Gas Prices Relief Act of 2022
Latest action · Feb 18, 2022 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.
- IntroducedFeb 18, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Gas Prices Relief Act of 2022
This bill provides for a temporary exemption through 2022 from the excise tax on gasoline (other than aviation gasoline) and from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate. The Department of the Treasury must transfer from the general fund to the Highway Trust Fund and the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund amounts resulting from the exemption provided by this bill.
The bill also expresses congressional policy that consumers immediately receive the benefit of this exemption.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 18, 2022 to May 3, 2022; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Original | Feb 18, 2022 |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Original | Feb 18, 2022 |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Original | Feb 18, 2022 |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Original | Feb 18, 2022 |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Original | Feb 18, 2022 |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Original | Feb 18, 2022 |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Original | Feb 18, 2022 |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Original | Feb 18, 2022 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Feb 22, 2022 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| D-NC | Kathy E. Manning | Mar 7, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Mar 8, 2022 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Mar 11, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Mar 11, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Mar 17, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Mar 18, 2022 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Mar 29, 2022 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Apr 26, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | May 3, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Feb 18, 2022 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 18, 2022Introduced in House
- Feb 18, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 33, February 18, 2022, page H1133.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48948 | Suspension of the Federal Gas Tax: In Brief | Report | Oct 13, 2026 |
| IN11879 | Potential Impacts of a Federal Gasoline Tax Moratorium Archived | Insight | Jun 27, 2022 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3609 | Gas Prices Relief Act of 2022 | Related bill | Feb 9, 2022 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a gasoline tax holiday.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Gas Prices Relief Act of 2022
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 18, 2022Introduced in House
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; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
