Natural Gas Tax Repeal Act

Bill: 119-s-143
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2025-01-16
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-16
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Natural Gas Tax Repeal Act</strong></p><p>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&nbsp;facilities that contain petroleum and natural gas systems and emit 25,000 metric tons or more of greenhouse gases per year.</p>

tv_txt: II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 143 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 16, 2025 Mr. Cruz (for himself, Mr. Marshall , Mr. Sheehy , Mr. Tuberville , Mr. Budd , Mr. Schmitt , Mrs. Britt , Mr. Ricketts , Mr. Barrasso , Mr. Lee , Ms. Lummis , Mr. Risch , Mr. Tillis , Mrs. Hyde-Smith , and Mr. Hoeven ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To amend the Clean Air Act to repeal the natural gas tax.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Natural Gas Tax Repeal Act . 2. Repeal Section 136 of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7436 ) (relating to methane emissions and waste reduction incentive program for petroleum and natural gas systems) is repealed. 3. Rescission The unobligated balance of any amounts made available under section 136 of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7436 ) (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act) is rescinded.