H.R. 7484 · 117th Congress

Food before Fuel Act

Introduced on Apr 7, 2022 by Tom Rice (R-SC-7). 2 cosponsors, 2 of them from another party. Latest action (Apr 8, 2022): Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Apr 7, 2022
Cosponsors
2
2 from the other party
Policy area
Energy
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate the corn ethanol mandate for renewable fuel.

Subjects

  • Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
  • Air quality
  • Alternative and renewable resources
  • Cardiovascular and respiratory health
  • Conflicts and wars
  • Economic performance and conditions
  • Emergency medical services and trauma care
  • Environmental Protection
  • Environmental regulatory procedures
  • Europe
  • Food supply, safety, and labeling
  • Infectious and parasitic diseases
  • Inflation and prices
  • Military operations and strategy
  • Motor fuels
  • Nutrition and diet
  • Russia
  • Ukraine

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Apr 7, 2022). Public domain.

Food before Fuel Act

This bill revises the renewable fuel program to eliminate the annual renewable fuel standard.

The existing standard requires 36 billion gallons of renewable fuel that is produced from renewable biomass to be blended into transportation fuel by 2022. The renewable fuel standard includes fuels that are produced from renewable biomass, such as corn.

The bill would not affect the standards under the program for advanced biofuel, cellulosic biofuel, or biomass-based diesel.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Tom RiceR-SC-7Sponsor

Democrats · 2

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History

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  1. Apr 7, 2022Introduced in House
  2. Apr 7, 2022Introduced in House
  3. Apr 7, 2022 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  4. Apr 8, 2022 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

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  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
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  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.