HR 680 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Update, Promote, and Develop America's Transportation Essentials Act of 2015

Introduced Feb 3, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Earl Blumenauer D-OR

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 3, 2015 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedFeb 3, 2015
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Update, Promote, and Develop America's Transportation Essentials Act of 2015

Expresses the sense of Congress that by 2024 the gas tax should be repealed and replaced with a more sustainable, stable funding source.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the excise tax on motor fuels, to increase the rate of tax on: (1) gasoline other than aviation gasoline to 26.3 cents per gallon in 2016, 30.3 cents per gallon in 2017, and 33.3 cents per gallon after 2017 and before 2028; (2) diesel fuel or kerosene to 32.3 cents per gallon in 2016, 36.3 cents per gallon in 2017, and 39.3 cents per gallon after 2017 and before 2027; and (3) diesel-water fuel emulsion. Delays the termination of such increased rates from the end of FY2016 to December 31, 2026. Requires an adjustment for inflation to such increased rates beginning after 2017.

Increases allocations in the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund in 2016 and 2017 and after 2017.

Imposes a floor stocks tax on rate increases for gasoline, diesel fuel, and  kerosene (other than aviation-grade kerosene), subject to specified exemptions for exempt uses and low-volume producers.

Cosponsors 38

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 3, 2015 to Sep 10, 2015, with 23 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalFeb 3, 2015
D-NJAlbio SiresOriginalFeb 3, 2015
D-TXBeto O'RourkeOriginalFeb 3, 2015
D-PABrendan F. BoyleOriginalFeb 3, 2015
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalFeb 3, 2015
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.OriginalFeb 3, 2015
D-VADonald S. Beyer, Jr.OriginalFeb 3, 2015
D-MOEmanuel CleaverOriginalFeb 3, 2015
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalFeb 3, 2015
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalFeb 3, 2015
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalFeb 3, 2015
D-CAJanice HahnOriginalFeb 3, 2015
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalFeb 3, 2015
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalFeb 3, 2015
D-MNKeith EllisonOriginalFeb 3, 2015
Show all 38 cosponsors

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 3, 2015Introduced in House
  2. Feb 3, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  3. Feb 3, 2015Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E152-153)
  4. Jan 13, 2015Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (H229-230)

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1994TRAFFIC Relief ActRelated billAug 5, 2015

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 3, 2015Introduced in House

Support LegiList

This page is free, carries no paywall, and is built and maintained by one person. If the record here is useful to you, a few dollars keeps it going.

$1 $5 $10

Processed by Stripe in a separate window. LegiList never sees card details.

Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov.