Climate Change And Greenhouse Gases
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Climate Change Adapt America Fund Act of 2017 [S.922]
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Climate Change Adapt America Fund Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to issue climate change obligations. The proceeds from the debt obligations must be deposited in the Adapt America Fund established by this bill within the Department of Commerce. Commerce must carry out an investment program to fund projects for reducing economic, social, and environmental impact of the adverse effects of climate change. The bill establishes the Climate Change Advisory Commission to: (1) establish recommendations, frameworks, and guidelines
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Durbin
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S2494-2495) on 04/24/2017
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Carbon Capture Improvement Act of 2017 [HB-2011]
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Carbon Capture Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the issuance of tax-exempt facility bonds for the financing of qualified carbon dioxide capture facilities. A "qualified carbon dioxide capture facility" is any equipment installed in an industrial carbon dioxide facility that satisfies specified capture and storage requirements and: (1) is used for the capture, treatment and purification, compression, transportation, or on-site storage of carbon dioxide produced by the industrial carbon dioxide facility;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew A. Cartwright
Introduced In House on 04/06/2017
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OPENS Alaska Act of 2017 Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Alaska Act of 2017 [S.883]
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OPENS Alaska Act of 2017 Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Alaska Act of 2017 This bill nullifies the memorandum issued by the President on December 20, 2016, entitled "Withdrawal of Certain Portions of the United States Arctic Outer Continental Shelf from Mineral Leasing." The bill also nullifies any other presidential action to prohibit mineral leasing in certain portions of the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf. The bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish a Nearshore Beaufort Sea Planning Area in the Outer Continental
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dan Sullivan
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 04/06/2017
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CO2 Regulatory Certainty Act [HB-2010]
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CO2 Regulatory Certainty Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise requirements for the secure geological storage of carbon dioxide for the purpose of the tax credit for carbon dioxide sequestration. The bill establishes a December 31, 2017, deadline and requirements for regulations that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is required, under current law, to establish for determining adequate security measures for the geological storage of the carbon dioxide such that carbon dioxide does not escape into the atmosphere. The IRS regulations
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Sponsored by: Rep. David B. McKinley
Introduced In House on 04/06/2017
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Tax Pollution, Not Profits Act [HB-2014]
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Tax Pollution, Not Profits Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on certain greenhouse gas emissions. The tax is equal to $30 per metric ton of carbon dioxide or carbon dioxide equivalent in 2018, increasing each subsequent year at 4% above inflation. The Internal Revenue Service must: (1) provide certain refunds of the tax to account for the capture and permanent sequestration of greenhouse gas emissions, and (2) adjust the tax to account for goods that are exported or imported. The bill amends the Social Security
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Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew A. Cartwright
Introduced In House on 04/06/2017
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Carbon Capture Improvement Act of 2017 [S.843]
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Carbon Capture Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the issuance of tax-exempt facility bonds for the financing of qualified carbon dioxide capture facilities. A "qualified carbon dioxide capture facility" is any equipment installed in an industrial carbon dioxide facility that satisfies specified capture and storage requirements and: (1) is used for the capture, treatment and purification, compression, transportation, or on-site storage of carbon dioxide produced by the industrial carbon dioxide facility;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Rob Portman
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/05/2017
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CLIMATE Act Congressional Leadership In Mitigating Administration Threats to the Earth Act [HB-1812]
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CLIMATE Act Congressional Leadership In Mitigating Administration Threats to the Earth Act This bill nullifies the Executive Order entitled "Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth" that was released on March 28, 2017. No federal funds may be used to implement or enforce the order. The bill takes effect on March 28, 2017.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 04/11/2017
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Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017 [HB-1784]
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Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017 This bill declares that it is the policy of the United States that the Arctic Ocean should be managed for the best interests of the people of the United States, including by keeping fossil fuels in the ground to avoid the dangerous impacts of climate change. The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act is amended to prohibit the Department of the Interior from issuing or renewing a lease or any other authorization for the exploration, development, or production of oil, natural gas, or any other mineral in the Arctic
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 04/06/2017
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Keep It in the Ground Act of 2017 [S.750]
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Keep It in the Ground Act of 2017 This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) from issuing, renewing, reinstating, or extending any nonproducing lease, or issuing any authorization for the exploration or production of oil, natural gas, or any other fossil fuel in the Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, or any other area of the Outer Continental Shelf. BOEM shall also cancel within 60 days any lease issued in the Beaufort Sea, Cook Inlet, or Chukchi Sea (three
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 03/28/2017