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H.R. 1346119th CongressEnvironmental Protection
To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE) · 55 active : 37 Republicans, 18 Democrats
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate9 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedMay 13, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govNationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025
This bill amends the Clean Air Act to address the limitations on Reid Vapor Pressure (a measure of gasoline's volatility) that are placed on gasoline during the summer ozone season. Specifically, the bill applies the waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure requirements that is applicable to gasoline blended with 10% ethanol (E10) to gasoline blended with up to 15% ethanol (E15). This change allows gasoline that is blended with 10% to 15% ethanol to be sold year-round.
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Currently, states may be excluded from the waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure requirements by submitting documentation supporting that the waiver would increase air pollution. The bill nullifies existing state exclusions, but states may submit documentation after enactment of the bill to be excluded going forward.
The bill also modifies the Renewable Fuel Standard Program, which requires transportation fuel sold or introduced into commerce in the United States to contain minimum volumes of renewable fuel. Under the existing program, obligated parties, such as small refineries, must satisfy the volume obligations by either blending renewable fuels into their gasoline or diesel fuel products or by acquiring credits that represent the required renewable fuel volume. The bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency to return compliance credits to small refineries under certain circumstances.
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
On PassagePassed218 yea, 203 nayMay 13, 2026 · Roll call 164
| BandBand before the vote | VotedVoted yea or nay | BrokeBroke with party | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swing | 39 | 25 | 64% |
| Middle | 188 | 83 | 44% |
| Entrenched | 194 | 77 | 40% |
| All |
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce · HouseReferred to
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Air quality
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Motor fuels
- Oil and gas
- State and local government operations
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
55 activeShow all 55 cosponsors
- Angie Craig (D-MN-2)
- Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2)
- Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1)
- Brad Finstad (R-MN-1)
- Darin LaHood (R-IL-16)
- David J. Taylor (R-OH-2)
- Derek Schmidt (R-KS-2)
- Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3)
- Don Bacon (R-NE-2)
- Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1)
- Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL)
- Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5)
- Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17)
- Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI-8)
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1)
- Mark Alford (R-MO-4)
- Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15)
- Max L. Miller
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
