White House 重さを計るs oil 利益（をあげる）s 税金 to 基金 消費者 rebate
By Trevor Hunnicutt
WASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters) - The White House is considering congressional 提案s that could 税金 oil and gas 生産者s' 利益（をあげる）s ーするために 供給する a 利益 to 消費者s struggling with higher energy prices, a U.S. 公式の／役人 said on Thursday.
"There are a variety of 利益／興味ing 提案s and design choices on a windfall 利益（をあげる）s 税金," Bharat Ramamurti, the 副 director of 大統領 Joe Biden's 国家の 経済的な 会議, said during a パネル盤 discussion sponsored by the Roosevelt 学校／設ける think 戦車／タンク.
"We've looked carefully at each of them and are engaging in conversations with 議会 about design."
High energy prices have led to 記録，記録的な／記録する 利益（をあげる）s for large oil 生産者s this year. Exxon Mobil Corp, the largest U.S. oil 生産者, 二塁打d its first-４半期/4分の1 利益（をあげる） to $5.48 billion and said it would ３倍になる its 在庫／株 buybacks through 2023 to $30 billion.
The Biden 行政 has 非難するd 生産者s for sitting on 利益（をあげる）s and not 投資するing in その上の 生産／産物 to lower costs.
Britain last week 発表するd a 25% windfall 税金 on oil and gas 生産者s' 利益（をあげる）s, と一緒に a 15 billion 続けざまに猛撃する ($18.9 billion) 一括 of support for 世帯s.
"One thing you want to be aware of when you are looking at those types of 提案s is how is it going to 影響する／感情 供給（する） 同様に," Ramamurti said. "I don't think that's an insurmountable 障害物, but it is an important question at a time when there's 明確に a 供給（する） 問題／発行する."
株 of Exxon and peer Chevron Corp fell いっそう少なく than 1% in 貿易（する）ing on the New York 在庫／株 交流 on Thursday.
One 提案 支援するd by 15 Democratic-提携させるd 上院議員s and several members in the 衆議院 would place 徴収するs on large oil companies 年４回の for 天然のまま produced 国内で or 輸入するd.
消費者s would then be paid a 税金 rebate that could 量 to a few hundred dollars per year, but the 民主党員s' 法案 直面するs uncertain prospects in 議会.< /p>
"I don't think it will happen in the U.S., おもに just the way the 上院's divided," John Hess, 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある of oil 生産者 Hess Corp, said at an 産業 会議／協議会 on Thursday. "I don't think (swing 投票（する） 上院議員) Joe Manchin would 投票（する） for it."
Biden has come under 圧力 to 緩和する the ガソリン price shock ahead of November's midterm 選挙s with his Democratic Party's 支配（する）／統制する of 議会 on the line.
The U.S. economy had its strongest growth in nearly four １０年間s in 2021, after the 政府 注ぐd 一兆s of dollars in COVID-19 救済 into the economy, and the 連邦の Reserve kept borrowing costs 近づく 無.
The 救助（する） 成果／努力s helped 運動 失業 負かす／撃墜する to 3.6% from its pandemic-時代 high of 15%, but also revved up 消費者 spending that has 与える／捧げるd, along with the war in ウクライナ共和国, to higher prices.
Prices were up 8.3% in April from the year 事前の, によれば the Labor Department, but the 率 of growth slowed as ガソリン prices 緩和するd off 記録，記録的な／記録する highs. That 傾向 示唆するd that インフレーション may have 頂点（に達する）d. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Trevor Hunnicutt; 付加 報告（する）／憶測ing by Sabrina Valle; Editing by 法案 Berkrot and Jonathan Oatis)
