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HR 8554 United States House · 118th Congress

End Polluter Welfare Act of 2024

The End Polluter Welfare Act of 2024 eliminates numerous subsidies and tax benefits for fossil fuel companies by repealing provisions that provide royalty relief, reducing royalty rates, and ending tax incentives for oil, natural gas, and coal production. The bill prohibits federal funding for fossil fuel projects by restricting international financial institutions, the Export-Import Bank, and the Department of Transportation from supporting fossil fuel infrastructure. It also repeals recent legislation that provided fossil fuel subsidies, including parts of the Fiscal Responsibility Act and Inflation Reduction Act. This comprehensive approach directly affects oil, gas, and coal producers by removing financial benefits that have historically supported the fossil fuel industry, while directing studies to identify and eliminate additional fossil fuel subsidies.
Issues: ✗ Budget & TaxesOpposes Budget & TaxesRepeals fossil fuel tax incentives/subsidies and restricts industry tax benefits, directly opposing tax breaks for polluters per bill's explicit language.92% confidence ✗ EnergyOpposes EnergyEliminates fossil fuel subsidies, prohibits federal funding for fossil fuel projects, and repeals tax incentives, directly restricting industry support and opposing fossil fuel expansion.95% confidence ✓ EnvironmentSupports EnvironmentEliminates fossil fuel subsidies, ends tax incentives, and prohibits federal funding for fossil fuel infrastructure, directly reducing industry support for polluting energy sources.95% confidence ✗ TransportationOpposes TransportationBill prohibits DOT from supporting fossil fuel infrastructure, defunding a specific transportation-related project type per its summary.85% confidence
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced May 23, 2024 Last action Dec 17, 2024
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Committee
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Dec 17, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
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Oct 8, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
lower
May 31, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
lower
May 23, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial Services, Science, Space, and Technology, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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May 23, 2024
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Introduced in House
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1 primary · 32 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Ilhan Omar
Ilhan Omar
DDemocratic
MN
5
Co
Photo of Adam B. Schiff
Adam B. Schiff
DDemocratic
CA
n/a
Co
Photo of Adriano Espaillat
Adriano Espaillat
DDemocratic
NY
13
Co
Photo of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
DDemocratic
NY
14
Co
Photo of André Carson
André Carson
DDemocratic
IN
7
Co
Photo of Ayanna Pressley
Ayanna Pressley
DDemocratic
MA
7
Co
Photo of Barbara Lee
Barbara Lee
DDemocratic
CA
12
Co
Photo of Betty McCollum
Betty McCollum
DDemocratic
MN
4
Co
Photo of Bonnie Watson Coleman
Bonnie Watson Coleman
DDemocratic
NJ
12
Co
Photo of Chellie Pingree
Chellie Pingree
DDemocratic
ME
1
Co
Photo of Cori Bush
Cori Bush
DDemocratic
MO
1