H.R. 1346 (119th): Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025

The bill amends the Clean Air Act to let gasoline blended with up to 15% ethanol (E15) be sold year-round, extending the Reid Vapor Pressure waiver now available for 10% ethanol blends. It nullifies existing state exclusions from the waiver, while allowing states to seek exclusion going forward by submitting documentation that the waiver would increase air pollution. It also modifies the Renewable Fuel Standard program and directs EPA to return compliance credits to small refineries under certain circumstances.

Theological note: The issue touches stewardship of creation and care for neighbors' air quality, weighed against honest commerce, consumer choice, and fair treatment of small refiners. These are matters of prudential judgment under general equity rather than a clear direct moral harm, so the relevance lies in balancing environmental care with economic fairness. This is an issue-relevance note, not a final candidate judgment.

• Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
• Lane: consumer_choice. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
• Lane: energy_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
• Lane: environmental_regulation. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
• Lane: fuel_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
• Lane: renewable_fuel_standard. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
• Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
• Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
• Roll 163: On Motion to Recommit. Vote type: recommit.
• Roll 164: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
• Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill combines ordinary prudential goods (consumer choice, year-round fuel availability, relief for small refineries, and a state-exclusion mechanism) with real environmental concerns about summer ozone and air pollution. It does not directly advance a named moral evil nor clearly restrain one, so mixed is the prudent high-level classification.
• Theological note: The issue touches stewardship of creation and care for neighbors' air quality, weighed against honest commerce, consumer choice, and fair treatment of small refiners. These are matters of prudential judgment under general equity rather than a clear direct moral harm, so the relevance lies in balancing environmental care with economic fairness. This is an issue-relevance note, not a final candidate judgment.

Debt and war Cloture and Tier 1 Procedural votes Scoring mechanics