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Air Force

SASC Narrowly Approves Limits On DoD Biofuel Development

Julie Samuel

Tuesday, May 29th, 2012

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Proposed limitations on the Pentagon’s controversial alternative-fuel development efforts added to the Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) new defense bill only narrowly passed the panel and were opposed by its chairman. The SASC’s fiscal year 2013 defense authorization bill largely prohibits the Pentagon from buying alternative fuels if they cost more than traditional fossil fuels and also bans the Pentagon from building a biofuels refinery unless specifically authorized by law. These two prohibitions were supported last week in the SASC’s closed-door markup…

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