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SAF Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reinstate the special rate calculation of the clean fuel production credit with respect to sustainable aviation fuel, and for other purposes.

Introduced Dec 9, 2025

Latest action (Dec 9, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Referred to
Ways and Means Committee
Policy area
Taxation
Issues
Climate & EnergyEconomy & Taxes

Summary
  • Increases the clean fuel production tax credit rates for sustainable aviation fuel.
  • Raises the tax credit from 20 cents per gallon to 35 cents per gallon for sustainable aviation fuel at certain production facilities.
  • Raises the tax credit from $1.00 to $1.75 per gallon at other specified production facilities.
  • Extends the deadline for the clean fuel production credit from December 31, 2029 to December 31, 2033.
  • Applies these changes to sustainable aviation fuel produced after December 31, 2025.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
11 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Sharice Davids’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • Employer not reported $243,550
  • UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS $13,893
  • DENTONS US LLP $12,650
  • BYRNE PELOFSKY + ASSOCIATES LLC $11,350
  • BARKLEY $10,700

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Sharice Davids → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Dec 9, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. · house
  2. Dec 9, 2025 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 3759 — SAF Act · Introduced Feb 2, 2026 · Cong. 119 92%
  • S 692 — Sustainable Vessel Fuel Act · Introduced Feb 24, 2025 · Cong. 119 67%
  • S 3632 — Renewable Chemicals Act of 2026 · Introduced Jan 14, 2026 · Cong. 119 65%
  • HR 8536 — Fuel STAR Act of 2026 · Introduced Apr 28, 2026 · Cong. 119 64%
  • HR 311 — Restoring Fuel Market Freedom Act of 2025 · Introduced Jan 9, 2025 · Cong. 119 62%
  • HR 1346 — To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes. · Passed House May 14, 2026 · Cong. 119 62%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Dec 9, 2025

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 9, 2025

Ms. Davids of Kansas (for herself, Mr. Flood, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, and Mr. Mann) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

A BILL

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reinstate the special rate calculation of the clean fuel production credit with respect to sustainable aviation fuel, 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 “Securing America’s Fuels Act” or the “SAF Act”.

SECTION 2. EXTENSION OF CLEAN FUEL PRODUCTION CREDIT; REINSTATEMENT OF SPECIAL RATE CALCULATION FOR SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL.

(a) Reinstatement of Special Rate.—

(1) In general.—Paragraph (3) of section 45Z(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:

“(3) Special rate for sustainable aviation fuel.—

“(A) In general.—In the case of a transportation fuel which is sustainable aviation fuel, paragraph (2) shall be applied—

“(i) in the case of fuel produced at a qualified facility described in paragraph

(2)(A), by substituting ‘35 cents’ for ‘20 cents’, and

“(ii) in the case of fuel produced at a qualified facility described in paragraph

(2)(B), by substituting ‘$1.75’ for ‘$1.00’.

“(B) Sustainable aviation fuel.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term ‘sustainable aviation fuel’ means liquid fuel, the portion of which is not kerosene, which is sold for use in an aircraft and which—

“(i) meets the requirements of—

“(I) ASTM International Standard D7566, or

“(II) the Fischer Tropsch provisions of ASTM International Standard D1655, Annex A1, and

“(ii) is not derived from palm fatty acid distillates or petroleum.”.

(2) Conforming amendment.—Section 45Z(c)(1) of such Code, as amended by Public Law 119-21, is amended by striking “and the $1.00 amount in subsection (a)(2)(B)” and inserting “, the $1.00 amount in subsection (a)(2)(B), the 35 cent amount in subsection (a)(3)(A)(i), and the $1.75 amount in subsection

(a)(3)(A)(ii)”.

(b) Extension of Credit.—Section 45Z(g) of such Code, as amended by Public Law 119-21, is amended by striking “fuel sold after December 31, 2029” and inserting “fuel sold after December 31, 2033”.

(c) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this paragraph shall apply to fuel produced after December 31, 2025. <all>

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