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Creates a new federal tax on domestic greenhouse gas emissions (with a border adjustment) that begins after December 31, 2025 or one year after required regulations are issued, whichever is later, and directs 75% of proceeds into a new Rebuilding Infrastructure and Solutions for the Environment (RISE) Trust Fund. RISE receipts (fiscal years 2027–2036) are distributed to highways, climate resilience, energy research, state grants for low-income households, reforestation and other conservation, flood mitigation, and several other programs. The measure also repeals current motor and aviation fuel taxes after 2025, requires prevailing wages on covered federally funded projects, and places limits on EPA authority to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from fuels for a period. Includes many additional, separate provisions: multi-year supplemental funding for the National Cancer Institute and a study of cancer drug shortages; a DoD PFAS community liaison; a temporary program to help displaced energy workers; a bipartisan National Climate Commission; a National Bipartisan Fiscal Commission with expedited congressional procedures; a DNI classified review on intelligence sharing with Ukraine; a new House rule banning certain financial instruments for Members; anti‑trafficking-related AML reviews; school door reinforcement rulemaking with grant funding; requirements to allow unaffiliated voters to vote in one party primary; a federal Election Day observance; expanded DBE coverage for veteran-owned small businesses; and expanded benefits rules for veterans who die from ALS, among other changes.
The bill shifts the U.S. fuel‑tax system toward an emissions‑based framework that funds large infrastructure and climate investments and provides targeted assistance (e.g., low‑income fuel grants, cancer research, school safety), but it raises consumer energy costs, limits certain regulatory tools, concentrates funding priorities, and creates compliance and implementation risks that could produce uneven benefits and burdens.
Most Americans who use roads and transit benefit from a large, multi-year dedicated revenue stream for highways and transit because 70% of RISE receipts are directed to the Highway Trust Fund (FY2027–2036), supporting road and public-transport projects nationwide.
Households, communities, and energy sectors gain federal investments in clean energy, efficiency, carbon removal R&D, reforestation, and conservation that accelerate climate mitigation and resilience programs.
Low‑income households (≤150% FPL or on SNAP/SSI/Medicare LIS) receive direct State grants funded by 10% of RISE receipts to offset higher fuel costs, reducing the burdens of energy price increases on vulnerable families.
Households and businesses that buy taxable fuels will likely face higher prices because the bill repeals motor/aviation fuel taxes and replaces them with a domestic GHG emissions tax and border adjustments, raising transportation and energy costs for consumers and firms.
The bill creates a moratorium in the Clean Air Act on EPA rules limiting GHGs for taxed fuels through 2039, which limits regulatory tools to reduce emissions and could slow broader non‑tax regulatory emissions reductions and enforcement.
Concentrating 70% of RISE revenues on the Highway Trust Fund risks underfunding other climate adaptation, equity, and community programs—reducing available resources for coastal resilience, low‑income assistance, or other non‑highway priorities.
Introduced April 24, 2025 by Brian K. Fitzpatrick · Last progress April 24, 2025