House MARKET Act Would Tax Carbon Pollution at $35/Ton, Fund Roads and Airports
To advance bipartisan, common sense solutions.
This bill is currently sitting in several House committees for review. Nothing has happened with this proposal since October 2025, which means it has been stalled for about eight months. It will not move forward unless one of these committees decides to take action.
No action since October 2025
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, Education and Workforce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, Agriculture, Appropriations, Armed Services, the Budget, Rules, Ethics, Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, House Administration, the Judiciary, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Oversight and Government Reform, Small Business, and Veterans' 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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Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick and Carlos Curbelo introduced the MARKET CHOICE Act to reduce carbon emissions and generate billions for infrastructure by taxing fossil fuels. The bill aims to replace the federal gas tax with a carbon fee, with revenue going to the Highway Trust Fund.
Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick and Salud Carbajal reintroduced the MARKET CHOICE Act, which would impose a $35-per-ton tax on carbon emissions. The revenue would be funneled into infrastructure investments to replace the federal gasoline tax, though it faces hurdles with the Biden administration.
Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick and Salud Carbajal reintroduced the MARKET CHOICE Act in May 2025. The bipartisan proposal seeks to replace the federal gasoline tax with a carbon tax on fossil fuel combustion and industrial sources, including a border tax adjustment for competitiveness.
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To advance bipartisan, common sense solutions.
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