S143Referred to Committee
Natural Gas Tax Repeal Act
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-01-16
Introduced
17
Cosponsors
S
ⓘType
Sponsor
Ted Cruz
Republican · TX · Senator
Votes with party: 75.7% (868 recorded votes)
Top industries funding sponsor:
- Conservative Groups$464k
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Cosponsors (17)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
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Latest Action
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
2025-01-16
Source: Congress.gov
Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public WorksReferred To · 2025-01-16
Plain-English Summary
Natural Gas Tax Repeal Act This bill eliminates a program administered by the Environmental Protection Agency that provides support for reducing methane emissions from the oil and gas sector. It also repeals a charge on methane emissions from facilities that contain petroleum and natural gas systems and emit 25,000 metric tons or more of greenhouse gases per year.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Environmental Protection
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