,,ii #aahth ,,congress #ast ,session ,s4 #agda ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,may #ah1 #bjbc,mr4 ,grassley 7for himself and ,mr4 ,cornyn7 introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,environment and ,public ,works ,a ,,bill ,to amend the ,clean ,air ,act to prohibit electric vehicle original equipment manufacturers from participating in the renewable fuel program1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,no ,fuel ,credits for ,batteries ,act of #bjbc4 #b4 ,revisions to credit program 7a7 ,amendments ,section #baa7o77#e7 of the ,clean ,air ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #gede7o77#e77 is amended-- 7#a7 in subparagraph 7,a7-- 7,a7 in clause 7ii71 by striking and at the end2 7,b7 in clause 7iii71 by striking the period at the end and inserting 2 and2 and 7,c7 by adding at the end the following3 7iv7 for the prohibition of generation of credits by electric vehicle original equipment manufacturers 7as defined in section #c7;a7 of the ,no ,fuel ,credits for ,batteries ,act of #bjbc74 2 7#b7 in subparagraph 7,b7-- 7,a7 by striking ,a person and inserting the following3 7i7 ,in general ,except as provided in clause 7ii71 a person 2 and 7,b7 by adding at the end the following3 7ii7 ,exception ,a person that is an electric vehicle original equipment manufacturer 7as defined in section #c7;a7 of the ,no ,fuel ,credits for ,batteries ,act of #bjbc7 may not1 for the purpose of complying with paragraph 7#b71 use or transfer all or a portion of the credits to another person4 2 and 7#c7 in subparagraph 7,e7-- 7,a7 by striking the period at the end and inserting 2 and2 7,b7 by striking ,administrator2 and 7ii7 for the use and inserting the following3 ,administrator2 7ii7 for the use 2 7,c7 by striking regulations providing3 7i7 for the generation and inserting the following3 regulations providing-- 7i7 for the generation 2 and 7,d7 by adding at the end the following3 7iii7 for the prohibition of the generation1 use1 or transfer of the appropriate amount of credits by electric vehicle original equipment manufacturers 7as defined in section #c7;a7 of the ,no ,fuel ,credits for ,batteries ,act of #bjbc7 for additional renewable fuel4 4 7b7 ,regulations ,not later than #ahj days after the date of enactment of this ,act1 the ,administrator of the ,environmental ,protection ,agency shall promulgate a final rule to carry out the amendments made by subsection 7a74 7c7 ,effective date ,the amendments made by subsection 7a7 take effect on ,january #a1 #bjbd4 #c4 ,ineligibility for renewable fuel standard 7a7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,administrator ,the term ,administrator means the ,administrator of the ,environmental ,protection ,agency4 7#b7 ,electric vehicle original equipment manufacturer ,the term electric vehicle original equipment manufacturer means the original equipment manufacturer of-- 7,a7 an electric light-duty vehicle2 or 7,b7 an electric light-duty truck4 7#c7 ,proposed e,r,i,n program ,the term proposed e,r,i,n program means the program governing the generation of renewable identification numbers representing renewable electricity by electric vehicle original equipment manufacturers1 as described in-- 7,a7 the proposed rule of the ,environmental ,protection ,agency entitled ,renewable ,fuel ,standard 7,,rfs7 ,program3 ,standards for #bjbc-bjbe and ,other ,changes 7#hg ,fed4 ,reg4 #hjehb 7,december #cj1 #bjbb77 7or any successor or substantially related proposal72 7,b7 the regulatory impact analysis of the ,assessment and ,standards ,division of the ,office of ,transportation and ,air ,quality of the ,environmental ,protection ,agency entitled ,draft ,regulatory ,impact ,analysis3 ,,rfs ,standards for #bjbc-bjbe and ,other ,changes1 with docket number ,,epa-,,hq-,,oar-#bjba-jdbg-jbfg1 and dated ,november #bjbb2 and 7,c7 the memorandum of the ,office of ,transportation and ,air ,quality of the ,environmental ,protection ,agency entitled ,examples of ,,rin generation under the proposed ,,rfs e,r,i,n provisions1 with docket number ,,epa-,,hq-,,oar-#bjba-jdbg-jjcb1 and dated ,november #bb1 #bjbb4 7#d7 ,renewable fuel ,the term renewable fuel has the meaning given the term in section #baa7o77#a7 of the ,clean ,air ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #gede7o77#a774 7#e7 ,renewable fuel program ,the term renewable fuel program means the renewable fuel program under section #baa7o7 of the ,clean ,air ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #gede7o774 7#f7 ,renewable identification number ,the term renewable identification number has the meaning given the term ,renewable ,identification ,number 7,,rin7 in section #hj4adja of title #dj1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations 7or a successor regulation74 7b7 ,rule required ,not later than #ahj days after the date of enactment of this ,act1 the ,administrator shall promulgate a final rule revising the regulations for carrying out the renewable fuel program that-- 7#a7 in accordance with the amendments made by section #b7;a71 makes electric vehicle original equipment manufacturers ineligible for the generation1 use1 or transfer of renewable electricity renewable identification numbers for compliance with1 or any other purpose under1 the renewable fuel program2 7#b7 withdraws the proposed e,r,i,n program2 7#c7 maintains the current equivalence value for renewable electricity as described in section #hj4adae of title #dj1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations 7as in effect on the date of enactment of this ,act72 and 7#d7 eliminates the provisions of the proposed rule described in subsection 7a77#c77;,a7 affiliated with the proposed e,r,i,n program4 7c7 ,effective date of regulations ,the final rule required under subsection 7b7 shall take effect on ,january #a1 #bjbd4 #d4 ,savings provision ,nothing in this ,act or an amendment made by this ,act limits the authority of the ,administrator of the ,environmental ,protection ,agency to approve new fuel pathways or review existing fuel pathways under the renewable fuel program under section #baa7o7 of the ,clean ,air ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #gede7o774