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2026年3月16日，美国财政部长斯科特·贝森特在法国巴黎与中国代表团进行两天会谈后对媒体发表讲话。路透社/阿卜杜勒·萨布尔 资料图
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华盛顿，4月7日（路透社）——一群美国民主党参议员周二就运输液化天然气的巨型邮轮是否符合旨在惠及使用该燃料的小型船只的丰厚税收抵免政策，向财政部长斯科特·贝森特提出质询。
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- 替代燃料消费税抵免政策： 该政策由前总统乔治·W·布什于2005年签署，旨在通过补贴小型摩托艇转向使用天然气、丙烷和液化天然气等替代燃料，减少对石油的依赖。
- 批评人士指出， 液化天然气邮轮使用该燃料并不能帮助摆脱船用燃料油等液体燃料的使用，因为许多液化天然气邮轮本身就是设计用来燃烧运输过程中蒸发的液化天然气的。这些蒸发的气体如果不加以利用，原本会被排放到大气中或重新冷却为液化天然气。
- 参议员们在信中表示：“为邮轮提供替代燃料消费税抵免，是在不必要地浪费纳税人的钱，同时既不能保护环境、降低普通美国人的生活成本，也无法减少美国对石油的依赖。” 杰夫·默克利、伊丽莎白·沃伦、查克·舒默及另外四名参议员签署了这封信。
- 参议员们表示，替代燃料消费税抵免政策原本是针对摩托艇的，根据一些联邦法规，摩托艇的长度不足65英尺（20米），与长达约三个足球场的液化天然气邮轮相比，体量悬殊。
- 切尼尔能源公司今年2月披露，其旗下液化天然气邮轮因使用该燃料获得了3.7亿美元的税收减免。切尼尔能源表示不予置评。
- 美国财政部未立即置评。
- 参议院民主党人目前属于少数党，权力有限，但11月的中期选举后情况可能会发生变化。
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US lawmakers press Bessent on LNG ships that are taking tax credit
2026-04-07 15:02:39 UTC / Reuters
By Timothy Gardner
April 7, 2026 3:02 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent looks on as he speaks to the media after two days of meetings with a Chinese delegation, in Paris, France March 16, 2026. REUTERS/Abdul Saboor/File Photo
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WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) – A group of Democratic U.S. senators on Tuesday pressed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on whether enormous tankers that ship liquefied natural gas qualify for a lucrative tax credit meant for smaller boats that burn the fuel.
Here are details about the issue.
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- The Alternative Fuel Excise Tax credit, signed by former President George W. Bush in 2005, was meant to decrease oil dependence by subsidizing a transition among smaller motorboats to alternative fuels, such as natural gas, propane and LNG.
- Burning the fuel in LNG tankers does not help transition off liquid fuels such as bunker fuels, critics say, because many LNG tankers are already designed to burn LNG that boils off during shipping. That boiled-off gas otherwise would be vented to the atmosphere or chilled back into LNG.
- “Providing tankers with AFET credits would unnecessarily waste taxpayer money while doing nothing to protect the environment, reduce costs for everyday Americans, or lessen the United States’ dependence on oil,” the senators said in the letter. Senators Jeff Merkley, Elizabeth Warren and Chuck Schumer and four others signed the letter.
- The AFET credit was meant for motorboats, the senators said, which some federal regulations define as less than 65 feet long (20 metres) – tiny compared to LNG tankers, which can measure about three football fields long.
- Cheniere Energy disclosed in February that it got a $370 million tax break for burning the fuel in its LNG tankers. Cheniere said it had no comment.
- The Treasury Department did not immediately comment.
- Senate Democrats have limited power now because they are in the minority, but that could change after the November midterm elections.
Reporting by Timothy Gardner Editing by Rod Nickel
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