Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act
Latest action · Mar 17, 2026 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.
- IntroducedMar 17, 2026
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 27
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 17, 2026 to Sep 14, 2026; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Mar 17, 2026 |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Original | Mar 17, 2026 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Mar 18, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Mar 26, 2026 | |
| D-RI | Gabe Amo | Apr 16, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Apr 30, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | May 12, 2026 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | May 14, 2026 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | May 19, 2026 | |
| D-AZ | Adelita S. Grijalva | Jun 2, 2026 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jun 2, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Jun 3, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Greg Casar | Jun 4, 2026 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jun 8, 2026 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jun 10, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jun 15, 2026 | |
| D-VT | Becca Balint | Jun 18, 2026 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Jun 18, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jun 23, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Analilia Mejia | Jul 2, 2026 | |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Jul 2, 2026 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Jul 13, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Jul 13, 2026 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Jul 15, 2026 | |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Jul 22, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Aug 31, 2026 | |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Sep 14, 2026 |
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 Mar 17, 2026 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 17, 2026Introduced in House
- Mar 17, 2026Referred 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. 172, no. 48, March 17, 2026, page H2551.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4111 | Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act | Identical bill | Mar 17, 2026 |
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 impose a windfall profits excise tax on crude oil and to rebate the tax collected back to individual taxpayers, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 17, 2026Introduced 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.
