1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Potential Impacts of a Federal Gasoline Tax Moratorium March 9, 2022 Even before the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, a major oil producer, the rise in the average nationwide price at the pump for gasoline from its pandemic
2、low had led to interest in legislation that would suspend the 18.4 cents per-gallon federal gasoline tax through the end of 2022. Two identical bills introduced in the 117th Congress, S. 3609 and H.R. 6787, would suspend the gasoline tax through December 31, 2022, and transfer from the Treasury gene
3、ral fund amounts equal to any revenues forgone to the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) and the Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Trust Fund. Currently, 18.3 cents of the federal tax is dedicated to the HTF and 0.1 cent is dedicated to the LUST fund. The bills would encourage the Secretary of the Treas
4、ury to ensure that the benefit of the tax holiday is received by consumers. The bills would not suspend the tax on diesel fuel. Recent Gasoline Price Trends and Components According to the American Automobile Association (AAA), the national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline was $4.173 o
