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Bill would allow year-round E15 sales, ease refinery quotas

Passed one chamberH.R. 1346Latest action

Sponsor: Adrian Smith · Representative · NE

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Official title: Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025

119th Congress

Topics: Environment & energy

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E15 ethanol fuel could be sold year-round at gas stations, and small refiners would owe less renewable fuel blending starting in 2028.

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What does this do?

This bill lets gas stations sell E15 fuel — gasoline mixed with 10 to 15 percent ethanol — in summer months when it was previously banned. It also directs the EPA to update labeling and storage tank rules within 18 months. Separately, starting in 2028, small refiners that processed no more than 75,000 barrels per day in 2025 would see their renewable fuel blending requirements cut by 75%, and a new limited exemption would be available for the very smallest refiners under certain conditions.

Who does it affect?

Gas stations and fuel retailers gain more flexibility in what fuel they can sell year-round. Small petroleum refiners face a restructured set of renewable fuel requirements, and ethanol producers are affected by changes to how much E15 can be sold.

Why does it matter?

Allowing year-round E15 sales changes which fuels are available to drivers at the pump. Reducing blending requirements for small refiners changes how much renewable fuel those companies are required to mix into their products.

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  1. IntroducedFeb 13, 2025
  2. House committee
  3. House vote
  4. SenateYou are here · May 14, 2026
  5. The president's desk

Right now: it passed the House, and the official record shows nothing new since. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the president.

Latest action: — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Data as of October 9, 2026

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Roll-call votes recorded since January 3, 2025.

  1. House · · Roll call 164

    As recorded

    Question
    On Passage
    Result:
    Passed
    218
    Nay
    203
    0
    9

    Republicans 122 yes, 90 no, 5 not voting · Democrats 95 yes, 113 no, 4 not voting · Independent 1 yes

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  2. House · · Roll call 163

    As recorded

    Question
    On
    Result:
    Failed
    112
    Nay
    309
    0
    9

    Republicans 34 yes, 179 no, 4 not voting · Democrats 78 yes, 129 no, 5 not voting · Independent 1 no

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