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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 640

Chemical Tax Repeal Act

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Introduced 2025-01-22Topic: taxes

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Chemical Tax Repeal Act This bill repeals the Hazardous Substance Superfund excise tax imposed on certain chemicals and chemical substances. Under current law, an excise tax is imposed through December 31, 2031, on taxable chemicals and taxable chemical substances that are (1) manufactured or produced in the United States, or (2) imported into the United States. The excise tax rate varies between 44 cents per ton to $9.74 per ton, depending on the chemical and certain other variables. (There are 42 listed taxable chemicals and 151 listed taxable chemical substances.) Further, under current law, amounts collected from the excise tax on taxable chemicals and taxable chemical substances are deposited into the Hazardous Substance Superfund, which finances the remediation of certain environmentally contaminated sites.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-01-22HouseReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.refer
2025-01-22Introduced in Houseintroduce
2025-01-22Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.