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 PUBLIC LAW 105-17&-JUNE 9, 1998 112 STAT. 503 "(i) except as provided in clause (ii), 5.4 cents, and "(ii) for sales or uses during calendar years 2001 through 2007, Vio of the blender amount applicable under section 40(h)(2) for the calendar year in which the sale or use occurs.". (B) Subparagraph (A) of section 4081(c)(4) is amended to read as follows: "(A) GENERAL RULES.— "(i) MIXTURES CONTAINING ETHANOL. —Except as provided in clause (ii), in the case of a qualified alcohol mixture which conteiins gasoline, the alcohol mixture rate is the excess of the rate which would (but for this paragraph) be determined under subsection (a) over— "(I) in the case of 10 percent gasohol, the applicable blender rate (as defined in section 4041(b)(2)(C)) per gallon, "(II) in the case of 7.7 percent gasohol, the number of cents per gallon equal to 77 percent of such applicable blender rate, and "(III) in the case of 5.7 percent gasohol, the number of cents per gallon equal to 57 percent of such applicable blender rate, "(ii) MIXTURES NOT CONTAINING ETHANOL. —In the case of a qualified alcohol mixture which contains gasoline and none of the alcohol in which consists of ethanol, the alcohol mixture rate is the excess of the rate which would (but for this paragraph) be determined under subsection (a) over— "(I) in the case of 10 percent gasohol, 6 cents per gallon, "(II) in the case of 7.7 percent gasohol, 4.62 cents per gallon, and "(III) in the case of 5.7 percent gasohol, 3.42 cents per gallon.". (C) Section 4081(c)(5) is amended by striking "5.4 cents" and inserting "the applicable blender rate (as defined in section 4041(b)(2)(C))". (D) Section 4091(c)(l) is amended by striking "13.4 cents" each place it appears and inserting "the applicable blender amount" and by adding at the end the following: "For purposes of this paragraph, the term 'applicable blender amount' means 13.3 cents in the case of any sale or use during 2001 or 2002, 13.2 cents in the case of any sale or use during 2003 or 2004, 13.1 cents in the case of any sale or use during 2005, 2006, or 2007, and 13.4 cents in the case of any sale or use during 2008 or thereafter.". (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.— The amendments made by this sub- 26 USC 40 note, section shall take effect on January 1, 2001. SEC. 9004. MODIFICATIONS TO HltHIWAY TRUST FUND. (a) DETERMINATION OF TRUST FUND BALANCES AFTER SEPTEM- BER 30, 1998.—

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