Fuel Excise Tax Temporary Suspension (High Gasoline Prices)

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2026-10-22 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish the motor fuel deduction.: cross-connection with motor-fuel-deduction: Alternative federal tax-side responses to motor fuel costs — an itemized/above-the-line deduction vs. suspending the excise tax. (novelty: 2)
2026-10-09 — Emergency Tax Relief on Diesel Fuel: cross-connection with emergency-diesel-fuel-tax-relief: Both involve temporary federal fuel-tax reductions in response to price/cost pressures; diesel relief is executive, gasoline suspension is legislative. (novelty: 3)
2026-03-12 — Gas Prices Relief Act of 2026: cross-connection with gas-prices-tax-relief: Both address gasoline-price relief through federal tax mechanisms; the Gas Prices Relief Act joins a cluster of proposals aimed at reducing consumer fuel costs. (novelty: 2)
2026-04-30 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to temporarily suspend certain fuel excise taxes for fuel separated during periods in which the national average price of gasoline exceeds $3.99 per gallon, and to prohibit certain credits or deductions for oil and gas companies during such periods.: HR8600 (119th Congress) introduced and referred to House Ways and Means; would temporarily suspend certain fuel excise taxes whenever the national average gasoline price exceeds $3.99/gal, shifting cost burden away from fuel consumers during price spikes. (novelty: 2)