Gas PRICE Act

A bill to improve domestic fuels security.

5/24/2007--Introduced.
Gas Petroleum Refiner Improvement and Community Empowerment Act or the Gas PRICE Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to enter into a domestic fuels facility permitting agreement with a requesting state or Indian tribe under which the process for obtaining all permits necessary for construction and operation of a domestic fuels facility shall use a prescribed interdisciplinary multimedia approach.
Requires the Administrator to:
(1) conduct a research and demonstration program to evaluate the air quality benefits of ultra-clean Fischer-Tropsch transportation fuel, including diesel and jet fuel;
(2) evaluate the use of such fuel for reducing engine exhaust emissions; and
(3) submit recommendations and reports to Congress. Directs the Secretary of Energy and the Economic Development Administration to give priority to projects supportting commercial-scale cellulosic biomass ethanol projects and coal-to-liquids facilities. Directs the Secretary to make an additional award in connection with a grant made to a recipient (including any Indian tribe for use on Indian land) for a project to support a commercial-scale biomass ethanol facility or coal-to-liquid facility.
Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to appoint a task force to report to Congress on:
(1) modernization of the hydrocarbon reserves disclosures classification system of the SEC to reflect advances in reserves recovery from nontraditional sources; and
(2) creation of a renewable reserves classification system for cellulosic biofuels feedstocks.


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Sponsor

• Sen. James Inhofe [R, OK]
• and 2 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Elizabeth Dole [R, NC]
  • Sen. John Thune [R, SD]
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Committees

• Senate Environment and Public Works

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May 24, 2007

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• May 24, 2007: Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
• May 24, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6866-6867)
• Introduced on May 24, 2007.

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