The Honorable Billy Tauzin
Chairman
House Energy and Commerce
Committee
2183 Rayburn House Office Building
Independence Ave. and
South Capitol St., SW
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Mr. Chairman:
Your Committee’s recent action to report a comprehensive energy policy
bill marks an important first step in moving our Nation towards meeting
its energy security goals. Among the key elements of the bill as reported,
is a provision to amend the Alternative Motor Fuels Act of 1988 to extend
the current CAFÉ credits for the production of dual fuel vehicles.
The Governors Ethanol Coalition strongly supports this provision.
This has been a very good program and clearly has helped encourage the
production of vehicles capable of using alternative fuels.
Accordingly, on behalf of the Governors' Ethanol Coalition I urge that
you work to ensure that the credits provision is included as part of any
comprehensive legislative package that might be brought to the House floor
and that such provision is retained in any final House-passed bill.
This issue is of critical importance to the farm economies of the
states that are members of the Governors' Ethanol Coalition. With Warm
Regards, I am.
