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HOUSE 776115th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Environment.

To require that until a comprehensive study is completed, the volume of cellulosic biofuel mandated under the renewable fuel program be limited to what is commercially available, and for other purposes.

Last Action
4/25/2017

Actions

  • 2017-04-25Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
  • 2017-02-03Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
  • 2017-01-31Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, 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.
  • 2017-01-31Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, 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.
  • 2017-01-31Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, 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.
  • 2017-01-31Introduced in House
  • 2017-01-31Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2017-01-31 (00)

This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to limit the total volume of cellulosic biofuel in transportation fuel under the renewable fuel standard to what is commercially available until the EPA submits to Congress a comprehensive study on cellulosic biofuel and the environmental and economic impacts of producing such fuel.

Subjects

  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Air quality
  • Alternative and renewable resources
  • Congressional oversight
  • Energy efficiency and conservation
  • Energy prices
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
  • Environmental regulatory procedures
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Motor fuels
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