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HR 3752 109th Congress House Taxation Commerce Economics and Public Finance Energy Energy prices Excess profits tax Gasoline Government trust funds Highway finance Petroleum Petroleum industry Tax credits Tax rates Tax refunds Tax returns Transportation and Public Works

Gas Price Relief Act of 2005

Introduced: September 13, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Sep 13, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 13, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Gas Price Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax, for a one-year period, on oil companies for a percentage of the windfall profit from all barrels of taxable crude oil; (2) allow a tax deduction for the payment of any windfall profit tax; (3) reduce by 10 percent the excise tax on highway motor fuels for a period of one year after the enactment of this Act; (4) provide for transfers of windfall profit tax receipts and amounts from the general fund to the Highway Trust Fund; and (5) make adjustments to highway motor fuel taxes for floor stocks of such fuels held by dealers prior to, or after, the effective date of reduction in such taxes under this Act. Defines "windfall profit" as the excess of the removal (sales) price of a barrel of taxable crude oil over the base price ($40 per barrel) of such barrel.

What's happening now September 13, 2005

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Related & companion bills 12
  • HR 2070 Related bill Gas Price Spike Act of 2005
  • HR 3544 Related bill Gasoline Price Stabilization Act of 2005
  • HR 3664 Related bill Consumer Reasonable Energy Price Protection Act of 2005
  • HR 4203 Related bill Windfall Profits Rebate Act of 2005
  • HR 4248 Related bill To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a temporary windfall profit tax on crude oil and to use the procee…
  • HR 4263 Related bill Windfall Profits and Consumer Assistance Act of 2005
  • HR 4276 Related bill Consumer Windfall Excess Oil Profits Protection Act of 2005
  • HR 4449 Related bill Consumer Energy Assistance and Fairness Act of 2005
  • S 1631 Related bill Windfall Profits Rebate Act of 2005
  • S 1809 Related bill Recapture Excess Profits and Invest in Relief (REPAIR) Act of 2005
  • S 1981 Related bill Windfall Profits Tax Act of 2005
  • S 2103 Related bill A bill to impose a temporary windfall profits tax on crude oil and provide a rebate to each household from the revenues…
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Oct 19, 2005
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Sep 22, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3752: Gas Price Relief Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3752/
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"H.R. 3752: Gas Price Relief Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3752/.
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H.R. 3752, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3752/.
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