Regulations and Government
Congress To Consider Aviation Fuel Fraud Measure
Rep. Pompeo's amendment would seek to document the amount of funds diverted from the aviation trust fund.

The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to consider an amendment later today that would seek to document the ramifications of a 10-year-old law requiring non-commercial jet fuel to be taxed at the highway diesel fuel rate. The so-called fuel-fraud law, enacted as part of the 2005 highway bill, was designed to discourage highway diesel fuel users from purchasing aviation jet fuel to avoid paying the higher taxes placed on highway diesel fuel. Under the fuel-fraud measure, non-commercial jet fuel is taxed at the highway diesel fuel rate and then deposited into the Highway Trust Fund until approved aviation vendors demonstrate that the fuel was used for aviation purposes.


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