That ended more than a year ago. The mandate to use ethanol in fuel still remains but taxpayers no longer extra to put it in fuel.
Congress Ends Era Of Ethanol Subsidies
http://www.npr.org/2012/01/03/144605485/congress-ends-era-of-ethanol-subsidies
After Three Decades, Tax Credit for Ethanol Expires
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/02/business/energy-environment/after-three-decades-federal-tax-credit-for-ethanol-expires.html?_r=0
Two Cheers for Ethanol Subsidies Expiring—but Costly Mandate Remains
http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/01/ethanol-subsidies-expiring-but-the-costly-mandate-remains
A “mandate” is just a subsidy by a different name.
Needless to say, we need to stop turning food into fuel and help lower the food costs that rise at a 15 percent annual rate.
NO MANDATE....
Why can’t the mandate be killed?