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Read. Follow. Verify.Protect Consumers from Reallocation Costs Act of 2025
Last action · September 30, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.Sponsors: Mike Kennedy and 18 others
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What This Bill Would Do
This bill proposes changes to the Clean Air Act to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from shifting renewable fuel requirements from small refineries to other fuel producers. It also mandates that fuel produced by exempt small refineries be counted toward the total fuel volume calculations for the companies that own them.
The bill changes how renewable fuel obligations are distributed among fuel producers, which could impact compliance costs for refineries and fuel importers under the .
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Small refinery owners
Fuel producers and importers
Key Facts
- The bill prohibits the EPA Administrator from reallocating renewable fuel obligations from exempt small refineries to other fuel producers.
- The bill requires that gasoline or diesel refined by an exempt small refinery be included in the total production volume calculations for the owner or operator of that refinery.
- The legislation amends Section 211(o)(9) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(9)).
- The bill was introduced in the House of Representatives on September 30, 2025.
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- The bill applies to small refineries that have received an extension of an exemption under the Renewable Fuel Standard.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
2 actions- Sep 30, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Sep 30, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced in House
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End of Obligation Reallocation
The bill seeks to end the practice of 'reallocation,' which has been a point of contention in how the EPA manages Renewable Fuel Standard exemptions for small refineries.
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- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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