Keep working to ensure Illinois producers and biofuel industries can fully take advantage of the Clean Fuels Production Credit to grow the economy and support local families.

I’ll keep working to make sure our producers and biofuel industries can take full advantage of this credit to grow our economy and support hardworking families right here at home.

Sorensen committed to continue working so Illinois producers and biofuel industries can use the Clean Fuels Production Credit.

Sorensen Applauds Proposed Guidance on Clean Fuels Production Credit, a Win for Illinois Farmers | Representative Eric Sorensen
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Sorensen’s office said Treasury guidance on 45Z was a win for Illinois farmers and said the guidance followed a bipartisan push by Sorensen and 52 lawmakers for faster guidance and broader eligible farming practices. Sorensen also pledged continued work so producers and biofuel industries could use the credit.

This is the core promise source and shows Sorensen had already joined a concrete oversight push, but it does not prove full implementation.

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Sorensen Applauds Proposed Guidance on Clean Fuels Production Credit, a Win for Illinois Farmers | Representative Eric Sorensen
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Treasury and IRS released guidance on Section 45Z, describing it as a per-gallon credit for producers of clean transportation fuels and saying the guidance clarified eligibility, fuel qualification, and lifecycle-emissions calculation issues.

Agency guidance delivered part of what Sorensen sought: operational clarity for biofuel producers. It still pointed to future rulemaking, so it supports partial rather than complete fulfillment.

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U.S. Department of the Treasury Releases Guidance on Clean Fuels Production Credit
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IRS says the Clean Fuel Production Credit is available for domestically produced clean transportation fuel sold from January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2029. The page tells taxpayers to register with Form 637 and file Form 7218 to claim the credit.

This shows producers have a live federal process for claiming 45Z, including registration and filing instructions, but does not resolve whether all Illinois producers can fully benefit.

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Clean Fuel Production Credit
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Treasury and IRS issued proposed 45Z regulations for domestic clean-fuel producers to determine eligibility and calculate the credit. The release says the proposal covers emissions rates, certification, registration, and stakeholder-raised issues, and invites public comments.

The proposed regulations advance implementation and clarify producer access, but because they were still proposed and subject to comments, the promise remains only partially fulfilled as of June 1, 2026.

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Treasury, IRS issue proposed regulations on the clean fuel production credit under the One, Big, Beautiful Bill
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An official House release says Sorensen signed a bipartisan letter urging EPA action to support domestic renewable fuel producers. The letter tied the import-RIN proposal to congressional intent under 45Z, emphasizing domestic feedstocks and a level playing field for U.S. biofuel producers.

This is post-promise concrete oversight related to making biofuel policy, including 45Z’s domestic-feedstock focus, more useful to domestic producers.

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Yakym, Colleagues Send Letter Calling on EPA to Stand with American Farmers and Biofuel Producers by Finalizing Import RIN Reduction Rule
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Ethanol Producer Magazine reported that Sorensen signed an October 20, 2025 letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urging final 45Z guidance. The report says lawmakers warned that existing guidance had not addressed how the credit could be claimed, validated, and monetized.

This directly supports continued work after the promise, while also showing that full producer certainty had not yet been achieved by late 2025.

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Members of Congress urge Treasury to finalize 45Z guidance
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