HR 309
114th Congress
House
Taxation
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Government information and archives
Inflation and prices
Motor fuels
Sales and excise taxes
Gas Tax Replacement Act of 2015
Introduced: January 13, 2015
Introduced by:
Huffman, Jared
Democratic
· California
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 16, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Jan 13, 2015
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 13, 2015
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Gas Tax Replacement Act of 2015
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuels; (2) add a carbon dioxide equivalent rate to the tax on crude oil and petroleum products; and (3) impose an new excise tax on the carbon content of methanol, ethanol, and biodiesel produced in the United States and entered into the United States for consumption, use, or warehousing.
Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to send to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and make public a report on the total life-cycle emissions of carbon dioxide for gasoline, diesel fuel, biofuel, and other regulated fuels.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Committees of jurisdiction
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