United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1959 (113th)
Domestic Alternative Fuels Act of 2013
Introduced
14 May 2013
Last action
17 May 2013 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Sponsors
Pete Olson, Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21], Ted Poe, GENE GREEN, Henry Cuellar, Eric Crawford, Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [D-TX-4], Tom Cole, Blake Farenthold, Rep. Griffin, Tim [R-AR-2], Bill Flores, JOE BARTON, Kurt Schrader, Filemon Vela, Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT], Tom Marino, Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19], Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
Subjects
Environment
Source updated
12 August 2025
Summary
Domestic Alternative Fuels Act of 2013 - Amends the Clean Air Act to revise the Renewable Fuel Program to: (1) provide that the applicable volume of renewable fuel required in transportation fuel sold or introduced into commerce in the United States for 2013 through 2022 shall apply in the aggregate to renewable fuel and domestic alternative fuel, and (2) define "domestic alternative fuel" as ethanol that is produced from natural gas and that is used to replace or reduce the quantity of petroleum present in a transportation fuel.
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Timeline
14 May 2013
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Source: IntroReferral
14 May 2013
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
14 May 2013
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
17 May 2013
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 14 May 2013 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 14 May 2013
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 14 May 2013
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 14 May 2013
Sponsors
- Pete Olson · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] · D · Sponsor
- Ted Poe · R · Sponsor
- GENE GREEN · D · Sponsor
- Henry Cuellar · D · Sponsor
- Eric Crawford · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [D-TX-4] · R · Sponsor
- Tom Cole · R · Sponsor
- Blake Farenthold · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Griffin, Tim [R-AR-2] · R · Sponsor
- Bill Flores · R · Sponsor
- JOE BARTON · R · Sponsor
- Kurt Schrader · D · Sponsor
- Filemon Vela · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] · D · Sponsor
- Tom Marino · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] · D · Cosponsor
- · hsif00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1959
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1959
- us · 113-hr-1959 · source updated 12 August 2025