Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
This bill amends the Clean Air Act to change the EPA waiver process for Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) restrictions relating to ethanol blends (notably 10–15% ethanol blends) and adjusts which RVP limits apply in certain states.
It also requires restoration or reassignment of Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) credits for qualifying small refineries for the 2016–2018 compliance years under specific petition conditions.
Technical but politically charged; likely support from agricultural and retail interests but opposition from environmental and regulatory stakeholders reduces enactment odds.
How solid the drafting looks.
Progressives stress air-quality and EPA-authority risks
Progressives stress air-quality and EPA-authority risks
Likely skeptical or opposed.
The bill appears to weaken EPA control over vapor-pressure limitations and benefits refiners and ethanol interests, raising air-quality and public-health concerns.
Restoring RFS credits to small refineries will be viewed as a giveaway to fossil-fuel industry actors.
Mixed view.
The bill offers clearer market rules and small-refinery relief, but raises legitimate air-quality, legal, and administrative questions.
Support likely conditional on data, safeguards, and limited scope.
Generally favorable.
The bill reduces regulatory constraints on fuel blends, increases consumer and retailer choice, and returns credits to small refineries.
Seen as checking EPA overreach and supporting rural economies.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Still ahead
Technical but politically charged; likely support from agricultural and retail interests but opposition from environmental and regulatory stakeholders reduces enactment odds.
The House passed this bill. It now goes to the other chamber, and eventually to the President for signature.
The final vote on whether the bill becomes law (pending the other chamber and the President).
The attempt to send the bill back to committee failed. The bill continues moving forward.
A motion to recommit sends a bill back to committee, often as a last-ditch attempt to stop it.
Progressives stress air-quality and EPA-authority risks
Technical but politically charged; likely support from agricultural and retail interests but opposition from environmental and regulatory s…
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