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S. 173 119th Congress Senate

Fueling Alternative Transportation with a Carbon Aviation Tax Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase excise taxes on fuel used by private jets, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 21, 2025 Introduced by: Edward J. Markey Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
Taxation Air qualityAviation and airportsClimate change and greenhouse gasesCommunity life and organization
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Environmental assessment, monitoring, researchEnvironmental healthGovernment trust fundsInflation and pricesLow- and moderate-income housingMotor fuelsRacial and ethnic relationsResearch and developmentSales and excise taxes
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Jan 21, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 21, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 12

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • NEW VENTURE FUND
    for NEW VENTURE FUND · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • NEW VENTURE FUND
    for NEW VENTURE FUND · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • NEW VENTURE FUND
    for NEW VENTURE FUND · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • CAPITOL CITY GROUP, LTD.
    for RHODE ISLAND AIRPORT CORPORATION · Rhode Island · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • NEW VENTURE FUND
    for NEW VENTURE FUND · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
  • CAPITOL CITY GROUP, LTD.
    for RHODE ISLAND AIRPORT CORPORATION · Rhode Island · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)

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 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Independent 1
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Jan 21, 2025
 D
Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Jan 21, 2025
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jan 21, 2025
 D
Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Jan 21, 2025
 D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Jan 21, 2025
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 173: Fueling Alternative Transportation with a Carbon Aviation Tax Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-173/
MLA
"S. 173: Fueling Alternative Transportation with a Carbon Aviation Tax Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-173/.
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S. 173, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-173/.
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