United States · Bill · S
S. 1859 (109th)
Affordable and Reliable Gas Act of 2005
Introduced
7 October 2005
Last action
7 October 2005 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text as introduced in Senate: CR S11314-11315)
Sponsors
Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC], Sen. Allen, George [R-VA], Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC], Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO], Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL]
Subjects
Environment, Energy
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Affordable and Reliable Gas Act of 2005 - Amends the Clean Air Act (as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005) to: (1) require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in coordination with the Secretary of Energy, to identify and publish in the Federal Register a list of five gasolines and diesel fuels to be used in state implementation plans (SIPs) (Federal Fuels List); (2) require an analysis of the ability of such listed fuels to reduce ozone emissions; (3) restrict the authority of the Administrator to approve fuels proposed in an SIP but not included on the Federal Fuels List; (4) require the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary, to develop a federal-state fuel harmonization plan to be fully implemented by the states by December 31, 2008; and (5) revise requirements for the joint study of boutique fuels to require an analysis of the impact on ozone emissions and supply of a mandatory reduction to five in the number of approved fuel blends.
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Timeline
7 October 2005
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text as introduced in Senate: CR S11314-11315)
Source: IntroReferral
7 October 2005
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 7 October 2005 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 7 October 2005
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 7 October 2005
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 7 October 2005
Sponsors
- Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Allen, George [R-VA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] · R · Cosponsor
- · ssev00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Boutique Fuels Reduction Act of 2005
- related to → Boutique Fuels Elimination Act of 2005
- related to ← Affordable and Reliable Gas Act of 2006
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/1859
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1859
- us · 109-s-1859 · source updated 5 December 2025