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S. 2996 (114th)

FAIR Energy Policy Act

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Introduced

26 May 2016

Last action

26 May 2016 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Sponsors

Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI], Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI], Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA], Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR], Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]

Subjects

Energy, Taxation

Source updated

12 August 2025

Energy · Taxation

Summary

Fossil Aid is Inefficient and Regressive Energy Policy Act or the FAIR Energy Policy Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to phase out certain tax provisions that apply to fossil fuels. The bill establishes a schedule for decreasing the benefits of the provisions for major integrated oil companies by specified percentages that reach 100% after December 31, 2019. The affected provisions include: the deduction for intangible drilling costs, the deduction for the percentage of depletion of oil and natural gas wells, the deduction for oil related qualified production activities income, the deduction for the amortization of geological and geophysical expenditures, the deduction for the percentage of depletion of oil shale, the deduction for exploration and development costs for oil shale, the capital gains treatment for royalties of coal, the deduction for tertiary injectants, the exception to the passive loss limitation for working interests in oil and natural gas properties, and the marginal wells tax credit.

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Timeline

  1. 26 May 2016

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 26 May 2016

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

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