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End Polluter Welfare Act of 2021

Introduced: March 19, 2021 Introduced by: Omar, Ilhan Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 26, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
May 19, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Mar 22, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Mar 19, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Mar 19, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial Services, Science, Space, and Technology, Agriculture, and 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.
Mar 19, 2021
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

End Polluter Welfare Act of 2021

This bill limits or eliminates certain fossil fuel oil and gas subsidies for oil companies, including by (1) eliminating the limit on liability for offshore facilities and pipeline operators; (2) eliminating the authority of the Department of Energy to carry out the Fossil Energy Research and Development Program and prohibiting funds made available to the Advanced Research Project Agency from being used to carry out any project that supports fossil fuels; (3) terminating certain provisions relating to enhanced oil recovery, producing oil and natural gas from marginal wells, and limitations on percentage depletion for oil and natural gas wells; (4) terminating other deductions and accounting methods supporting oil, natural gas, and coal companies; (5) increasing the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund financing rate; (6) denying a tax deduction for removal costs and damages relating to oil spills; (7) imposing an excise tax on the removal price of any taxable crude oil or natural gas; (8) increasing amortization periods for tertiary injectant expenses, development expenditures of a mine or other natural deposit, mining exploration expenditures, and intangible drilling and development costs for oil and gas wells and geothermal wells; (9) repealing the tax credits for the production of electricity from refined coal and for carbon oxide sequestration; and (10) requiring a study and elimination of certain other fossil fuel subsidies.

What's happening now May 26, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.

 Committees of jurisdiction 11
 Cosponsors 36
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · May 20, 2022
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Meng, Grace
New York · May 17, 2022
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Smith, Adam
Washington · Apr 18, 2022
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Welch, Peter
Vermont · Apr 18, 2022
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 24, 2022
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Casten, Sean
Illinois · Feb 11, 2022
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Feb 11, 2022
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García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Feb 11, 2022
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jan 19, 2022
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Gomez, Jimmy
California · Nov 1, 2021
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Lieu, Ted
California · Nov 1, 2021
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Torres, Ritchie
New York · Nov 1, 2021
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Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Nov 1, 2021
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Schiff, Adam B.
California · Sep 27, 2021
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Sep 27, 2021
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Carson, André
Indiana · Sep 14, 2021
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Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Sep 14, 2021
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Huffman, Jared
California · Sep 10, 2021
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Sep 7, 2021
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Sep 7, 2021
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Auchincloss, Jake
Massachusetts · Jul 19, 2021
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Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Jul 19, 2021
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Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Jul 19, 2021
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jun 15, 2021
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Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Jun 15, 2021
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Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Jun 8, 2021
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Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
New York · Jun 8, 2021
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Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Jun 8, 2021
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Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · May 11, 2021
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 11, 2021
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Pingree, Chellie
Maine · May 11, 2021
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Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · May 11, 2021
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Sherman, Brad
California · May 11, 2021
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Takano, Mark
California · May 11, 2021
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Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Apr 19, 2021
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Khanna, Ro
California · Apr 19, 2021