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HR 3311 114th Congress House

End Oil and Gas Tax Subsidies Act of 2015

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal fossil fuel subsidies for oil companies.

Introduced: July 29, 2015 See on congress.gov
Taxation Accounting and auditingBusiness investment and capitalIncome tax creditsIncome tax deductions
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Oil and gasTax administration and collection, taxpayersTaxation of foreign income
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Jul 29, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jul 29, 2015
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1181)
Jul 29, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 29, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

End Oil and Gas Tax Subsidies Act of 2015

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to:

  • increase to seven years the amortization period for geological and geophysical expenditures;
  • repeal the tax credits for producing oil and gas from marginal wells and for enhanced oil recovery;
  • repeal the tax deduction for the intangible drilling and development costs of oil and gas wells;
  • repeal percentage depletion for oil and gas wells;
  • repeal the tax deduction for tertiary injectant expenses;
  • repeal the passive loss exception for working interests in oil and gas property;
  • deny the tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities for oil and gas activities;
  • prohibit the use of the last-in, first-out (LIFO) accounting method by major integrated oil companies; and
  • limit the foreign tax credit for dual capacity taxpayers (i.e., taxpayers who are subject to a levy of a foreign country or U.S. possession and receive specific economic benefits from such country or possession).
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3311: End Oil and Gas Tax Subsidies Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3311/
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"H.R. 3311: End Oil and Gas Tax Subsidies Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3311/.
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H.R. 3311, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3311/.
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