HR 105 (LSB 5869YH (5) 86)

HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 105

BY  KAUFMANN, HEIN, and GRASSLEY

A Resolution supporting the federal Renewable Fuel Standard through 2022.

   WHEREAS, in accordance with the federal Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub. L. No. 109-58, as amended by the federal Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, Pub. L. No. 110-140, the United States has demonstrated its commitment to the long-term policy of increasing the domestic production of clean renewable fuels according to a renewable fuel standard, referred to as the “RFS”; and
   WHEREAS, the RFS is the one of the single most successful energy policies in our nation’s history; and
   WHEREAS, the RFS is a federal policy that requires a minimum percentage of motor fuel sold in our nation to contain renewable fuels; and
   WHEREAS, under the RFS, renewable fuels have access to a retail market in the face of a vertically integrated petroleum market; and
   WHEREAS, the RFS represents a congressional promise to American biofuels producers, farmers, communities, and investors that the blend levels of the RFS will increase each year through 2022; and
   WHEREAS, this congressional policy supporting the RFS will continue to build the long-term capacity of the renewable fuels industry and will encourage the development of new types of clean fuels; and
   WHEREAS, the RFS helps support over 73,000 jobs in agriculture, biofuels production, and associated businesses in Iowa; and
   WHEREAS, the renewable fuels industry in Iowa helps pay $5 billion in wages annually to this state’s employment force; and
   WHEREAS, renewable fuels create additional markets for Iowa farmers with more than 47 percent of Iowa’s corn supply supporting ethanol production; NOW THEREFORE,

   BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That the Iowa House of Representatives calls upon the Congress of the United States, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the President of the United States, and this country’s future President of the United States and administration, to continue to support the RFS through 2022 in order to encourage American energy production and to strengthen rural communities; and

   BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution be sent to the President of the United States, the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the President and Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker and Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, and to the members of Iowa’s congressional delegation.