# 117-hr-7871: People Over Petroleum Act

117-hr-7871, People Over Petroleum Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4] (D-VA); status Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-7871
- Congress: 117
- Title: People Over Petroleum Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced: 2022-05-24
- Sponsor: Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4] (D-VA)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

People Over Petroleum Act This bill repeals or limits certain fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies. It also allows individual taxpayers a 2022 gas prices rebate for the first taxable year beginning in 2022. The bill defines 2022 gas prices rebate as the sum of $500 ($1,000 for joint returns), plus $500 times the number of taxpayer dependents who had attained the age of 16 as of the end of the taxable year. The bill allows advance payments of the rebate and requires taxpayers to provide a Social Security account number on their tax returns.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2022-05-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA), 2022-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL), 2022-05-24T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-7871 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7871)

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- [117-hr-8404: Respect for Marriage Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-8404)
- [117-hr-1842: Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-1842)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-7871 (as of 2025-11-18).