Secretary of Energy to award funds to study the feasibility of constructing dedicated ethanol pipelines, to address technical factors that prevent transportation of ethanol in existing pipelines, and to increase the energy, economic, and environmental security of the United States, and for other purposes. |
Pending in House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee 5/22/07. |
| H.R. 2038 |
Kind, WI |
To promote biogas production, and for other purposes. |
Pending in House Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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 4/25/07.
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| H.R. 2037 |
Kaptur, OH |
To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1992 to require States to meet certain goals for the use of renewable fuels, and for other purposes.
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Pending in House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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 4/25/07.
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| H.R. 1945 |
Shays, CT |
To improve the energy efficiency of the United States.
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Pending in House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science and Technology, 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 4/19/07.
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| H.R. 1766 |
Van Hollen, MD |
To amend conservation and biofuels programs of the Department of Agriculture to promote the compatible goals of economically viable agricultural production and reducing nutrient loads in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries by assisting agricultural producers to make beneficial, cost-effective changes to cropping systems, grazing management, and nutrient management associated with livestock and poultry production, crop production, bioenergy production, and other agricultural practices on agricultural land within the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and for other purposes.
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Pending in House Committee on Agriculture 3/29/07. |
| H.R. 1300 |
Hoyer, MD |
To strengthen national security and promote energy independence by reducing the Nation's reliance on foreign oil, improving vehicle technology and efficiency, increasing the distribution of alternative fuels, bolstering rail infrastructure, and expanding access to public transit. |
Pending in House Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities 3/28/07. |
| H.R. 1186 |
Wilson, SC |
To promote global energy security through increased cooperation between the United States and India in diversifying sources of energy, stimulating development of alternative fuels, developing and deploying technologies that promote the clean and efficient use of coal, and improving energy efficiency.
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Pending in House Committee on Foreign Affairs 2/16/07. |
| H.R. 969 |
Udall, NM |
To amend title VI of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities, and for other purposes.
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Pending in House Committee on Energy and Commerce 2/8/07. |
| H.R. 931 |
Costello, IL |
To provide for the research, development, and demonstration of coal gasification technology as an energy source in ethanol production.
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Pending in House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment 2/13/07. |
| H.R. 825 |
Weller, IL |
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and expand tax incentives for renewable fuels.
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Pending in House Committee on Ways and Means 2/5/07.
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| H.R. 792 |
Weller, IL |
A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to direct the head of each Federal agency to ensure that, in areas in which ethanol-blended gasoline is reasonably available at a generally competitive price, the Federal agency purchases ethanol-blended gasoline containing at least 10 percent ethanol rather than nonethanol-blended gasoline, for use in vehicles used by the agency that use gasoline.
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Pending in House
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 1/31/07. |
| H.R. 791 |
Weller, IL |
To increase the renewable fuel content of gasoline sold in the United States by the year 2025 to 25 billion gallons, and for other purposes.
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Pending in House Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality 2/2/07. |
| H.R. 683 |
Lewis, KY |
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to promote investment in energy independence through coal to liquid technology, biomass, and oil shale.
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Pending in House Committee on Ways and Means 1/24/07. |
| H.R. 682 |
Kaptur, OH |
A bill to expand the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to include alternative fuels, and for other purposes. |
Pending in House Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality 2/2/07.
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| H.R. 670 |
Engel, NY |
A bill to promote the national security and stability of the United States economy by reducing the dependence of the United States on foreign oil through the use of alternative fuels and new vehicle technologies, and for other purposes.
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Pending in House Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality 2/2/07. |
| H.R. 635 |
Upton, MI |
A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to require that, after the year 2012, all gasoline sold to consumers in the United States for motor vehicles contain not less than 10 percent renewable fuel, and for other purposes.
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Pending in House Committee on Energy and Commerce 1/23/07. |
| H.R. 604 |
Hayes, NC |
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the incentives for E-85 fuel vehicle refueling property.
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Pending in House Committee on Ways and Means 1/22/07. |
| H.R. 570 |
Rogers, MI |
A bill to provide grants from moneys collected from violations of the corporate average fuel economy program to be used to expand infrastructure necessary to increase the availability of alternative fuels.
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Pending in House Committee on Energy and Commerce 1/18/07. |
| H.R. 559 |
Delahunt, MA |
A bill to promote renewable fuel and energy security of the United States, and for other purposes.
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Pending in House Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality 2/2/07. |
| H.R. 547 |
Gordon, TN |
A bill to facilitate the development of markets for alternative fuels and Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel fuel through research, development, and demonstration and data collection.
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Pending in Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works 2/17/07. |
| H.R. 517 |
Davis, VA |
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent certain tax incentives for alternative energy, to amend the Clean Air Act to accelerate the use of renewable fuels, and for other purposes.
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Pending in House Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality 2/2/07. |
| H.R. 395 |
Salazar, CO |
A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to require the Secretary of Energy to provide grants to eligible entities to carry out research, development, and demonstration projects of cellulosic ethanol and construct infrastructure that enables retail gas stations to dispense cellulosic ethanol for vehicle fuel to reduce the consumption of petroleum-based fuel.
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Pending in House Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality 2/2/07.
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| H.R. 349 |
Kline, MN |
A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to require all gasoline sold for use in motor vehicles to contain 10 percent renewable fuel in the year 2010 and thereafter, and for other purposes.
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Pending in House Committee on Energy and Commerce 1/9/07. |
| H.R. 277 |
Cleaver, MO |
A bill to prohibit the use of amounts in a Members' Representational Allowance to provide any vehicle which does not use alternative fuels.
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Pending in House Committee on House Administration 1/5/07. |
| H.R. 196 |
Pomeroy, ND |
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent certain tax incentives for ethanol and biodiesel used as a fuel, and for other purposes.
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Pending in House Committee on Ways and Means 1/4/07. |
| H.R. 182 |
Lofgren, CA |
A bill t o amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an excise tax on automobiles sold in the United States that are not alternative fueled automobiles, and for other purposes.
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Pending in House Committee on Ways and Means 1/4/07. |
| H.R. 86 |
Biggert, IL |
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand and extend the incentives for alternative fuel vehicles and refueling property and to repeal the oil and gas production incentives added by the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
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Pending in House Committee on Ways and Means 1/4/07. |
| H.R. 80 |
Bartlett, MD |
To provide for Federal research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities to enable the development of farms that are net producers of both food and energy, and for other purposes. |
Pending in House Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research 3/2/07.
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| H.R. 6 |
Rahall, WV |
A bill to reduce our Nation's dependency on foreign oil by investing in clean, renewable, and alternative energy resources, promoting new emerging energy technologies, developing greater efficiency, and creating a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve to invest in alternative energy, and for other purposes.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 9 1/22/07. |
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