Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Smith (NE)
Introduced
Summary
This bill would make major changes to the Clean Air Act to ease federal Reid Vapor Pressure rules for ethanol blends and to give certain small refineries a way to restore or receive Renewable Fuel Program credits from 2016–2018.
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- Fuel retailers and drivers: It would broaden when gasoline with ethanol can be sold by letting more ethanol blends meet the fuel-introduction rules and by setting the allowable ethanol blend share to a 10 to 15 percent range.
- States with prior notifications: States that submitted Governor notifications before enactment would have the new 10 to 15 percent limit apply to gasoline plus ethanol blends sold in their areas during the high ozone season.
- Small refineries: It would allow credits generated for the 2016–2018 compliance years to be returned to small refineries and deemed eligible for future use or to be placed in a refinery's EPA Moderated Transaction System account, subject to petition filing dates and the Administrator's actions as of Dec. 1, 2022.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Wider summer sales of 10 to 15% ethanol gas
This bill would loosen some summer limits on gasoline with 10% to 15% ethanol. Fuel makers could sell these blends if EPA finds them like certified fuels or grants a waiver. They would still need to meet other Reid Vapor Pressure rules. The limit reference would change from 10% to a range of 10% to 15% ethanol. States filing after enactment would need to include supporting information. States that notified EPA before enactment would use the new 10% to 15% limit in the high ozone season. These changes would take effect on enactment.
Small refineries regain old fuel credits
If enacted, some small refineries would get retired renewable fuel credits back. They could have credits returned for future years or posted to their EPA EMTS account. For 2016–2017, it would cover refineries that retired those credits and had a petition pending on December 1, 2022. For 2018, it would also cover refineries that filed by September 1, 2019 and retired credits by March 31, 2019. Their petition must have been pending on December 1, 2022. Or it was denied by July 1, 2022, and credits were not returned by December 1, 2022. This relief would start on enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Smith (NE)
NE • R
Cosponsors
Craig
MN • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Johnson (SD)
SD • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Budzinski
IL • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Miller-Meeks
IA • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Davids (KS)
KS • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Flood
NE • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Bost
IL • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Miller (OH)
OH • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Miller (IL)
IL • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Finstad
MN • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Estes
KS • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
LaHood
IL • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Moore (UT)
UT • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Van Orden
WI • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Nunn (IA)
IA • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Sorensen
IL • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Kelly (IL)
IL • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Alford
MO • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Taylor
OH • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Feenstra
IA • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Mann
KS • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Hinson
IA • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Fischbach
MN • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Bacon
NE • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Schmidt
KS • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Guest
MS • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Cleaver
MO • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
McDonald Rivet
MI • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Davis (NC)
NC • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Jack
GA • R
Sponsored 2/14/2025
Carey
OH • R
Sponsored 2/14/2025
Carter (GA)
GA • R
Sponsored 2/14/2025
Graves
MO • R
Sponsored 2/14/2025
Smith (MO)
MO • R
Sponsored 2/21/2025
Comer
KY • R
Sponsored 2/21/2025
Wagner
MO • R
Sponsored 2/24/2025
Shreve
IN • R
Sponsored 2/25/2025
Messmer
IN • R
Sponsored 3/11/2025
Grothman
WI • R
Sponsored 5/13/2025
Bell
MO • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Brown
OH • D
Sponsored 8/15/2025
Mrvan
IN • D
Sponsored 8/29/2025
Stevens
MI • D
Sponsored 9/15/2025
Pocan
WI • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
McClain Delaney
MD • D
Sponsored 10/8/2025
Moolenaar
MI • R
Sponsored 10/17/2025
Baird
IN • R
Sponsored 10/28/2025
Wied
WI • R
Sponsored 11/17/2025
Kaptur
OH • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Fedorchak
ND • R
Sponsored 1/22/2026
Tiffany
WI • R
Sponsored 2/10/2026
Houchin
IN • R
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Roll Call Votes
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