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H.R. 1346: To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.

119th Congress · introduced 2025-02-13 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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Official title

To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025 This bill amends the Clean Air Act to address the limitations on Reid Vapor Pressure (a measure of gasoline's volatility) that are placed on gasoline during the summer ozone season. Specifically, the bill applies the waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure requirements that is applicable to gasoline blended with 10% ethanol (E10) to gasoline blended with up to 15% ethanol (E15). This change allows gasoline that is blended with 10% to 15% ethanol to be sold year-round. Currently, states may be excluded from the waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure requirements by submitting documentation supporting that the waiver would increase air pollution. The bill nullifies existing state exclusions, but states may submit documentation after enactment of the bill to be excluded going forward. The bill also modifies the Renewable Fuel Standard Program, which requires transportation fuel sold or introduced into commerce in the United States to contain minimum volumes of renewable fuel. Under the existing program, obligated parties, such as small refineries, must satisfy the volume obligations by either blending renewable fuels into their gasoline or diesel fuel products or by acquiring credits that represent the required renewable fuel volume. The bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency to return compliance credits to small refineries under certain circumstances.

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To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] · 55 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1346, Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025 (2026-05-12)

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Angie Craig (D-MN), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Mike Flood (R-NE), Mike Bost (R-IL), Max L. Miller (R-OH), Mary E. Miller (R-IL), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Ron Estes (R-KS), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Blake D. Moore (R-UT), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Eric Sorensen (D-IL), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Mark Alford (R-MO), David J. Taylor (R-OH), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Don Bacon (R-NE), Derek Schmidt (R-KS), Michael Guest (R-MS), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI), Donald G. Davis (D-NC), Brian Jack (R-GA), Mike Carey (R-OH), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Sam Graves (R-MO), Jason Smith (R-MO), James Comer (R-KY), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Jefferson Shreve (R-IN), Mark B. Messmer (R-IN), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Shontel M. Brown (D-OH), Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN), Haley M. Stevens (D-MI), Mark Pocan (D-WI), April McClain Delaney (D-MD), John R. Moolenaar (R-MI), James R. Baird (R-IN), Tony Wied (R-WI), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND), Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI), Erin Houchin (R-IN), Josh Riley (D-NY), Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL), Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] reported raising $2.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Record fed-us-cong119-hr1346 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills