Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act of 2013”.
Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act of 2013
A BILL
To amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate the corn ethanol mandate for renewable fuel, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Elimination of corn ethanol mandate for renewable fuel
Removal of table— Section 211(o)(2)(B)(i) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(2)(B)(i)) is amended by striking subclause (I).
Conforming amendments— Section 211(o)(2)(B) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(2)(B)) is amended—
in clause (i)—
by redesignating subclauses (II) through (IV) as subclauses (I) through (III), respectively;
in subclause (I) (as so redesignated), by striking “of the volume of renewable fuel required under subclause (I),”; and
in subclauses (II) and (III) (as so redesignated), by striking “subclause (II)” each place it appears and inserting “subclause (I)”; and
in clause (v), by striking “clause (i)(IV)” and inserting “clause (i)(III)”.
Administration— Nothing in this section or the amendments made by this section affects the volumes of advanced biofuel, cellulosic biofuel, or biomass-based diesel that are required under section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)).
Regulations— Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to carry out the amendments made by this section.
Effective date— The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.