,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cchj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #ad1 
#bjba,ms4 ,klobuchar 7for herself1 ,mr4 
,grassley1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1 and ,ms4    
,ernst7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,environment and ,public 
,works  ,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 paragraph 7#b7 of      
section #baa7o7 of the ,clean ,air ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #gede7o771 or any        
renewable fuel obligation or applicable 

percentage determined under paragraph   
7#c7 of that section1 that has already  
been finalized for a calendar year4