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(WASHINGTON D.C.)– On Friday, members of the U.S. house introduced legislation calling for a permanent, nationwide solution to year-round E-15 gasoline access.

The Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act, led by House Reps. Adrian Smith (R-NE) and Angie Craig (D-MN) along with Reps. Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) and Sharice Davids (D-KS), would establish year round access to E-15 nationwide and would supersede a regulation allowing eight Midwest states to offer year-round E15 starting in 2025. That regional approach would no longer be necessary with a federal fix in place.

“This bipartisan legislation would finally bring nationwide consistency and stability to the marketplace and eliminate the need for last-minute emergency waivers. Ethanol producers, oil refiners, fuel retailers, equipment manufacturers, farmers, and consumers have all rallied behind this commonsense approach,”  said RFA President and CEO Geoff Cooper. “We thank Reps. Adrian Smith, Craig, Miller Meeks, Budzinski, Johnson and Davids, and their fellow renewable fuel supporters in the House for continuing to fight for fair market access for our nation’s farmers and ethanol producers. With just a few months left in this Congress, we urge lawmakers to swiftly adopt this bill and deliver a win for American families seeking cleaner, lower-cost fuel options.”

The bill is the House companion to the Senate bill S. 2707 introduced by Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) earlier this year. The Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act would harmonize fuel volatility regulations for ethanol-blended fuels across the country, allowing for the year-round sale of E15 in conventional gasoline markets.

“We’re grateful to bipartisan leaders in the House for introducing this critically important legislation which would once and for all ensure nationwide and permanent E15 availability,” says American Coalition for Ethanol CEO Brian Jennings. “This bipartisan House companion legislation demonstrates support for year-round E15 is growing in Congress. We will continue working with our Senate and House supporters to push for enactment of this legislation.”

“E15 is one of the best ways to lower costs for consumers while also reducing our carbon emissions. For the past six summers, hardworking families across America have enjoyed big summer savings on E15 ranging from , with some locations selling the fuel for more than a dollar less per gallon,” said Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor. “But over the last three summers, those savings were only possible thanks to last-minute intervention by EPA. This bill will finally fix the outdated law that threatens to take E15 off the market when consumers need it most during the busy summer driving season.

“This legislation would remove needless limits on the sale of ethanol, particularly during the summer months, helping us further reduce greenhouse gas emissions, cut prices at the pump while helping corn growers by providing a steady market for ethanol.” said Minnesota corn grower and NCGA President Harold Wolle. “The members of Congress introducing and co-sponsoring this legislation clearly care deeply about the economic wellbeing of farmers and rural America.”