,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bedj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #g1 #bjai,mr4   
,flores 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,mr4 
,womack1 and ,mr4 ,costa7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to alleviate the ethanol    
blend wall under the renewable fuel     
program1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,food and ,fuel ,consumer           
,protection ,act of #bjai4  #b4         
,alleviating ethanol blend wall ,section
 #baa7o77#c77;,b7 of the ,clean ,air    
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #gede7o77#c77;,b77  
is amended by inserting at the end the  
following3  7iii7 ,limitation  7,i7 ,in 
general ,notwithstanding the volumes    
specified in paragraph 7#b77;,b71 the   
,administrator shall not determine any  
renewable fuel obligation for a calendar
 year under this subsection that would  
result1 directly or indirectly1 in the  
introduction into commerce in the       

,united ,states of a total volume of    
ethanol contained in transportation fuel
 that is greater than #i4gj percent of  
the total volume of gasoline projected  
to be sold or introduced into commerce  
in the ,united ,states for such calendar
 year4  7,,ii7 ,estimate ,in            
implementing subclause 7,i71 the        
,administrator shall request from the   
,administrator of the ,energy           
,information ,administration1 and use   
without alteration1 an estimate1 with   
respect to the following calendar year1 
of the total volume of gasoline         
projected to be sold or introduced into 
commerce in the ,united ,states4 ,the   
,administrator of the ,energy           
,information ,administration shall      
provide such estimate to the            
,administrator by ,october #cast each   
year4  7,,iii7 ,applicability ,the      
limitation established in subclause 7,i7
 shall apply without regard to the      
available supply of credits generated in
 a prior year pursuant to paragraph     

7#e74  7,,iv7 ,presumption ,in          
implementing subclause 7,i7 for a       
calendar year1 the ,administrator shall 
not exclude commercially available      
ethanol that is cellulosic biofuel or   
advanced biofuel4  4  #c4 ,failure to   
meet deadlines ,section #baa7o77#c77;,b7
 of the ,clean ,air ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 
#gede7o77#c77;,b771 as amended by       
section #b1 is further amended by adding
 at the end the following3  7iv7        
,failure to meet deadlines ,if the      
,administrator fails to determine and   
publish the renewable fuel obligation   
with respect to the following calendar  
year in accordance with clauses 7i71    
7ii71 and 7iii71 then the renewable fuel
 obligation for such year shall be--    
7,i7 the renewable fuel obligation      
established for the most recent year for
 which such obligation was determined   
and published in the ,federal ,register 
in accordance with clause 7iii72 or     
7,,ii7 if no such obligation has been   
determined and published in accordance  

with clause 7iii71 the renewable fuel   
obligation established for the most     
recent year which otherwise meets the   
#i4gj percent limitation in clause      
7iii74  4