[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6071 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6071

 To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
from retroactively reducing certain determinations under the Renewable 
                 Fuel Program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 23, 2021

Mrs. Hinson (for herself, Ms. Craig, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. 
     Kind, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. 
Fortenberry, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Bost, Mr. Feenstra, Mrs. Axne, Mr. 
  Baird, Mrs. Fischbach, Mr. LaTurner, and Mr. LaHood) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
from retroactively reducing certain determinations under the Renewable 
                 Fuel Program, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Defend the Blend Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST RETROACTIVE REDUCTIONS OF DETERMINATIONS 
              UNDER THE RENEWABLE FUEL PROGRAM.

    The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may not 
reduce any applicable volume determined under subsection (o)(2) of 
section 211 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545), or any renewable 
fuel obligation or applicable percentage determined under subsection 
(o)(3) of such section, that has already been finalized for any 
calendar year.
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