End Polluter Welfare Act of 2025
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Plain English Summary
AI-generated# End Polluter Welfare Act of 2025 — Plain-English Summary
This bill aims to eliminate a wide range of federal financial benefits currently provided to fossil fuel companies — that is, companies that produce, refine, or sell oil, natural gas, and coal. These benefits include tax breaks, direct spending programs, subsidized leasing of public lands for drilling and mining, favorable financing through government-backed institutions, and federal research funding that specifically supports fossil fuel development. The bill's central goal is to end what its sponsors consider subsidies to the fossil fuel industry.
In practical terms, the bill would repeal or modify numerous provisions across the federal tax code, energy programs, and land management policies. For example, it would eliminate certain tax deductions that oil and gas companies use to reduce their tax bills, raise royalty rates that companies pay when they extract resources from public lands and waters, and end favorable lending terms these companies may receive through federal financial institutions. It would also restrict U.S. support for fossil fuel projects through international development banks and other foreign-facing agencies.
The bill would primarily affect fossil fuel producers, refiners, and related businesses, which would face higher costs and fewer government-supported financial advantages. It could also have broader effects on energy prices, government revenue, and jobs in the fossil fuel sector, though the extent of those impacts would depend on how the industry responds. Taxpayers more broadly could be affected as well, since the bill is designed to redirect federal dollars away from fossil fuel support, potentially increasing government revenue or freeing up funds for other purposes.
The bill has been referred to numerous House committees — including Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and others — reflecting how many areas of federal policy it touches. It is in the early stages of the legislative process, and no committee has yet taken formal action on it.
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, Science, Space, and Technology, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Appropriations, Financial Services, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
July 23, 2025
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, Science, Space, and Technology, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Appropriations, Financial Services, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
Jul 23, 2025Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, Science, Space, and Technology, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Appropriations, Financial Services, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
Jul 23, 2025Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, Science, Space, and Technology, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Appropriations, Financial Services, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
Jul 23, 2025Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, Science, Space, and Technology, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Appropriations, Financial Services, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
Jul 23, 2025Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, Science, Space, and Technology, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Appropriations, Financial Services, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
Jul 23, 2025Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, Science, Space, and Technology, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Appropriations, Financial Services, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
Jul 23, 2025Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, Science, Space, and Technology, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Appropriations, Financial Services, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
Jul 23, 2025Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, Science, Space, and Technology, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Appropriations, Financial Services, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
Jul 23, 2025Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, Science, Space, and Technology, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Appropriations, Financial Services, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
Jul 23, 2025Introduced in House
Jul 23, 2025Introduced in House
Jul 23, 2025