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S. 3428: Renewable Fuel Standard Flexibility Act

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S. 3428: Renewable Fuel Standard Flexibility Act

112th Congress · introduced 2012-07-24 · Energy · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5307)

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2012-07-24 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5307) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Renewable Fuel Standard Flexibility Act

Plain summary

Renewable Fuel Standard Flexibility Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): (1) by November 30 each year, to determine and publish the estimated U.S. corn stocks-to-use ratio for the applicable crop year; and (2) to waive the renewable fuel program's requirements for the next calendar year by reducing the national quantity of renewable fuel otherwise required by specified amounts based on the ratio determined. Prohibits: (1) waivers granted under this Act from affecting the volume of advanced biofuel under such program, or (2) the Administrator from allowing any volume of conventional biofuel to be used to satisfy the requirement for advanced biofuel.

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Official text

Renewable Fuel Standard Flexibility Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] · 2 cosponsors

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John Boozman (R-AR)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-s3428 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112