Natural Gas Tax Repeal Act
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- senate
- president
Last progress January 9, 2025 (11 months ago)
Introduced on January 9, 2025 by August Pfluger
House Votes
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Last progress January 9, 2025 (11 months ago)
Introduced on January 9, 2025 by August Pfluger
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
This bill would end the federal “natural gas tax” and shut down the EPA program tied to it. It repeals a section of the Clean Air Act that set up a methane emissions and waste reduction program for oil and gas operations, and it takes back any unspent money for that program. It also removes the charge on methane emissions from large oil and gas facilities that emit 25,000 metric tons or more of greenhouse gases each year.
What this could mean day to day: oil and gas companies would no longer pay the federal methane fee, which could lower some compliance costs for those facilities. At the same time, the EPA program aimed at cutting methane leaks and waste in this sector would end, along with its remaining funds.