Leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee have urged colleagues working...

Leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee have urged colleagues working on an energy policy reform bill to reject a mandate to significantly increase the ethanol used in motor fuels. Gasoline taxes go to the Highway Trust Fund, which is used for federal construction grants. Ethanol-blended fuels are partially exempt from the federal gasoline tax and 2.5 cents of the tax from each gallon of the fuel goes to the General Fund instead of the Highway Trust Fund. Together, the measures cost the Highway Trust Fund 7.8 cents per gallon or $1.1 billion per year.