Rep. Omar Introduces the End Polluter Welfare Act to Cut Billions in Fossil Fuel Subsidies
This bill is sitting in several House committees where it was sent in July 2025. Nothing has happened with the bill for 11 months. It is stalled because it has not received any action since it was first introduced.
This bill faces strong opposition from the fossil fuel industry and many lawmakers who worry about rising energy prices. It lacks the bipartisan support needed to move through a divided Congress.
This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.
Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 8554 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 8554 (118th) →Scores run from -100 (strongly harmful) to +100 (strongly beneficial) for each group, combining impact, certainty, scope, and duration ratings of 1-5. How impact scoring works
Small oil and gas producers, independent drillers, and small coal mining companies would lose tax breaks they depend on to stay competitive, including the marginal wells credit and percentage depletion allowances. Many small operators work on tight margins, and the loss of these incentives could make some wells and mines uneconomical, potentially forcing closures and layoffs in energy-dependent communities.
“Section 45I (relating to credit for producing oil and natural gas from marginal wells).”
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, Science, Space, and Technology, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Appropriations, Financial Services, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Introduced in House
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The Senate passed a reconciliation bill that expands tax credits for oil production and slashes royalties for drilling on federal lands, prompting progressive lawmakers to prepare a counter-legislative push to repeal these 'polluter welfare' provisions.
President Trump signed a resolution blocking the implementation of methane pollution fees, a move that the End Polluter Welfare Act of 2025 specifically seeks to reverse by restoring fees for methane-emitting polluters.
Reporting highlights how the administration's policy shifts benefit major fossil fuel donors, providing context for the 2025 legislative push by progressives to eliminate what they term 'corporate welfare' for the industry.
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Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
End Polluter Welfare Act of 2025
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