{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-1346","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 1346","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","official_title":"To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-02-13","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2026-05-13","vote":{"id":"119-2026-h164","question":"On Passage","title":"Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act","result":"Passed","yea":218,"nay":203,"present":0,"not_voting":9,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll164.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.","date":"2026-05-14"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2026-05-13","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act","result":"Failed","yea":112,"nay":309,"present":0,"not_voting":9,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll163.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-02-13","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill amends the Clean Air Act to address the limitations on Reid Vapor Pressure (a measure of gasoline's volatility) that are placed on gasoline during the summer ozone season. Specifically, the bill applies the waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure requirements that is applicable to gasoline blended with 10% ethanol (E10) to gasoline blended with up to 15% ethanol (E15). This change allows gasoline that is blended with 10% to 15% ethanol to be sold year-round."},{"k":"p","t":"Currently, states may be excluded from the waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure requirements by submitting documentation supporting that the waiver would increase air pollution. The bill nullifies existing state exclusions, but states may submit documentation after enactment of the bill to be excluded going forward."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also modifies the Renewable Fuel Standard Program, which requires transportation fuel sold or introduced into commerce in the United States to contain minimum volumes of renewable fuel. Under the existing program, obligated parties, such as small refineries, must satisfy the volume obligations by either blending renewable fuels into their gasoline or diesel fuel products or by acquiring credits that represent the required renewable fuel volume. The bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency to return compliance credits to small refineries under certain circumstances."}],"words":214},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Clean Air Act to extend the Reid Vapor Pressure treatment of gasoline blended with 10 percent ethanol to blends of 10 to 15 percent ethanol, and changes Renewable Fuel Standard requirements for small refineries.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1346/text/eh#H5F85307886A14872B258C0E8B1E76174"}]},"core_areas":["Reid Vapor Pressure limits for gasoline blended with 10 to 15 percent ethanol","Renewable Fuel Standard compliance and exemptions for small refineries","EPA rulemaking on E15 dispenser labeling and underground storage tanks"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Changes the Clean Air Act so the Reid Vapor Pressure limitation that applies to gasoline blended with 10 percent ethanol applies to gasoline blended with 10 to 15 percent ethanol.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1346/text/eh#H5F85307886A14872B258C0E8B1E76174"}},{"text":"Applies the 10 to 15 percent ethanol limitation, during the high ozone season, to any State whose Governor's notification was submitted after January 1, 2022 and before enactment of the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1346/text/eh#H5F85307886A14872B258C0E8B1E76174"}},{"text":"Requires the EPA Administrator, beginning in calendar year 2028, to reduce the Renewable Fuel Standard compliance requirements of each small refining company by 75 percent, and defines that company by a 75,000 barrels per day limit for calendar year 2025.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1346/text/eh#H5F85307886A14872B258C0E8B1E76174"}},{"text":"Bars EPA from applying small refinery exemption extensions beginning in 2028, and lets a qualifying small refinery petition for a one-year exemption for imminent risk of closure, with a 2028 cap equal to the energy content of 150 million gallons of conventional biofuel.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1346/text/eh#H5F85307886A14872B258C0E8B1E76174"}},{"text":"Requires that retired credits for certain small refineries with petitions pending or denied for compliance years 2016 through 2018 be returned for future compliance years or applied in their EPA Moderated Transaction System accounts.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1346/text/eh#H5F85307886A14872B258C0E8B1E76174"}},{"text":"Requires the EPA Administrator to finalize a rule within 18 months of enactment that modifies E15 fuel dispenser labeling requirements and underground storage tank regulations for gasoline-ethanol blends.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1346/text/eh#H5F85307886A14872B258C0E8B1E76174"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"place_specific_amount","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1346/text/eh#H5F85307886A14872B258C0E8B1E76174"},"heading":"Year-Round E15 and RFS Reform","effect":"Starting in calendar year 2028, cuts the Renewable Fuel Standard compliance requirements of each small refining company by 75 percent. It also returns retired credits to small refineries that meet dated petition and retirement criteria, and allows exemptions for qualifying small refineries up to a 150 million gallon cap.","amount":null,"quote":"the Administrator shall, subject to clause (ii), reduce the compliance requirements of each small refining company under paragraph (2) by 75 percent."}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2026-05-13","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1346/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-03","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1346","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1346/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-1346.png","v":"50e669c6650d","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 1346, 119th Congress: Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025. House: 218 Yea, 203 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 13 May 2026."}}