The bill Terry references, H.R. 3117, is a short bill. It states:
SECTION 1. FEDERAL FLEET FUELING CENTERS.
(a) In General- Not later than January 1, 2010, the head of each Federal agency shall install at least 1 renewable fuel pump at each Federal fleet fueling center in the United States under the jurisdiction of the head of the Federal agency.
(b) Report- Not later than October 31 of the first calendar year after the date of enactment of this Act, and each October 31 thereafter, the President shall submit to Congress a report that describes the progress towards complying with subsection (a), including identifying--
(1) the number of Federal fleet fueling centers that contain at least 1 renewable fuel pump; and
(2) the number of Federal fleet fueling centers that do not contain any renewable fuel pumps.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations- There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.
Now, there actually is a place in the law, Section 246, that has this language inserted. However, despite the fact that the Terry people will claim this is "proof" of him "conceptualizing" and "taking the lead role", this couldn't be further from the truth.
This very same language is found in the following:
S.2306, introduced by Sen. Byron Dorgan.
H.R.3238, introduced by Rep. Rick Boucher.
H.R.3221, introduced by Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Elements of these bills all made it into H.R.6. However, lets look again at what Terry is claiming: That "his" idea was agreed to in committee.
The bill that the Energy and Commerce Committee put forward was H.R. 3238 (link above). There was a committee hearing on June 28, 2007, listed as Committee Print #4. Under that, you see Terry had only one amendment, but he withdrew it. Plus it had nothing to do with "federal fleet fueling centers".
However, the wording and the amendment was introduced......by Rep. Stupak of Michigan, and Rep. Inslee of Washington.
But H.R. 3238 did not get added to H.R.6. Rather the elements (including E85) from Pelosi's H.R. 3221, which Terry had no part in, were what were presented, as it is listed as the one bill with this language that was "related" to H.R.6. And this language was introduced into H.R.6 by the House Rules Committee through H.RES.846 and their Report 110-474, by pulling in the Pelosi bill language.
But to settle this once and for all that Terry DID NOT "conceptualize" the idea, I checked further back.
The original idea of requiring at least one E85 pump at federal fleet fueling centers, and requiring regular, yearly reports, was first introduced on May 16, 2006 by Senator Mark Dayton in S.2812. He then reintroduced it on September 29, 2006 in S.4020, with Senators Dorgan, Harkin, Durbin, Obama, and Stabenow co-sponsoring.
SUMMARY
Terry did not "conceptualize" or "take the lead" on this issue.
The original idea was introduced in the Senate in 2006.
He did not submit it in a committee hearing as an amendment. Rather, Rep's Stupak and Islee did that in the bill the committee submitted.
The same language was used in bills in the House and Senate, with the language eventually being pulled from a bill introduced by Speaker Nancy Pelosi by the House Rules Committee.
And Terry fought the legislation the entire way.
In the Energy and Commerce Committee vote on their bill, H.R.3238, he voted against it.
When H.R. 3221 was passed in the House, Terry voted against it.
When H.RES.846 was voted on, which added the language, he voted against it.
When H.R.6, with the new provisions, was voted on, he voted against it.
It was only on the final vote, that Terry finally supported the bill.
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