Congress extends $1.75-per-gallon subsidy for aviation fuel makers through 2033
S. 3759 — SAF Act · Filed by Jerry Moran (R-KS) · 3 cosponsors · Introduced Feb 2, 2026 · Referred to committee
Your members of Congress
Enter a ZIP to see where your representative and both senators stood on this bill.
Looked up on this device — your ZIP is never stored on our servers.
What it does
This bill reinstates and enhances a federal tax credit for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production. It increases the credit rate from 20 cents to 35 cents per gallon for SAF made at certain facilities, and from $1.00 to $1.75 per gallon for SAF made at other facilities. It also extends the credit's expiration date from December 31, 2029 to December 31, 2033. The changes apply retroactively to fuel produced after December 31, 2025.
Why we flagged it
The bill's operative mechanism is a direct increase in federal tax credits (subsidies) for sustainable aviation fuel producers, extended through 2033. This is a targeted industry tax benefit, not a regulatory reform or public-safety measure.
What the text implies
- The bill does not require SAF producers to pass savings to airlines or consumers; the credit may be captured entirely as producer profit margin.
- Retroactive application to fuel produced after Dec 31, 2025 may create windfall claims for producers who already made investment decisions before the bill's passage.
- The definition of SAF excludes palm fatty acid distillates but does not restrict other feedstocks; environmental benefit depends on feedstock sourcing, which is not policed by the credit itself.
- Extension to 2033 locks in subsidy commitment without sunset review or performance benchmarks; no requirement that SAF reach a cost-competitiveness threshold.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
Citizens may benefit from incentives that accelerate SAF adoption and reduce aviation's carbon footprint, supporting climate goals. However, the bill is primarily a tax subsidy to fuel producers with no direct consumer benefit, no price guarantee, and no mechanism ensuring SAF cost reductions reach passengers or shippers—the credit may simply increase producer margins.
Who stands to gain
- sustainable aviation fuel producers
- aviation fuel refiners and blenders
- biofuel and synthetic fuel manufacturers
Named in the bill
Internal Revenue Code §45Z, Public Law 119–21, ASTM International (Standard D7566, D1655), sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry
Where it stands
3 cosponsors: 2 Democrats, 1 Republicans.
- Feb 2, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Feb 2, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Finance · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
9 lobbying clients named this bill on 9 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $8,270,201 in lobbying spend. A filing names 17 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 89% of bills with at least one filing.
Jerry Moran, the sponsor, reported $396,550 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle. $11,500 of that came from 3 PACs tied to these lobbying clients.
- Boeing Company — $2,770,000 on 1 filing
- Delta Air Lines Inc — $1,460,000 on 1 filing
- Phillips 66 — $1,320,000 on 1 filing
- United Airlines Inc — $1,110,000 on 1 filing
- Airports Council International -- North America — $775,201 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,892 characters) on Aug 19, 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.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
“Congress extends $1.75-per-gallon subsidy for aviation fuel makers through 2033” QuorumCivic. https://share.quorumcivic.app/bill/119/s3759 Report an error
The week in bills
One email, Sunday: what Congress passed, what it changed, and who paid.
One link arrives to confirm the address. It is used for this email and nothing else, and every issue carries an unsubscribe link.