House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Tar Sands Tax Loophole Elimination Act
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that products derived from tar sands are crude oil for purposes of the Federal excise tax on petroleum, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 18, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Mar 18, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2224.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 50, March 18, 2025, Page H1173):Clauses 3 and 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 18, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2224, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2224
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
7 cosponsors — 7 Democrats
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Jill Tokuda (D-HI).
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Related bills
- S. 1026 (119th) Tar Sands Tax Loophole Elimination ActIdentical bill
- H.R. 383 (119th) End Oil and Gas Tax Subsidies Act of 2025Related bill
- H.R. 5983 (119th) National Resilience and Recovery Fund ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.