A bill to encourage the use of alcohol in motor vehicle fuels by requiring certain retailers to make alcohol-blended fuels available for sale, by allowing the rapid amortization of facilities producing alcohol for use in motor vehicle fuels, and by exempting alcohol-blended fuels from certain requirements of the Clean Air Act.
Alcohol Fuel Encouragement Act of 1979 - Requires gasoline stations, within three years of the passage of this Act, to sell a mixture of gasoline and alcohol in the same manner as they sell gasoline. Imposes a civil penalty for violations of such requirement. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow rapid amortization of facilities producing alcohol for use as a fuel in motor vehicles. Amends the Clean Air Act with respect to the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate the use of alcohol as a fuel additive.
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
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