H.R. 383 (119th)Bill Overview

End Oil and Gas Tax Subsidies Act of 2025

Taxation|Accounting and auditingAdministrative law and regulatory procedures
Cosponsors
Support
Democratic
Introduced
Jan 14, 2025
Discussions
Bill Text
Current stageCommittee

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Introduced
Committee
Floor
President
Law
Congressional Activities
01 · The brief
Plain-English summaryWhat this bill actually does

The bill repeals or restricts multiple Internal Revenue Code provisions that provide tax advantages to oil and gas companies. Key changes include eliminating credits (marginal wells, enhanced oil recovery), ending percentage depletion and certain deductions (intangible drilling costs, tertiary injectants), removing QBI for fossil activities, banning LIFO for major integrated oil companies, tightening foreign tax credit rules for dual-capacity payments, and clarifying tar sands as crude oil for excise tax.

Why people may split

Progressives emphasize climate and subsidy removal benefits

Watch point

Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a well-specified set of statutory amendments to the Internal Revenue Code that clearly identifies the code provisions to be changed and supplies definitions and transition rules; it lacks background findings, fiscal acknowledgment, and explicit oversight or reporting measures.

The bill repeals or restricts multiple Internal Revenue Code provisions that provide tax advantages to oil and gas companies.

Key changes include eliminating credits (marginal wells, enhanced oil recovery), ending percentage depletion and certain deductions (intangible drilling costs, tertiary injectants), removing QBI for fossil activities, banning LIFO for major integrated oil companies, tightening foreign tax credit rules for dual-capacity payments, and clarifying tar sands as crude oil for excise tax.

Most provisions apply to taxable years or property after December 31, 2024.

Passage25/100

Ambitious, partisan removals of long‑standing industry tax benefits with limited compromise reduce prospects; could influence policy debates or be partially adopted instead.

CredibilityPartially aligned

Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a well-specified set of statutory amendments to the Internal Revenue Code that clearly identifies the code provisions to be changed and supplies definitions and transition rules; it lacks background findings, fiscal acknowledgment, and explicit oversight or reporting measures.

Contention78/100

Progressives emphasize climate and subsidy removal benefits

02 · What it does

Who stands to gain, and who may push back.

Likely benefits vs burdens50% / 50%
Federal agenciesConsumers

These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.

Likely helped
  • Federal agenciesReduces targeted tax expenditures for the oil and gas sector, increasing federal receipts.
  • Potential benefitRemoves incentives that can encourage additional oil and gas extraction, potentially lowering emissions.
  • Potential benefitNarrows preferential tax treatment, aligning oil and gas tax treatment closer to other industries.
Likely burdened
  • Potential burdenIncreases tax liabilities for oil and gas firms, likely reducing after-tax cash flow and investment.
  • ConsumersHigher industry costs could be passed to consumers through increased fuel and energy prices.
  • Potential burdenSmall, independent, and marginal well operators may face closures or job losses from lost tax relief.
03 · Why people split

Why the argument around this bill splits.

Progressives emphasize climate and subsidy removal benefits
Progressive95%

Likely strongly supportive: views the bill as closing fossil-fuel tax loopholes and removing incentives that encourage extraction.

Sees it as fiscally responsible and aligned with climate and environmental goals.

Leans supportive
Centrist60%

Mixed but cautiously favorable if implemented carefully.

Supports removing inefficient subsidies and improving tax equity, while concerned about economic and energy-security side effects and implementation complexity.

Split reaction
Conservative15%

Likely opposed: views the bill as punitive toward domestic energy producers, expanding federal interference in markets and threatening energy jobs and security.

Sees risks to economic growth and consumer costs.

Likely resistant
04 · Can it pass?

The path through Congress.

Introduced

Reached or meaningfully advanced

Committee

Reached or meaningfully advanced

Floor

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President

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Law

Still ahead

Passage likelihood25/100

Ambitious, partisan removals of long‑standing industry tax benefits with limited compromise reduce prospects; could influence policy debates or be partially adopted instead.

Scope and complexity
86%
Scopesweeping
86%
Complexityhigh
Why this could stall
  • No formal cost/CBO estimate included in text
  • Magnitude of industry and stakeholder lobbying response
05 · Recent votes

Recent votes on the bill.

No vote history yet

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06 · Go deeper

Go deeper than the headline read.

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Progressives emphasize climate and subsidy removal benefits

Ambitious, partisan removals of long‑standing industry tax benefits with limited compromise reduce prospects; could influence policy debate…

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Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a well-specified set of statutory amendments to the Internal Revenue Code that clearly identifies the code provisions to be changed and supplies definitions and tr…

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