Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
This bill repeals Section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act, eliminating the Environmental Protection Agency's Renewable Fuel Standard program, and makes conforming statutory amendments and citations to reflect the repeal.
Climate vs deregulation: environmental impacts versus reducing mandates
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a direct and legally specific statutory repeal with clear identification of the targeted provision and some conforming amendments, but it provides limited ancillary detail on fiscal implications, transitional arrangements, edge cases, and oversight.
This bill repeals Section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act, eliminating the Environmental Protection Agency's Renewable Fuel Standard program, and makes conforming statutory amendments and citations to reflect the repeal.
Substantive rollback of a major, interest-driven program with no compromise features; low probability absent broad stakeholder realignment.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a direct and legally specific statutory repeal with clear identification of the targeted provision and some conforming amendments, but it provides limited ancillary detail on fiscal implications, transitional arrangements, edge cases, and oversight.
Climate vs deregulation: environmental impacts versus reducing mandates
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Climate vs deregulation: environmental impacts versus reducing mandates
Likely opposed.
Sees the RFS repeal as a rollback of a federal tool aimed at reducing petroleum use and supporting low-carbon fuel development.
Concerned repeal lacks a climate-aligned replacement and could raise emissions.
Mixed/conditional.
Acknowledges RFS complexity and economic distortions but worries about abrupt policy removal without transition.
Would weigh administrative savings against environmental and rural impacts.
Supportive.
Views repeal as removing federal overreach, ending expensive mandates, and restoring market choice for refiners and fuel suppliers.
Sees economic and regulatory relief as primary gain.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Still ahead
Substantive rollback of a major, interest-driven program with no compromise features; low probability absent broad stakeholder realignment.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Climate vs deregulation: environmental impacts versus reducing mandates
Substantive rollback of a major, interest-driven program with no compromise features; low probability absent broad stakeholder realignment.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a direct and legally specific statutory repeal with clear identification of the targeted provision and some conforming amendments, but it provides limited ancillar…
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