Sustainable Aviation Fuel Information Act
H.R. 4562, the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Information Act, would require the Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) to publicly include new data on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in its regular reports. Specifically, the EIA would add SAF-related information to the Petroleum Supply Monthly and the Weekly Petroleum Status Report (and any other relevant EIA reports). The data would cover SAF feedstock type, origin, and volume used to produce SAF, broken down by U.S. states (or Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts where applicable), the United States overall, and, to the extent practicable, foreign countries; as well as total SAF production by state and country and SAF imports by country and overall. The data would be gathered using reliable sampling methods to avoid double counting, and the definition of SAF used would align with the IRS code’s definition in section 40B(d). The bill is effective upon enactment.
Key Points
- 1Requires the EIA to publicly publish SAF data in the Petroleum Supply Monthly, Weekly Petroleum Status Report, and other relevant reports.
- 2Data categories include: SAF feedstock type, origin, and production volume; geographic breakdown (by state or PAD District, US, and, if practicable, foreign countries); total SAF produced in each state and in the US; SAF imports from each foreign country and total imports.
- 3Data must use reliable statistical sampling methods and be designed to avoid double counting of feedstock or fuel.
- 4Definition of SAF used for the data is the same as in section 40B(d) of the Internal Revenue Code.
- 5The effectuation is “as soon as practicable after enactment,” with a rule of construction that the bill does not affect existing DOE confidentiality or other authorities under the Department of Energy Organization Act.