Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Deb Fischer
Introduced
Summary
Year-round E15 sales would be allowed by changing Reid Vapor Pressure rules so gasoline blended with up to 15% ethanol can be sold during the summer ozone season. The bill would also give some small refineries a way to reclaim or reapply older Renewable Fuel Standard compliance credits from 2016–2018.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Return renewable fuel credits to refineries
If enacted, certain small refineries could get back Renewable Fuel Standard credits for 2016, 2017, and 2018. The bill would let eligible refineries either have those retired credits returned and made usable for future years or have the credits posted to their EPA account. To qualify, a refinery must meet narrow timing rules about when it retired credits and when it filed a petition (for example, petitions outstanding on December 1, 2022, or specific filing and retirement dates for 2018). This would reduce compliance costs for refineries that meet those conditions.
Changes to ethanol fuel rules
If enacted, the bill would change rules about ethanol in gasoline. It would replace a single "10 percent" reference with a "10 to 15 percent" range for certain Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) limits. States that gave a Governor notification before enactment would be treated under the new 10–15 percent rule for the high ozone season. The bill would also let EPA allow fuels or additives into commerce if they are found very similar to certified fuels or have a waiver (even if the waiver had an RVP limit), but fuels must still meet other RVP rules.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Deb Fischer
NE • R
Cosponsors
Tammy Duckworth
IL • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Shelley Capito
WV • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Amy Klobuchar
MN • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
John Thune
SD • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Pete Ricketts
NE • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Richard Durbin
IL • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Jerry Moran
KS • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Roger Marshall
KS • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Chuck Grassley
IA • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Joni Ernst
IA • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Tammy Baldwin
WI • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Tina Smith
MN • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Mike Rounds
SD • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Roger Wicker
MS • R
Sponsored 2/19/2025
John Hoeven
ND • R
Sponsored 2/24/2025
Elissa Slotkin
MI • D
Sponsored 3/10/2025
Gary Peters
MI • D
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Ruben Gallego
AZ • D
Sponsored 5/12/2025
James Justice
WV • R
Sponsored 10/6/2025
Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
KY • R
Sponsored 11/18/2025
Jim Banks
IN • R
Sponsored 1/14/2026
Roll Call Votes
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