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<dc:title>117 HR 311 IH: Restoring Fuel Market Freedom Act of 2025</dc:title>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 311</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250109">January 9, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="P000605">Mr. Perry</sponsor> (for himself, <cosponsor name-id="O000175">Mr. Ogles</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="B001316">Mr. Burlison</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HWM00">Committee on Ways and Means</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the alcohol fuels credit, the biodiesels fuel credit, the sustainable aviation fuel credit, the clean fuel production credit, the alcohol fuel, biodiesel, and alternative fuel mixtures credit, and other related provisions.</official-title></form><legis-body id="HA61E90F4F31B479BA52F25951AA34003" style="OLC"><section id="HA1DE7D79DA7C40B38B09F8A19E572A6B" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title; references</header><subsection id="HD2AF67C295844D7CB8E61E62A1FC3EAF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Restoring Fuel Market Freedom Act of 2025</short-title></quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="HD595C109853D40CB8F61E78FD43FD680" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amendment of 1986 Code</header><text>Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. </text></subsection></section><section id="H99D407246BC348E4A1D9A243D631CA58"><enum>2.</enum><header>Repeal of Alcohol fuels credit</header><subsection id="H8A7DCFE5BE4143E091B0C60D522EDEA3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of subtitle A is amended by repealing section 40 (and by striking the item relating to such section in the table of sections for such subpart).</text></subsection><subsection id="HD83B8774A4984E79B2E348AB3D218DB6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><paragraph id="H0B6E00E1BB1A462C878E6AB6B1258324"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/25C">Section 25C(d)(3)(B)</external-xref> is amended by inserting <quote>, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Restoring Fuel Market Freedom Act of 2025</short-title></quote> after <quote>section 40</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H01B1F0BDA30C4D779DEC6499353D3C5C"><enum>(2)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/38">Section 38(b)</external-xref> is amended by striking paragraph (3).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB06DC4DC199847D0B34D77A318C44FE7"><enum>(3)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/40A">Section 40A</external-xref> is amended—</text><subparagraph id="H6E610F5A8F8F4A439218F619400CA4F7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(1),by striking <quote>40 or</quote> in the matter following subparagraph (B), and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB4C179263ECB4CD59D7D10BC2B41C53E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(3), by striking <quote>may be determined under section 40</quote> and inserting <quote>was allowable on the day before date of the enactment of the <short-title>Restoring Fuel Market Freedom Act of 2025</short-title> under section 40</quote>. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H96FD8F05F900479BBBABD502268AD393"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/87">Section 87</external-xref> is amended by striking paragraph (1).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7A39AF62E4294457B4DAA948C5D058BB"><enum>(5)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/168">Section 168(l)(2)(A)</external-xref> is amended by inserting <quote>as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Restoring Fuel Market Freedom Act of 2025</short-title></quote> after <quote>section 40(b)(6)(E)</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H97DEDD4A0BA04A70A5D622BC6B84B1B2"><enum>(6)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/196">Section 196(c)</external-xref> is amended by striking paragraph (3).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0AAED47B11D541AC8D9C08376029ADC1"><enum>(7)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/4101">Section 4101(a)(1)</external-xref> is amended by striking <quote>every person producing or importing sustainable aviation fuel (as defined in section 40B), and every person producing second generation biofuel (as defined in section 40(b)(6)(E))</quote> and inserting <quote>and every person producing or importing sustainable aviation fuel (as defined in section 40B)</quote> .</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HABB103AE061A43B9B1677097D4624210"><enum>(8)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/4104">Section 4104(a)(1)</external-xref> is amended by striking <quote>, 40,</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0013E5F1BFD04BDC9690D831D157BB62"><enum>(9)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/6426">Section 6426</external-xref> is amended—</text><subparagraph id="HD316345B12BD4FA78D6EA795237FC249"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2)(C), by striking <quote>described in section 40(h)(3)(B)</quote> and all that follows through <quote>2007,</quote> and inserting <quote>, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, that, with respect to any taxable year, that an amount less than 7,500,000,000 gallons of ethanol (including cellulosic ethanol) has been produced in or imported into the United States in all preceding calendar years beginning after 2007,</quote>,</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA029990047244859EE8929F07E03C79"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (g), by inserting <quote>as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Restoring Fuel Market Freedom Act of 2025</short-title></quote> after <quote>section 40(c)</quote>, and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEDAAD5CF44884BD5AB40BB368AF381DB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (h), by striking <quote>section 40, 40A,</quote> and inserting <quote>section 40A</quote>. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE34488B842F84910877B3133E10AE82E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to fuels produced after the date of the enactment of this section.</text></subsection></section><section id="H49353E58DB90475DA328254EA20545E0"><enum>3.</enum><header>Repeal of biodiesels fuel credit</header><subsection id="HAABA57C23ED44ED68F2B05E14DC3A68A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of subtitle A is amended by repealing section 40A (and by striking the item relating to such section in the table of sections for such subpart).</text></subsection><subsection id="H40738D7DD19C4003B6B9AEB79BC1A0B0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><paragraph id="HCA60474E2BEF4B6B8B1BD6AAA69EEB06"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 25C(d)(3)(A) is further amended by inserting <quote>, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Restoring Fuel Market Freedom Act of 2025</short-title></quote> after <quote>section 40A</quote>. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H68F2962601184A40B03780A65415D316" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/30C">Section 30C(C)(1)(B)(ii)(I)</external-xref> is amended by inserting <quote>(as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Restoring Fuel Market Freedom Act of 2025</short-title>)</quote> after <quote>section 40A(d)(1)</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H44B9794B0C134B529343E328A56520CC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 38(b) is further amended by striking paragraph (17).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE273A51ED6BC481C90CFEB6D012D2344"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 87 (as amended by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/2">section 2)</external-xref> is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HC69538BC6FC048C1B8E5FEE77AC8429E" display-inline="no-display-inline"><section id="H2CB597766DA84F04A1222C9B4028EEF1"><enum>87.</enum><header>Alcohol and biodiesel fuels credits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Gross income includes the sustainable aviation fuel credit determined with respect to the taxpayer for the taxable year under section 40B(a).</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H987F1DE1888A496AB739E93389865DE3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 196(c) is further amended by striking paragraph (11).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H79CC8D22AEAE47D49ECF7374792669A2"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 4101(a)(1) is further amended by striking <quote>, every person producing or importing biodiesel (as defined in section 40A(d)(1))</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB458701A0A3749C68EFC20CE50388186"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Section 4104(a)(1) is further amended—</text><subparagraph id="H8388FC3CD32E460689D83F1576D6F528"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>sections</quote> and inserting <quote>section</quote>, and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFCE8075B15E0417DAEAE9F88422E67A0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and 40A,</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7F8E732D149B4BD0A2AAC7FFFE96F320"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Section 6426 is further amended—</text><subparagraph id="H6DFB71B183514A32B900466D7808C074"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(5), by striking <quote>also used in section 40A shall have the meaning given such term by section 40A</quote> and inserting <quote>also used in section 40A (as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Restoring Fuel Market Freedom Act of 2025</short-title>) shall have the meaning given such term by such section (as in effect on such date)</quote>, and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC76EF5EEA2AC44799DEF4C5D540F228F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (h), by striking <quote>40A or</quote>. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF193A0F1460342729D9513525A26A40D"><enum>(9)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/7704">Section 7704(d)(1)(E)</external-xref> is amended by inserting <quote>, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Restoring Fuel Market Freedom Act of 2025</short-title></quote> after <quote>40A(d)(1)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H773EFAD1D10A4E03A6E583124E221BED"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to fuels sold or used after the date of the enactment of this section.</text></subsection></section><section id="HF99DB7CBBEF54CB890AC9175EAC4D3A2"><enum>4.</enum><header>Repeal of sustainable aviation fuel credit</header><subsection id="H9B7DC01E8A6046569562F2544B0F4460"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of subtitle A is amended by repealing section 40B (and by striking the item relating to such section in the table of sections for such subpart.</text></subsection><subsection id="H2E520A9FE7774B0C913BB09DAF3A4137"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><paragraph id="HA0857D989FF2467FA912014B8D0553B2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 38(b) is further amended by striking paragraph (35).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H41CE261FE2424D0897A856F480957DB7" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part II of subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle A is amended by repealing section 87 (and by striking the item relating to such section in the table of sections for such part).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB4D67BA766784D6EB48B59A0961E09F0"><enum>(3)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/56">Section 56(a)</external-xref> is amended by striking paragraph (7).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H65B924C09BAE4D33AD4D39E66D2E94A3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 4101(a)(1) is further amended by striking <quote>, every person producing or importing sustainable aviation fuel (as defined in section 40B)</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFD6F6071C2AA485E8F0310A94587E513" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 6426 is further amended—</text><subparagraph id="H03EADA8E41A64B55BD097A6911265045"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking subsection (h), and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3EE0F9D355D9413C96E197FCABBCF247"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (k), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD6491AE450B64F638945261099A66CC1" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="HD86BF11B17A04353B47F1E9D72081984"><enum>(4)</enum><header>References to section 40B</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each reference in this subsection to section 40B shall be treated as a reference to such section as such section was in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Restoring Fuel Market Freedom Act of 2025</short-title>.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2B13E1B782EF4D149DE4931F753AF509"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to fuel sold or used after the date of the enactment of this section.</text></subsection></section><section id="H650F8A66CA054C579BA230FD42C1F936"><enum>5.</enum><header>Repeal of clean fuel production credit</header><subsection id="H07C73EEE191948338CF69640A0AE57E5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subpart Do f part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of subtitle A is amended by repealing section 45Z (and by striking the item relating to such section in the table of sections for such subpart).</text></subsection><subsection id="H580AD0E29578477B90B8DF56B6D1DC2D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><paragraph id="HA35E67701FF04AD2B18DCDCEDAE0ABEB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/6417">Section 6417(b)</external-xref> is amended by striking paragraph (9).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H54CCD20974A24819B15E1CDADB93ACEC"><enum>(2)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/6418">Section 6418(f)(1)(A)</external-xref> is amended by striking clause (viii).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H36AAA5B62F924AB884E71A973F3C74FE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 13704 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/169">Public Law 117–169</external-xref> is amended by striking subsection (b).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDF276B91E72F43D2867109BA5DADA51E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to transportation fuels produced after the date of the enactment of this section.</text></subsection></section><section id="H061EA6CC960D41E5A3607EDC425996CF"><enum>6.</enum><header>Repeal of alcohol fuel, biodiesel, and alternative fuel mixtures credit</header><subsection id="HBA1F4C618FCE4DA9BAAEBE7D7FAA7556"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter B of chapter 65 of subtitle F is amended by repealing section 6426 (and by striking the item relating to such section in the table of sections for such subchapter).</text></subsection><subsection id="H7C11655762C14CA285806CA7D913C8DF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><paragraph id="H0D57586DC42447FF9985CC8FF7B131DC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4101(a)(1) is further amended by striking <quote>or alcohol (as defined in section 6426(b)(4)(A))</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3DA3D3035120452B86D38117CE248080"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4104(a)(2) is further amended by striking <quote>, 6426,</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4ED96B8106824E2996B486825EFBD1B1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 6427 is further amended </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1E3040E1CE454B098C8DE010A7DF328B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 7704(d)(1)(E), as amended by section 4(b)(7), is further amended by inserting <quote>such sections were</quote> after <quote>, as</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3CD6794D65C346CFBA4D61750B2A4872"><enum>(5)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9503">Section 9503(b)(1)</external-xref> is amended by striking <quote>credits under section 6426</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCEC828FC62604E1D966285491FF4C279"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical Amendment</header><text>The table of sections for subchapter B of chapter 65 of subtitle F is amended by striking the item relating to section 6426.</text></subsection><subsection id="HDCA858702DF740F99574E9FF04AE58F4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to fuel used or sold after the date of the enactment of this section.</text></subsection></section><section id="H689B76312AD24B4E89E3392352042BC5"><enum>7.</enum><header>Repeal of expired provisions relating to payments for certain fuels not used for taxable purposes</header><subsection id="H0CB983A162C34C2FBB1966EBD19AAB90"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/6427">Section 6427</external-xref> is amended by striking subsection (e).</text></subsection><subsection id="HF5065424B1D644899719F0333AC18D44"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><paragraph id="H924CCBACB6EF4D26900C1B40F828DD6B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/40A">Section 40A(c)</external-xref> is amended by striking <quote>or 6427(e)</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HCDEF578C92E34AAE806C7417C83E15A0"><enum>(2)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/40B">Section 40B(g)</external-xref> is amended by striking <quote>or 6427(e)</quote>. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H31C152B18A1B4E688F92351F1C7F2357"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 4104(a)(2) is further amended by striking <quote>4041(b)(2), 6426, or 6427(e)</quote> and inserting <quote>4041(b)(2) or 6426</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2A584A9D4ACF4AA787BC74CF898FA3D6"><enum>(4)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/6427">Section 6427(i)</external-xref> is amended by striking paragraph (3).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H00C023861D13437980DD26D3805AAA19"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to fuel sold or used after the date of the enactment of this section.</text></subsection></section></legis-body></bill> 

