Bill cuts federal fuel taxes for one year.
H.R. 10589 — Consumer Fuel Costs Relief Act · Filed by Chris Pappas (D-NH) · Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill stops federal taxes on gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. The tax cut lasts one year, ending September 30, 2027. The government must pay the Highway Trust Fund from general money. It must also pay the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund. The bill says fuel makers and airlines should lower prices. It tells the Treasury, FTC, and CFTC to watch for price gouging.
Who it affects
People who buy fuel could pay less if makers lower prices. Drivers, airlines, and heating oil users may benefit. All taxpayers pay for the lost tax money.
One thing to notice
The bill does not require fuel makers to lower prices. They could keep the savings as profit instead.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Sep 24, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 24, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Agriculture and House Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, the…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Highway Trust Fund — Federal money that pays for roads and bridges, funded by fuel taxes.
- Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund — Federal money that cleans up old fuel storage tanks that leak.
- price gouging — Raising prices unfairly high, especially during emergencies or shortages.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (3,255 characters) on Sep 30, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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