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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 2298
To amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate the corn ethanol mandate for
renewable fuel.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 25, 2019
Mr. TOOMEY (for himself, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, and Ms. COLLINS) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on En-
vironment and Public Works
A BILL
To amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate the corn ethanol
mandate for renewable fuel.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restore Environmental
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Sustainability To Our Renewable Energy Act’’ or the
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‘‘RESTORE Act’’.
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SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF CORN ETHANOL MANDATE FOR
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RENEWABLE FUEL.
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(a) REMOVAL OF TABLE.—Section 211(o)(2)(B)(i) of
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the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(2)(B)(i)) is amend-
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ed by striking subclause (I).
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(b)
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section
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211(o)(2)(B) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
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7545(o)(2)(B)) is amended—
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(1) in clause (i)—
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(A)
by
redesignating
subclauses
(II)
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through (IV) as subclauses (I) through (III),
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respectively;
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(B) in subclause (I) (as so redesignated),
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by striking ‘‘of the volume of renewable fuel re-
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quired under subclause (I),’’; and
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(C) in subclauses (II) and (III) (as so re-
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designated), by striking ‘‘subclause (II)’’ each
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place it appears and inserting ‘‘subclause (I)’’;
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and
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(2) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘clause (i)(IV)’’
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and inserting ‘‘clause (i)(III)’’.
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(c) ADMINISTRATION.—Nothing in this section or the
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amendments made by this section affects the volumes of
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advanced biofuel, cellulosic biofuel, or biomass-based diesel
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that are required under section 211(o) of the Clean Air
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Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)).
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