,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fjga  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #bc1       
#bjba,mrs4 ,hinson 7for herself1 ,ms4   
,craig1 ,mr4 ,rodney ,davis of          
,illinois1 ,mr4 ,kind1 ,mr4 ,johnson of 
,south ,dakota1 ,mr4 ,smith of          
,nebraska1 ,mr4 ,fortenberry1 ,mrs4     
,miller-,meeks1 ,mr4 ,bost1 ,mr4        
,feenstra1 ,mrs4 ,axne1 ,mr4 ,baird1    
,mrs4 ,fischbach1 ,mr4 ,la,turner1 and  
,mr4 ,la,hood7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to prohibit the ,administrator 
of the ,environmental ,protection       
,agency from retroactively reducing     
certain determinations under the        
,renewable ,fuel ,program1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,defend the ,blend  
,act4  #b4 ,prohibition against         
retroactive reductions of determinations
 under the ,renewable ,fuel ,program    
,the ,administrator of the              

,environmental ,protection ,agency may  
not reduce any applicable volume        
determined under subsection 7o77#b7 of  
section #baa of the ,clean ,air ,act    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #gede71 or any renewable 
fuel obligation or applicable percentage
 determined under subsection 7o77#c7 of 
such section1 that has already been     
finalized for any calendar year4