# 117-hr-7484: Food before Fuel Act

117-hr-7484, Food before Fuel Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7] (R-SC); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-7484
- Congress: 117
- Title: Food before Fuel Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
- Introduced: 2022-04-07
- Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7] (R-SC)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Energy
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Food before Fuel Act This bill revises the renewable fuel program to eliminate the annual renewable fuel standard. The existing standard requires 36 billion gallons of renewable fuel that is produced from renewable biomass to be blended into transportation fuel by 2022. The renewable fuel standard includes fuels that are produced from renewable biomass, such as corn. The bill would not affect the standards under the program for advanced biofuel, cellulosic biofuel, or biomass-based diesel.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA), 2022-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2022-05-16T00:00:00.000Z

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- 117-hr-6015: Benjamin Berell Ferencz Congressional Gold Medal Act

## Sources
- [117-hr-7484 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7484)

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- [117-hr-1057: Greatest Generation Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-1057)
- [117-hr-8876: Jackie Walorski Maternal and Child Home Visiting Reauthorization Act of 2022](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-8876)
- [117-hres-987: Expressing gratitude on behalf of the people of the United States to the journa…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hres-987)
- [117-hr-6161: Employee Retention Tax Credit Reinstatement Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-6161)
- [117-hr-6015: Benjamin Berell Ferencz Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-6015)
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