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Protect Consumers from Reallocation Costs Act of 2025

To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the reallocation of applicable volumes for small refineries under the Renewable Fuel Standard, and for other purposes.

Introduced Sep 30, 2025

Latest action (Sep 30, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Referred to
Energy and Commerce Committee
Policy area
Energy
Issues
Economy & Taxes

Summary
  • Prohibits the EPA from reallocating renewable fuel blending obligations from small refineries to other fuel producers or importers.
  • Requires the EPA to include a small refinery's fuel production in calculating that refinery owner's total renewable fuel obligations, even if the small refinery has received an exemption from the renewable fuel requirement.

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Sponsor (1)
18 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Sep 30, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
  2. Sep 30, 2025 Introduced in House

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Sep 30, 2025

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 30, 2025

Mr. Kennedy of Utah introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the reallocation of applicable volumes for small refineries under the Renewable Fuel Standard, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Protect Consumers from Reallocation Costs Act of 2025”.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON REALLOCATION OF OBLIGATED VOLUMES.

Section 211(o)(9) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(9)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(E) Prohibition on reallocation.—

“(i) In general.—For the purpose of making the determinations in paragraph

(2)(B)(ii), for each calendar year, the Administrator may not reallocate to other persons any renewable fuel obligation applicable to a small refinery to which an extension of an exemption under subparagraph

(B) applies.

“(ii) Inclusion of volumes by a small refinery.—In determining the renewable fuel obligations for a person for a calendar year, the Administrator shall include the gasoline or diesel refined by a small refinery owned or operated by that person to which an extension of an exemption under subparagraph (B) applies in the total volume of gasoline or diesel fuel produced or imported in that calendar year.”. <all>

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