,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gdhd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #g1 #bjbb,mr4 
,rice of ,south ,carolina 7for himself  
and ,ms4 ,lofgren7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,clean ,air    
,act to eliminate the corn ethanol      
mandate for renewable fuel4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,food before ,fuel ,act4  #b4 ,findings2
 sense of ,congress  7a7 ,findings      
,congress finds the following3 7#a7     
,ukraine accounts for #af percent of    
global corn exports and #ab percent of  
wheat exports4  7#b7 ,the ,united       
,states could more than compensate for  
the loss of ,ukraine's exports by       
diverting crops that are to be made into
 biofuels into food production instead4 
7#c7 ,almost #gj percent of all ,united 
,states grain production is corn1 but   
almost half is formulated into ethanol  
to drive cars and trucks4  7#d7         

,converting corn into fuel happens only 
because of a mass of ,federal           
regulations and subsidies that began    
during the ,carter administration4  7#e7
 ,while ethanol may have small          
environmental advantages over gasoline1 
the benefits are nullified by ethanol's 
toll on world food output4  7b7 ,sense  
of ,congress ,it is the sense of        
,congress that the ,federal ,government 
should not be incentivizing farmers to  
grow corn for ethanol while ,russia's   
invasion of ,ukraine is jeopardizing the
 lives of ,ukraine's citizens and is on 
track to cause a severe malnutrition    
across the world4 ,as this supply is cut
 off1 food prices which are already at  
record levels1 will increase at a time  
when the economic fallout from the      
pandemic is already harming household   
budgets1 particularly in low-income     
countries4  #c4 ,elimination of corn    
ethanol mandate for renewable fuel  7a7 
,removal of table ,section              
#baa7o77#b77;,b77i7 of the ,clean ,air  

,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4                     
#gede7o77#b77;,b77i77 is amended by     
striking subclause 7,i74  7b7           
,conforming amendments ,section         
#baa7o77#b77;,b7 of the ,clean ,air ,act
 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #gede7o77#b77;,b77 is   
amended-- 7#a7 in clause 7i7-- 7,a7 by  
redesignating subclauses 7,,ii7 through 
7,,iv7 as subclauses 7,i7 through       
7,,iii71 respectively2  7,b7 in         
subclause 7,i7 7as so redesignated71 by 
striking of the volume of renewable fuel
 required under subclause 7,i712 and    
7,c7 in subclauses 7,,ii7 and 7,,iii7   
7as so redesignated71 by striking       
subclause 7,,ii7 each place it appears  
and inserting subclause 7,i72 and  7#b7 
in clause 7v71 by striking clause       
7i77,,iv7 and inserting clause          
7i77,,iii74  7c7 ,administration        
,nothing in this section or the         
amendments made by this section affects 
the volumes of advanced biofuel1        
cellulosic biofuel1 or biomass-based    
diesel that are required under section  

#baa7o7 of the ,clean ,air ,act 7#db    
,u4,s4,c4 #gede7o774