[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1962 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1962
To provide increased funding and opportunities to achieve national,
long-term production goals for sustainable aviation fuel, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 13, 2023
Mr. Warnock (for himself, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Ossoff, and Mr. Brown)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
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A BILL
To provide increased funding and opportunities to achieve national,
long-term production goals for sustainable aviation fuel, 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 ``Advancing Aviation Emissions
Reduction Opportunities Act'' or the ``AAERO Act''.
SEC. 2. ALTERNATIVE FUEL AND LOW-EMISSION AVIATION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Section 40007 of Public Law 117-169 (49 U.S.C.
44504 note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (5) as
paragraphs (4) through (7), respectively;
(B) by redesignating paragraph (1) as paragraph
(2);
(C) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as
redesignated by subparagraph (B)), the following:
``(1) the importance of using grants to assist with capital
expenditures for facilities deploying technologies that are
scalable and can help meet national long-term sustainable
aviation fuel production goals established under the
Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge Memorandum;''; and
(D) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as
redesignated by subparagraph (B)), the following:
``(3) the capacity of the project to scale to help meet
national long-term sustainable aviation fuel production goals
established under the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge
Memorandum;'';
(2) in subsection (c)--
(A) by striking ``shall be 75 percent'' and
inserting ``shall not exceed 75 percent'';
(B) by striking ``shall increase to 90 percent''
and inserting ``may be increased to 90 percent''; and
(C) by inserting ``, and requests an increase in
the Federal share'' before the period;
(3) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:
``(d) Lifecycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Percentage.--For
purposes of subsection (e)(6)(C), the term ```lifecycle greenhouse gas
emissions reduction percentage''' means, with respect to any
sustainable aviation fuel, the percentage reduction in lifecycle
greenhouse gas emissions achieved by such fuel as compared with
petroleum-based jet fuel, as defined in accordance with any one or more
of the following:
``(1) The most recent Carbon Offsetting and Reduction
Scheme for International Aviation which has been adopted by the
International Civil Aviation Organization with the agreement of
the United States.
``(2) The most recent version of the Argonne National
Laboratory Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy
use in Technologies (GREET) model, as determined by the
Secretary of Energy.
``(3) Any similar methodology which satisfies the criteria
under section 211(o)(1)(H) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7545(o)(1)(H)), as in effect on the date of enactment of this
section, including the methodology established by the
Environmental Protection Agency under subpart M of part 80 of
title 40, Code of Federal Regulations.'';
(4) in subsection (e)--
(A) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4), and
inserting the following;
``(3) Lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions.--Subject to
subsection (d), the term `lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions'
means the aggregate quantity of greenhouse gas emissions
(including direct emissions and significant indirect emissions
such as significant emissions from land use changes) related to
the full fuel lifecycle, including all stages of fuel and
feedstock production and distribution, from feedstock
generation or extraction through the distribution and delivery
and use of the finished fuel to the ultimate consumer, where
the mass values for all greenhouse gases are adjusted to
account for their relative global warming potential.'';
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as
paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively;
(C) in paragraph (4)(B) (as redesignated by
subparagraph (B)), by striking ``increase utilization''
and inserting ``develop, demonstrate, apply, or produce
sustainable aviation fuel that is likely to result in
the increased utilization''; and
(D) by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the
following:
``(6) Sustainable aviation fuel.--The term ```sustainable
aviation fuel''' means liquid fuel, the portion of which is not
kerosene, which--
``(A) meets the requirements of--
``(i) ASTM International Standard D7566; or
``(ii) the co-processing provisions of ASTM
International Standard D1655, Annex A1 (or such
successor standard);
``(B) is not derived from palm fatty acid
distillates or petroleum; and
``(C) in accordance with subsection (d), achieves a
lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions reduction percentage
of at least 50 percent.
``(7) Sustainable aviation fuel grand challenge
memorandum.--The term `Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand
Challenge Memorandum' means the Memorandum of Understanding
among the Department of Energy, the Department of
Transportation, and the Department of Agriculture (relating to
launching a government-wide Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand
Challenge (the Grand Challenge) to reduce the cost, enhance the
sustainability, and expand the production and use of
Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) that achieves a minimum of a 50
percent reduction in lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
compared to conventional fuel to meet a goal of supplying
sufficient SAF to meet 100 percent of aviation fuel demand by
2050), signed on September 8, 2021.''; and
(5) by adding at the end the following:
``(f) Additional Funding.--In addition to the amounts appropriated
under subsection (a), there is authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary for fiscal year 2024, to remain available until expended--
``(1) $489,258,000 for projects described in subsection
(a)(1);
``(2) $209,682,000 for projects described in subsection
(a)(2); and
``(3) $4,060,000 to carry out subsection (a)(3).''.
(b) Retroactive Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection
(a) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 40007
of Public Law 117-169.
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