H.R. 190: LEVEL Act
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H.R. 190: LEVEL Act
117th Congress · introduced 2021-01-05 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2021-01-05 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
LEVEL Act
Plain summary
Leave Ethanol Volumes at Existing Levels Act or the LEVEL Act This bill revises the renewable fuel program, including the renewable fuel standard (RFS). Under current law, the RFS specifies the minimum volume of renewable fuel, such as ethanol, that must be contained in gasoline sold in the United States. The RFS annually increases until 2022 when a minimum of 36 billion gallons of renewable fuel must be blended into gasoline. The bill decreases the volume of renewable fuel that must be contained in gasoline to 7.5 billion gallons each year. The bill also revises the RFS to eliminate separate volume requirements for the following renewable fuel categories: advanced biofuels, cellulosic biofuel, and biomass-based diesel. In addition, the bill revises requirements concerning waivers from the program. Petitions for waivers from requirements under the renewable fuel program may not be brought by a person who is subject to the requirements of the program, nor by the EPA on its own motion. The EPA may not authorize the sale of gasoline that contains greater than 10% ethanol, unless the gasoline was registered under the program and lawfully sold in the United States before this bill's enactment. The EPA must study the effects of gasoline that contains greater than 10% ethanol, including the effects on consumer products, such as nonroad vehicles.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] · 1 cosponsors
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Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX)
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- Authorization
- A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
- Bill
- A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr190.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>
Record fed-us-cong117-hr190 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117