Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025 changes Clean Air Act section 211 fuel rules. It allows a fuel or fuel additive to enter commerce when EPA has determined it is substantially similar to certification fuel, or when it has a waiver and meets all waiver conditions except a Reid Vapor Pressure limit, so long as it meets other applicable RVP requirements. It updates summer gasoline RVP language from 10 percent ethanol to 10-to-15 percent denatured anhydrous ethanol, and applies the updated RVP treatment to states that had already submitted governor notifications before enactment. The final House text also defines small refining company as a company or affiliated group whose 2025 daily average obligated-fuel production did not exceed 75,000 barrels per day, and changes RFS small-refinery exemption and petition treatment beginning in 2028.
Who Benefits and How
Ethanol producers, corn growers, fuel retailers selling E15, gasoline blenders, drivers using E15, convenience-store fuel stations, states seeking uniform E15 summer treatment, and some small refining companies benefit from clearer nationwide authority for 10-to-15 percent ethanol blends and more predictable RVP treatment. E15 retailers gain a path to sell blends during the high ozone season without a separate RVP waiver barrier, and ethanol producers gain a larger potential market for denatured anhydrous ethanol.
Who Bears the Burden and How
EPA fuel-program staff, state air-quality regulators, obligated refiners, renewable fuel compliance teams, petroleum refiners that compete with ethanol blends, and environmental compliance staff must administer revised RVP rules, state notifications, waiver language, small-refining-company definitions, and RFS exemption changes. Some refiners may lose flexibility if small-refinery exemption extensions are limited or terminated after 2028.
Key Provisions
- Amends Clean Air Act section 211(f)(4) waiver language for fuels and fuel additives.
- Allows covered fuels to enter commerce despite waiver-specific RVP limits when other RVP requirements are met.
- Expands section 211(h) RVP treatment from 10 percent ethanol to 10-to-15 percent denatured anhydrous ethanol blends.
- Applies revised RVP limits to states with earlier governor notifications covering high ozone season gasoline blends.
- Defines small refining company using a 75,000-barrel-per-day 2025 obligated-fuel production threshold.
- Changes Renewable Fuel Standard small-refinery exemption and petition treatment beginning in calendar year 2028.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Amends Clean Air Act fuel rules to allow year-round sale of E15 gasoline blends by addressing Reid Vapor Pressure waiver limits, expands state RVP treatment from 10 percent ethanol to 10-to-15 percent blends, defines small refining company, and changes Renewable Fuel Standard small-refinery exemption treatment.
Key Policy Areas
Energy, Transportation Fuels, Air Quality, Biofuels
Primary Purpose
Amends Clean Air Act fuel rules to allow year-round sale of E15 gasoline blends by addressing Reid Vapor Pressure waiver limits, expands state RVP treatment from 10 percent ethanol to 10-to-15 percent blends, defines small refining company, and changes Renewable Fuel Standard small-refinery exemption treatment.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Ethanol manufacturers
- Corn farmers
- E15 fuel retailers
- Gasoline blending companies
- Drivers using E15
- Small refining companies
Identified Costs
- Environmental Protection Agency
- State air-quality agencies
- Obligated refinery compliance staff
- Renewable Fuel Standard administrators
- Petroleum refinery workers
- Environmental compliance staff
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Passed HouseReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to …
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment …
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without …
Mr. Perry moved to recommit to the Committee on Energy …
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate …
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 7567, H.R. 2616, S. …
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1224. (consideration: …
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without …
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 218 - …
Stakeholder Effects
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "e15"
- → Gasoline containing 10 to 15 percent denatured anhydrous ethanol.
- "rvp"
- → Reid Vapor Pressure, a volatility measure used in summer gasoline rules.
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