Transportation Fuel Market Transparency Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4471 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4471 To ensure transparent and competitive transportation fuel markets in order to protect consumers from unwarranted price increases. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 30, 2026 Ms. Cantwell (for herself, Mr. Padilla, and Mr. Wyden) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To ensure transparent and competitive transportation fuel markets in order to protect consumers from unwarranted price increases. 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 ``Transportation Fuel Market Transparency Act''. SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE PROHIBITIONS ON MARKET MANIPULATION AND FALSE INFORMATION PROVISIONS OF THE ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY ACT OF 2007. (a) Application to Transportation Fuel.--Subtitle B of title VIII of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17301 et seq.) is amended-- (1) in section 811, by striking ``gasoline or petroleum distillates'' and inserting ``or transportation fuel''; (2) in section 812-- (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``gasoline or petroleum distillates'' and inserting ``or transportation fuel''; and (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``, gasoline, or petroleum distillates'' and inserting ``or transportation fuel''; and (3) by adding at the end the following new section: ``SEC. 816. DEFINITION OF TRANSPORTATION FUEL. ``In this subtitle, the term `transportation fuel' includes gasoline, distillate fuels (including heating oil), jet fuel, aviation gasoline, and biofuel (including ethanol, biomass-based diese