End Polluter Welfare Act of 2015
A BILL
To eliminate certain subsidies for fossil-fuel production.
Sec. 2 Findings
Sec. 3 Definition of fossil fuel
Sec. 4 Royalty Relief
Sec. 5 Royalties under Mineral Leasing Act
Sec. 6 Elimination of interest payments for royalty overpayments
“(h) Payment of interest—Interest shall not be paid on any overpayment.”
Sec. 7 Removal of limits on liability for offshore facilities and pipeline operators
“(5) for any onshore facility transporting diluted bitumen, bituminous mixtures, or any oil manufactured from bitumen, the liability of the responsible party under section 1002.”
Sec. 8 Funds to World Bank for financing projects that support fossil fuel
Sec. 9 Office of Fossil Energy Research and Development
Sec. 10 Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy
Sec. 11 Incentives for innovative technologies
Sec. 12 Rural Utility Service loan guarantees
Sec. 13 Funds to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation or the Export-Import Bank of the United States for financing projects, transactions, or other activities that support fossil fuel
Sec. 14 Transportation funds for grants, loans, loan guarantees, and other direct assistance
Sec. 15 Termination of various tax expenditures relating to fossil fuels
“7875. Termination of certain provisions relating to fossil-fuel incentives
“(a) In general—The following provisions shall not apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of the End Polluter Welfare Act of 2015:
“(1) Section 43 (relating to enhanced oil recovery credit).
“(2) Section 45I (relating to credit for producing oil and natural gas from marginal wells).
“(3) Section 45K (relating to credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source).
“(4) Section 193 (relating to tertiary injectants).
“(5) Section 199(d)(9) (relating to special rule for taxpayers with oil related qualified production activities income).
“(6) Section 461(i)(2) (relating to special rule for spudding of oil or natural gas wells).
“(7) Section 469(c)(3) (relating to working interests in oil and natural gas property).
“(8) Section 613A (relating to limitations on percentage depletion in case of oil and natural gas wells).
“(9) Section 617 (relating to deduction and recapture of certain mining exploration expenditures).
“(b) Provisions relating to property—The following provisions shall not apply to property placed in service after the date of the enactment of the End Polluter Welfare Act of 2015:
“(1) Subparagraph (C)(iii) of section 168(e)(3) (relating to classification of certain property).
“(2) Section 169 (relating to amortization of pollution control facilities) with respect to any atmospheric pollution control facility.
“(c) Provisions relating to costs and expenses—The following provisions shall not apply to costs or expenses paid or incurred after the date of the enactment of the End Polluter Welfare Act of 2015:
“(1) Section 179B (relating to deduction for capital costs incurred in complying with Environmental Protection Agency sulfur regulations).
“(2) Section 263(c) (relating to intangible drilling and development costs) with respect to costs in the case of oil and natural gas wells.
“(3) Section 468 (relating to special rules for mining and solid waste reclamation and closing costs).
“(d) 5-Year carryback for marginal oil and natural gas well production credit—Section 39(a)(3) (relating to 5-year carryback for marginal oil and natural gas well production credit) shall not apply to credits determined in taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of the End Polluter Welfare Act of 2015.
“(e) Credit for carbon dioxide sequestration—Section 45Q (relating to credit for carbon dioxide sequestration) shall not apply to carbon dioxide captured after the date of the enactment of the End Polluter Welfare Act of 2015.
“(f) Allocated credits—No new credits shall be certified under section 48A (relating to qualifying advanced coal project credit) or section 48B (relating to qualifying gasification project credit) after the date of the enactment of the End Polluter Welfare Act of 2015.
“(g) Arbitrage bonds—Section 148(b)(4) (relating to safe harbor for prepaid natural gas) shall not apply to obligations issued after the date of the enactment of the End Polluter Welfare Act of 2015.”
Sec. 16 Uniform seven-year amortization for geological and geophysical expenditures
Sec. 17 Natural gas gathering lines treated as 15-year property
“(x) any natural gas gathering line the original use of which commences with the taxpayer after the date of the enactment of this clause.”
Sec. 18 Repeal of domestic manufacturing deduction for hard mineral mining
“(iv) the mining of any hard mineral.”
Sec. 19 Limitation on deduction for income attributable to domestic production of oil, natural gas, or primary products thereof
“(E) Special rule for oil, natural gas, and coal income—The term domestic production gross receipts shall not include gross receipts from the production, refining, processing, transportation, or distribution of oil, natural gas, or coal, or any primary product (within the meaning of subsection (d)(9)) thereof.”
Sec. 20 Termination of last-in, first-out method of inventory for oil, natural gas, and coal companies
“(h) Termination for oil, natural gas, and coal companies—Subsection (a) shall not apply to any taxpayer that is in the trade or business of the production, refining, processing, transportation, or distribution of oil, natural gas, or coal for any taxable year beginning after the date of enactment of the End Polluter Welfare Act of 2015.”
“(h) Termination for oil, natural gas, and coal companies—This section shall not apply to any taxpayer that is in the trade or business of the production, refining, processing, transportation, or distribution of oil, natural gas, or coal for any taxable year beginning after the date of enactment of the End Polluter Welfare Act of 2015.”
Sec. 21 Repeal of percentage depletion for coal and hard mineral fossil fuels
“(f) Termination with respect to coal and hard mineral fossil fuels—In the case of coal, lignite, and oil shale (other than oil shale described in subsection (b)(5)), the allowance for depletion shall be computed without reference to this section for any taxable year beginning after the date of the enactment of the End Polluter Welfare Act of 2015.”
“(2) 15 percent—If, from deposits in the United States, gold, silver, copper, and iron ore.”
Sec. 22 Termination of capital gains treatment for royalties from coal
Sec. 23 Modifications of foreign tax credit rules applicable to oil, natural gas, and coal companies which are dual capacity taxpayers
“(n) Special rules relating to oil, natural gas, and coal companies which are dual capacity taxpayers
“(1) General rule—Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any amount paid or accrued to a foreign country or possession of the United States for any period by a dual capacity taxpayer which is in the trade or business of the production, refining, processing, transportation, or distribution of oil, natural gas, or coal shall not be considered a tax—
“(A) if, for such period, the foreign country or possession does not impose a generally applicable income tax, or
“(B) to the extent such amount exceeds the amount (determined in accordance with regulations) which—
“(i) is paid by such dual capacity taxpayer pursuant to the generally applicable income tax imposed by the country or possession, or
“(ii) would be paid if the generally applicable income tax imposed by the country or possession were applicable to such dual capacity taxpayer.
“(2) Dual capacity taxpayer—For purposes of this subsection, the term dual capacity taxpayer means, with respect to any foreign country or possession of the United States, a person who—
“(A) is subject to a levy of such country or possession, and
“(B) receives (or will receive) directly or indirectly a specific economic benefit (as determined in accordance with regulations) from such country or possession.
“(3) Generally applicable income tax—For purposes of this subsection—
“(A) In general—The term generally applicable income tax means an income tax (or a series of income taxes) which is generally imposed under the laws of a foreign country or possession on income derived from the conduct of a trade or business within such country or possession.
“(B) Exceptions—Such term shall not include a tax unless it has substantial application, by its terms and in practice, to—
“(i) persons who are not dual capacity taxpayers, and
“(ii) persons who are citizens or residents of the foreign country or possession.”
Sec. 24 Increase in oil spill liability trust fund financing rate
“(B) the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund financing rate is—
“(i) in the case of crude oil received or petroleum products entered before January 1, 2016, 8 cents a barrel,
“(ii) in the case of crude oil received or petroleum products entered after December 31, 2015, and before January 1, 2017, 9 cents a barrel, and
“(iii) in the case of crude oil received or petroleum products entered after December 31, 2016, 10 cents a barrel.”
Sec. 25 Application of certain environmental taxes to synthetic crude oil
“(1) Crude oil
“(A) In general—The term crude oil includes crude oil condensates, natural gasoline, and synthetic crude oil.
“(B) Synthetic crude oil—For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term synthetic crude oil means any bitumen and bituminous mixtures, any oil manufactured from bitumen and bituminous mixtures, and any liquid fuel manufactured from coal.”
Sec. 26 Denial of deduction for removal costs and damages for certain oil spills
“280I. Expenses for removal costs and damages relating to certain oil spill liability
“No deduction shall be allowed under this chapter for any amount paid or incurred with respect to any costs or damages for which the taxpayer is liable under section 1002 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2702).”
Sec. 27 Tax on crude oil and natural gas produced from the outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico
“56 Tax on severance of crude oil and natural gas from the outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico
“5901. Imposition of tax
“(a) In general—In addition to any other tax imposed under this title, there is hereby imposed a tax equal to 13 percent of the removal price of any taxable crude oil or natural gas removed from the premises during any taxable period.
“(b) Credit for Federal royalties paid
“(1) In general—There shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by subsection (a) with respect to the production of any taxable crude oil or natural gas an amount equal to the aggregate amount of royalties paid under Federal law with respect to such production.
“(2) Limitation—The aggregate amount of credits allowed under paragraph (1) to any taxpayer for any taxable period shall not exceed the amount of tax imposed by subsection (a) for such taxable period.
“(c) Tax paid by producer—The tax imposed by this section shall be paid by the producer of the taxable crude oil or natural gas.
“5902. Taxable crude oil or natural gas and removal price
“(a) Taxable crude oil or natural gas—For purposes of this chapter, the term taxable crude oil or natural gas means crude oil or natural gas which is produced from Federal submerged lands on the outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico pursuant to a lease entered into with the United States which authorizes the production.
“(b) Removal price—For purposes of this chapter—
“(1) In general—Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the term removal price means—
“(A) in the case of taxable crude oil, the amount for which a barrel of such crude oil is sold, and
“(B) in the case of taxable natural gas, the amount per 1,000 cubic feet for which such natural gas is sold.
“(2) Sales between related persons—In the case of a sale between related persons, the removal price shall not be less than the constructive sales price for purposes of determining gross income from the property under section 613.
“(3) Oil or natural gas removed from property before sale—If crude oil or natural gas is removed from the property before it is sold, the removal price shall be the constructive sales price for purposes of determining gross income from the property under section 613.
“(4) Refining begun on property—If the manufacture or conversion of crude oil into refined products begins before such oil is removed from the property—
“(A) such oil shall be treated as removed on the day such manufacture or conversion begins, and
“(B) the removal price shall be the constructive sales price for purposes of determining gross income from the property under section 613.
“(5) Property—The term property has the meaning given such term by section 614.
“5903. Special rules and definitions
“(a) Administrative requirements
“(1) Withholding and deposit of tax—The Secretary shall provide for the withholding and deposit of the tax imposed under section 5901 on a quarterly basis.
“(2) Records and information—Each taxpayer liable for tax under section 5901 shall keep such records, make such returns, and furnish such information (to the Secretary and to other persons having an interest in the taxable crude oil or natural gas) with respect to such oil as the Secretary may by regulations prescribe.
“(3) Taxable periods; return of tax
“(A) Taxable period—Except as provided by the Secretary, each calendar year shall constitute a taxable period.
“(B) Returns—The Secretary shall provide for the filing, and the time for filing, of the return of the tax imposed under section 5901.
“(b) Definitions—For purposes of this chapter—
“(1) Producer—The term producer means the holder of the economic interest with respect to the crude oil or natural gas.
“(2) Crude oil—The term crude oil includes crude oil condensates and natural gasoline.
“(3) Premises and crude oil product—The terms premises and crude oil product have the same meanings as when used for purposes of determining gross income from the property under section 613.
“(c) Adjustment of removal price—In determining the removal price of oil or natural gas from a property in the case of any transaction, the Secretary may adjust the removal price to reflect clearly the fair market value of oil or natural gas removed.
“(d) Regulations—The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter.”
“(5) The tax imposed by section 5901(a) (after application of section 5901(b)) on the severance of crude oil or natural gas from the outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico.”