S. 1614 · 116th Congress

A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to modify the definition of "renewable biomass" under the renewable fuel program.

Stage
In committee
Sponsor
Ron Wyden
Introduced
2019-05-22
Latest action
2019-05-22 · Introduced in Senate

Summary

This bill revises the renewable fuel program to allow the use of additional types of biomass materials in making renewable fuel. Specifically, the bill allows renewable fuel to be made from (1) secondary, residual materials generated from forest products manufacturing (e.g., sawdust or wood chips); or (2) certain biomass materials obtained from federal land.