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Gas Tax Replacement Act of 2015

Introduced: January 13, 2015 Introduced by: Huffman, Jared Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 January 16, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 309: Gas Tax Replacement Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-309/
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"H.R. 309: Gas Tax Replacement Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-309/.
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H.R. 309, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-309/.
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