119-s593

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 593 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 593

 To amend the Clean Air Act to modify Reid Vapor Pressure requirements 
and to provide for the return of certain retired credits, and for other 
 purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 February 13, 2025

 Mrs. Fischer (for herself, Ms. Duckworth, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Klobuchar, 
 Mr. Thune, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Moran, Mr. Marshall, Mr. 
Grassley, Ms. Ernst, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Smith, and Mr. Rounds) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
 on Environment and Public Works

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To amend the Clean Air Act to modify Reid Vapor Pressure requirements 
and to provide for the return of certain retired credits, 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 ``Nationwide Consumer and Fuel 
Retailer Choice Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. CLEAN AIR ACT AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Ethanol Waiver.--

    (1) Existing waivers.--

Section 211

    (f)

    (4) of the Clean Air 
 Act (42 U.S.C. 7545

    (f)

    (4) ) is amended--
        (A) by striking ``

    (4) The Administrator, upon'' and 
 inserting the following:
 ``

    (4) Waivers.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--The Administrator, on'';
        (B) in subparagraph
        (A) (as so designated)--
            (i) in the first sentence--
            (I) by striking ``of this 
 subsection'' each place it appears; and
            (II) by striking ``if he 
 determines'' and inserting ``if the 
 Administrator determines''; and
            (ii) in the second sentence, by striking 
 ``The Administrator'' and inserting the 
 following:
 ``
        (B) Final action.--The Administrator''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (C) Reid vapor pressure.--A fuel or fuel additive 
 may be introduced into commerce if--
 ``
            (i) 
            (I) the Administrator determines that 
 the fuel or fuel additive is substantially 
 similar to a fuel or fuel additive utilized in 
 the certification of any model year vehicle 
 pursuant to paragraph

    (1)
        (A) ; or
 ``
            (II) the fuel or fuel additive has been 
 granted a waiver under subparagraph
        (A) and 
 meets all of the conditions of that waiver 
 other than any limitation of the waiver with 
 respect to the Reid Vapor Pressure of the fuel 
 or fuel additive; and
 ``
            (ii) the fuel or fuel additive meets all 
 other applicable Reid Vapor Pressure 
 requirements under subsection

    (h) .''.

    (2) Reid vapor pressure limitation.--

Section 211

    (h) of the 
 Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545

    (h) ) is amended--
        (A) by striking ``vapor pressure'' each place it 
 appears and inserting ``Vapor Pressure'';
        (B) in paragraph

    (4) , in the matter preceding 
 subparagraph
        (A) , by striking ``10 percent'' and 
 inserting ``10 to 15 percent''; and
            (C) in paragraph

    (5)
        (A) --
            (i) by striking ``Upon notification, 
 accompanied by'' and inserting ``On receipt of 
 a notification that is submitted after the date 
 of enactment of the Nationwide Consumer and 
 Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025, and is 
 accompanied by appropriate'';
            (ii) by striking ``10 percent'' and 
 inserting ``10 to 15 percent''; and
            (iii) by adding at the end the following: 
 ``Upon the enactment of the Nationwide Consumer 
 and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025, any State 
 for which the notification from the Governor of 
 a State was submitted before the date of 
 enactment of the Nationwide Consumer and Fuel 
 Retailer Choice Act of 2025 and to which the 
 Administrator applied the Reid Vapor Pressure 
 limitation established by paragraph

    (1) shall 
 instead have the Reid Vapor Pressure limitation 
 established by paragraph

    (4) apply to all fuel 
 blends containing gasoline and 10 to 15 percent 
 denatured anhydrous ethanol that are sold, 
 offered for sale, dispensed, supplied, offered 
 for supply, transported, or introduced into 
 commerce in the area during the high ozone 
 season.''.

    (b) Generation of Credits by Small Refineries Under the Renewable 
Fuel Program.--

Section 211

    (o)

    (9) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7545

    (o)

    (9) ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``
        (E) Credits generated for 2016-2018 compliance 
 years.--
 ``
            (i) Rule.--For any small refinery 
 described in clause
            (ii) or
            (iii) , the credits 
 described in the respective clause shall be--
 ``
            (I) returned to the small 
 refinery and, notwithstanding paragraph

    (5)
            (C) , deemed eligible for future 
 compliance years; or
 ``
            (II) applied as a credit in the 
 EPA Moderated Transaction System

    (EMTS) account of the small refinery.
 ``
            (ii) Compliance years 2016 and 2017.--
 Clause
            (i) applies with respect to any small 
 refinery that--
 ``
            (I) retired credits generated for 
 compliance years 2016 or 2017; and
 ``
            (II) submitted a petition under 
 subparagraph
        (B)
            (i) for that compliance 
 year that remained outstanding as of 
 December 1, 2022.
 ``
            (iii) Compliance year 2018.--In addition 
 to small refineries described in clause
            (ii) , 
 clause
            (i) applies with respect to any small 
 refinery--
 ``
            (I) that submitted a petition 
 under subparagraph
        (B)
            (i) for 
 compliance year 2018 by September 1, 
 2019;
 ``
            (II) that retired credits 
 generated for compliance year 2018 as 
 part of the compliance demonstration of 
 the small refinery for compliance year 
 2018 by March 31, 2019; and
 ``
            (III) for which--
 ``

    (aa) the petition 
 remained outstanding as of 
 December 1, 2022; or
 ``

    (bb) the Administrator 
 denied the petition as of July 
 1, 2022, and has not returned 
 the retired credits as of 
 December 1, 2022.''.
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