S 408
118th Congress
Senate
Taxation
Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act
Introduced: February 14, 2023
Introduced by:
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Democratic
· Rhode Island
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 14, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 14, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act
This bill imposes an excise tax on the windfall profits of crude oil on taxpayers who extracted and imported more than 300,000 barrels (a barrel equals 42 U.S. gallons) of taxable crude oil (i.e., crude oil, crude oil condensates, and natural gasoline) in 2019, or who extracted and imported that amount in the current calendar quarter.
The bill requires rebates of the tax collected to be paid to individual taxpayers. The bill establishes the Protect Consumers from Gas Hikes Fund to finance such rebates.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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