FINAL BILL REPORT

                     HJM 4004

Brief Description:  Requesting Congress to increase ethanol content in motor fuel.

By Representatives Nealey, Grant, Beck, Valle, May, Ludwig, Betrozoff, Rayburn, Chandler, Prince, McLean, Hochstatter, Rasmussen, Silver, Vance, D. Sommers, Jacobsen, R. King, Bowman, Fuhrman, Paris, Horn, Moyer and Broback.

House Committee on Energy & Utilities

Senate Committee on Energy & Utilities

Background:  Gasohol, a blend of gasoline and ethanol, reduces reliance on imported oil and increases the market for domestically grown crops used to produce ethanol.

Increased gasohol use can both improve national balance of payments and improve the nation's farm economy.

Summary:  Congress is urged to enact legislation to require that the amount of ethanol in all motor vehicle fuel sold in the country by wholesale distributors be increased to 5 percent by 1993.

Votes on Final Passage:

House 91    0

Senate   39    0