,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bbdb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #aa1     
#bjbc,mr4 ,casey 7for himself and ,mr4  
,coons7 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 require the ,administrator 
of the ,environmental ,protection       
,agency to make available for sale      
renewable fuel credits1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,safeguarding       
,domestic ,energy ,production and       
,independence ,act of #bjbc4  #b4       
,renewable fuel cost containment credits
  ,section #baa7o77#g7 of the ,clean    
,air ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #gede7o77#g77  
is amended by adding at the end the     
following3  7,g7 ,conventional biofuel  
7i7 ,conventional biofuel waiver credits
  7,i7 ,in general ,the ,administrator  
shall make available for sale renewable 
fuel credits to any person with a       

renewable volume obligation under       
paragraph 7#b7 at a price of not more   
than #j4bj per credit4  7,,ii7          
,adjustments for inflation ,as          
determined appropriate by the           
,administrator1 the price referred to in
 subclause 7,i7 shall be adjusted for   
inflation4  7ii7 ,use of credits ,a     
renewable fuel credit sold under this   
paragraph-- 7,i7 shall only be used for 
the purpose of complying with the       
requirement under paragraph 7#b7 for the
 year for which the credit was sold2 and
  7,,ii7 may not-- 7aa7 be resold or    
transferred to another person2 or  7bb7 
be used to fulfill the cellulosic       
biofuel1 biomass-based diesel1 or       
advanced biofuel requirements under     
paragraph 7#b74  7iii7 ,use of revenues 
,revenues from the sale of renewable    
fuel credits under this subparagraph    
shall be allocated in accordance with   
the following3 7,i7 #a_/c shall be made 
available to the ,administrator to      
provide grants and technical assistance 

to any person with a renewable volume   
obligation under paragraph 7#b7 and     
partners of those persons for purposes  
of supporting investments in advanced   
biofuels4  7,,ii7 #a_/c shall be made   
available to the ,secretary of          
,agriculture to provide financial and   
technical assistance to agricultural    
producers for voluntary investments in  
alternative crops and diversified       
cropping systems4  7,,iii7 #a_/c shall  
be deposited into the ,habitat and      
,wildlife ,restoration ,fund established
 by clause 7iv77,i74  7iv7 ,habitat and 
,wildlife ,restoration ,fund  7,i7      
,establishment ,there is established in 
the ,treasury a fund1 to be known as the
 ,habitat and ,wildlife ,restoration    
,fund 7referred to in this subparagraph 
as the ,fund74  7,,ii7 ,amounts ,the    
,fund shall consist of-- 7aa7 amounts   
deposited in the ,fund under clause     
7iii77,,iii72 and  7bb7 any amounts     
appropriated to the ,fund4  7,,iii7     
,uses  7aa7 ,in general ,amounts in the 

,fund shall be available1 without       
further appropriation1 to the ,secretary
 of the ,interior1 acting in            
consultation with the ,secretary of     
,agriculture1 for existing programs1 the
 purposes of which are to protect1      
conserve1 or restore the types of       
habitat and wildlife that are most      
impacted by the conversion of native    
habitat to crop production1 including   
grasslands1 wetlands1 forests1 and      
adjacent waterways in areas that have   
experienced significant expansion of    
corn and soy production since ,january  
#a1 #bjjg4  7bb7 ,agreement ,the        
,secretary of the ,interior and the     
,secretary of ,agriculture shall jointly
 enter into an agreement with the       
,national ,fish and ,wildlife           
,foundation to cooperatively manage     
amounts in the ,fund in accordance with 
the ,national ,fish and ,wildlife       
,foundation ,establishment ,act 7#af    
,u4,s4,c4 #cgja et seq474  4