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S 3315 116th Congress Senate Taxation Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of the Treasury Motor fuels Oil and gas Pipelines Sales and excise taxes

Tar Sands Tax Loophole Elimination Act

Introduced: February 13, 2020 Introduced by: Markey, Edward J. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 13, 2020
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Tar Sands Tax Loophole Elimination Act

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the definition of "crude oil" for purposes of the excise tax on petroleum and petroleum products to include any bitumen or bituminous mixture, any oil derived from a bitumen or bituminous mixture (tar sands), and any oil derived from kerogen-bearing sources (oil shale).

The bill also authorizes the Department of the Treasury to classify as crude oil or as a petroleum product subject to such tax any fuel feedstock or finished fuel product transported by pipeline, vessel, railcar, or tanker truck if such classification is consistent with the definition of oil under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and such fuel feedstock or finished fuel product is produced in sufficient commercial quantities as to pose a significant risk of hazard in the event of a discharge.

What's happening now February 13, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 7781 Related bill End Polluter Welfare Act of 2020
  • HR 8411 Related bill End Oil and Gas Tax Subsidies Act of 2020
  • HR 5914 Identical bill Tar Sands Tax Loophole Elimination Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Independent 1
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Feb 13, 2020
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Feb 13, 2020
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Feb 13, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3315: Tar Sands Tax Loophole Elimination Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3315/
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"S. 3315: Tar Sands Tax Loophole Elimination Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3315/.
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S. 3315, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3315/.
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