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Adds "fuel for ocean-going vessels" to the list of fossil fuels excluded from the Clean Air Act provision in 211(o)(1)(A), so those fuels are not covered by that program. The change takes effect beginning the second calendar year after enactment. The Environmental Protection Agency must issue implementing regulations within 1 year of enactment and must report to two congressional committees within 1 year after those final regulations are promulgated.
Amend Section 211(o)(1)(A) of the Clean Air Act by replacing the phrase "fossil fuel present in home heating oil or jet fuel" with "fossil fuel present in home heating oil, fuel for ocean-going vessels, or jet fuel." This explicitly adds fuel for ocean-going vessels to the listed fossil fuels.
The amendment made by subsection (a) applies beginning with respect to the second calendar year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act.
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency must promulgate any regulations necessary to implement the amendment in subsection (a) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency must submit a report to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate describing implementation of the amendment and the regulations. The report is due not later than 1 year after promulgating the final regulations required under subsection (c).
Who is affected and how:
Vessel operators and ocean carriers: Directly affected because fuels used by ocean-going vessels will be excluded from the referenced Clean Air Act provision, which likely reduces or eliminates related compliance obligations tied to that provision once exclusions and implementing rules take effect. This may lower regulatory burdens and compliance costs for ship operators and their fuel purchasers.
Marine terminal operators and port authorities: May experience operational and contractual impacts because bunker fuel supply and fuel handling rules could change, affecting supply chain and fuel provisioning arrangements at ports.
Fuel suppliers and bunker fuel providers (industry): Exemption of marine fuel could change demand for compliant fuels under the referenced program and alter blending or reporting obligations; suppliers will need to adjust compliance practices and may face reduced obligations under that Clean Air Act subsection.
EPA and federal regulators: EPA must complete a rulemaking within a tight one-year deadline and prepare a report to Congress within one year after final rules, increasing agency workload and requiring a rapid regulatory process.
Environmental and public health stakeholders: The exclusion could reduce incentives or legal requirements to use lower-carbon or renewable fuels for ocean-going vessels, with potential implications for emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants from international shipping. The law does not itself quantify environmental impacts; those will depend on EPA's implementing rules and subsequent industry behavior.
Net effect summary: The legislation narrows the scope of the specified Clean Air Act program by exempting marine bunker fuels, accelerates EPA action with short deadlines, and shifts the regulatory detail to EPA rulemaking. Economic effects likely include lower compliance costs for the maritime sector; environmental effects depend on what, if any, parallel requirements EPA imposes during rulemaking or through other programs.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Introduced March 6, 2025 by John Peter Ricketts · Last progress March 6, 2025
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Introduced in Senate