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<dc:title>119 S4222 IS: End Polluter Welfare for Enhanced Oil Recovery Act of 2026</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2026-03-26</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>119th CONGRESS</congress><session>2d Session</session><legis-num>S. 4222</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20260326">March 26, 2026</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S322">Mr. Merkley</sponsor> (for himself, <cosponsor name-id="S390">Mr. Van Hollen</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S369">Mr. Markey</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S370">Mr. Booker</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S313">Mr. Sanders</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="S366">Ms. Warren</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSFI00">Committee on Finance</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an end date for the credit for certain qualified carbon oxide, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body style="OLC" display-enacting-clause="yes-display-enacting-clause" id="H422F77396C8C490EA03121E154C2CCCA"><section section-type="section-one" id="H759B1C3C22A04A7EAEF26201A96CE4F9"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>End Polluter Welfare for Enhanced Oil Recovery Act of 2026</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="H5DFEF0ECD9E349F7A6D6DF5F0CFBAE89"><enum>2.</enum><header>Elimination of use of carbon oxide as tertiary injectant</header><subsection id="H8E0E168EDA6546889F40484A4FA6EFB1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/45Q">Section 45Q(f)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE555C19E95B8402D995E71D8C654D275"><paragraph id="HEC42A4AEFE8343F0A2C17171D8BA81D4"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Elimination of use of carbon oxide as tertiary injectant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of any qualified facility the construction of which begins after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>End Polluter Welfare for Enhanced Oil Recovery Act of 2026</short-title>, subsection (a)(3)(B)(ii) shall not apply.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="H447C49DB1B24424BB182A932A3D1D90B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section><section id="H44E30041C0144122B44042217948B478"><enum>3.</enum><header>Enhanced oil recovery credit</header><subsection id="H5B69C76CE0954288A48289D2C3EFE5A6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/26/1">chapter 1</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking section 43.</text></subsection><subsection id="H2AB68529F0CB4DEA8BA86D493D3714BE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><paragraph id="HD7076783F4804E2A912409F253F65995"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 38(b) of such Code is amended by striking paragraph (6).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H687C846D41E640B2B7F715A9A780CC3D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 45I(b)(2)(B) of such Code is amended by inserting <quote>(as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the <short-title>End Polluter Welfare for Enhanced Oil Recovery Act of 2026</short-title>)</quote> after <quote>section 43(c)(3)(B)</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9c63f412354a456ca11a5e1c8668f858"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 45K(b)(5)(A) of such Code is amended by inserting <quote>(as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the <short-title>End Polluter Welfare for Enhanced Oil Recovery Act of 2026</short-title>)</quote> after <quote>section 43</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd597ed41a6a64ee680408d3987da723a"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 45Q of such Code is amended—</text><subparagraph id="H2F762F5E51B04A95B619508C69159AF3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>section 43(b)(3)(B)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>section 43(b)(3)(B) (as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the <short-title>End Polluter Welfare for Enhanced Oil Recovery Act of 2026</short-title>)</quote>, and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE7BE23F849964FBDA1734E1FB35BCBA4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)(4), by inserting <quote>(as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the <short-title>End Polluter Welfare for Enhanced Oil Recovery Act of 2026</short-title>)</quote> after <quote>section 43(c)(2)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H824EBE3E1BE449D8A2C826FD33E53383"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 196(c) of such Code is amended by striking paragraph (5) and by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (14) as paragraphs (5) through (13), respectively.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8693F6A019BC46F591989D27D53F929D"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6501(m) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>43,</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id790424397e7c49d8ade6a0155ee30f24"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections for subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by striking the item relating to section 43.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCD5C540774EA4670A66E6F09C1BE2133"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section></legis-body></bill>

