To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to expedite research at the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency on the viability of the use of higher ethanol blends at the service station pump.
What it does: Adds SEC. 2___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO EXPEDITE RESEARCH ON VIABILITY OF USE OF HIGHER ETHANOL BLENDS AT SERVICE STATION PUMP at the appropriate place in title IIAdds SEC. 2___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO EXPEDITE RESEARCH ON VIABILITY OF USE OF HIGHER ETHANOL BLENDS AT SERVICE STATION PUMP at the appropriate place in title II
Adds a sectionInserted: SEC. 2___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO EXPEDITE RESEARCH ON VIABILITY OF USE OF HIGHER ETHANOL BLENDS AT SERVICE STATION PUMP.
Inserted: (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution by the amounts provided by a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that would expedite research at the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency on the viability of the use of higher ethanol blends at the service station pump.
Inserted: (b) Deficit Neutrality.--Subsection (a) applies only if the legislation described in subsection (a) would not increase the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2019.
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At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:
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At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:
SEC. 2___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO EXPEDITE RESEARCH ON VIABILITY OF USE OF HIGHER ETHANOL BLENDS AT SERVICE STATION PUMP.
(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution by the amounts provided by a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that would expedite research at the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency on the viability of the use of higher ethanol blends at the service station pump.
(b) Deficit Neutrality.--Subsection (a) applies only if the legislation described in subsection (a) would not increase the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2019.
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Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 889 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
April 2, 2009
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Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 889 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
April 2, 2009
Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 889 proposed by Senator Conrad for Senator Klobuchar.(consideration: CR S4270-4272; text: CR S4270)
April 2, 2009
Amendment SA 889 proposed by Senator Conrad for Senator Klobuchar. (consideration: CR S4270-4272; text: CR S4270) To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to expedite research at the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency on the viability of the use of higher ethanol blends at the service station pump.
April 2, 2009
Amendment SA 889 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
April 2, 2009
Senate amendment submitted
April 1, 2009