Recognizing the 20th anniversary of the Renewable Fuel Standard and its foundational role in strengthening United States energy security, supporting rural communities, growing the United States economy, and improving environmental performance.

This House resolution commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and publicly affirms its role in strengthening U.S. energy security, supporting rural communities, growing the economy, and improving environmental performance. It describes the RFS as a program that sets rising, volume-based targets for various renewable fuels (including pools for biodiesel, cellulosic, and advanced fuels) and notes that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has flexibility to adjust targets to reflect production realities. The resolution also highlights the program’s incentives for innovation, its life-cycle greenhouse gas reduction requirements, and the large-scale economic and job benefits the RFS has generated, while stressing its importance for diversifying the nation’s fuel supply and sustaining domestic demand in agriculture and rural areas. Overall, the resolution is a symbolic, non-binding expression of support for continuing the RFS as enacted in 2007, underscoring its perceived contributions to energy security, rural economies, environmental performance, and the broader bioeconomy.