SAF Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6518 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6518

  To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reinstate the special 
 rate calculation of the clean fuel production credit with respect to 
           sustainable aviation fuel, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 9, 2025

Ms. Davids of Kansas (for herself, Mr. Flood, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, 
and Mr. Mann) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reinstate the special 
 rate calculation of the clean fuel production credit with respect to 
           sustainable aviation fuel, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Securing America's Fuels Act'' or 
the ``SAF Act''.

SECTION 2. EXTENSION OF CLEAN FUEL PRODUCTION CREDIT; REINSTATEMENT OF 
              SPECIAL RATE CALCULATION FOR SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL.

    (a) Reinstatement of Special Rate.--
            (1) In general.--Paragraph (3) of section 45Z(a) of the 
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
            ``(3) Special rate for sustainable aviation fuel.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In the case of a transportation 
                fuel which is sustainable aviation fuel, paragraph (2) 
                shall be applied--
                            ``(i) in the case of fuel produced at a 
                        qualified facility described in paragraph 
                        (2)(A), by substituting `35 cents' for `20 
                        cents', and
                            ``(ii) in the case of fuel produced at a 
                        qualified facility described in paragraph 
                        (2)(B), by substituting `$1.75' for `$1.00'.
                    ``(B) Sustainable aviation fuel.--For purposes of 
                subparagraph (A), the term `sustainable aviation fuel' 
                means liquid fuel, the portion of which is not 
                kerosene, which is sold for use in an aircraft and 
                which--
                            ``(i) meets the requirements of--
                                    ``(I) ASTM International Standard 
                                D7566, or
                                    ``(II) the Fischer Tropsch 
                                provisions of ASTM International 
                                Standard D1655, Annex A1, and
                            ``(ii) is not derived from palm fatty acid 
                        distillates or petroleum.''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 45Z(c)(1) of such Code, 
        as amended by Public Law 119-21, is amended by striking ``and 
        the $1.00 amount in subsection (a)(2)(B)'' and inserting ``, 
        the $1.00 amount in subsection (a)(2)(B), the 35 cent amount in 
        subsection (a)(3)(A)(i), and the $1.75 amount in subsection 
        (a)(3)(A)(ii)''.
    (b) Extension of Credit.--Section 45Z(g) of such Code, as amended 
by Public Law 119-21, is amended by striking ``fuel sold after December 
31, 2029'' and inserting ``fuel sold after December 31, 2033''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this paragraph shall 
apply to fuel produced after December 31, 2025.
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