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H.R.2037 / 110th Congress

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.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture.

Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in House · Apr 25, 2007

Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1992 to require each state and the District of Columba to prescribe rules and regulations to ensure that according to a specified goal schedule gasoline sales will, on an average annual basis, contain certain percentages of renewable fuel.

Cites the following sanctions for non-compliance with such schedule: (1) no permit may be issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the construction or operation of any nuclear power plant; (2) no license may be issued for the construction or operation of any hydroelectric facility; and (3) neither the Secretary of Energy, nor the Secretary of Agriculture under the Rural Utilities Program, may make any grant or loan to that state or to any of its political subdivisions, or to any entity located within it.

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Who introduced it

Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] · D–OH

Committees

  • Agriculture Committee
  • Energy and Commerce Committee
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    1. Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture.

    2. Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.

    3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.

    4. Referred to the 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.

    5. Referred to the 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.

    6. Referred to the 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.

    7. Introduced in House

    8. Introduced in House

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