113 S332 IS: Climate Protection Act of 2013
U.S. Senate
2013-02-14
text/xml
EN
Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Climate Protection Act of
2013
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—Carbon pollution fee
Sec. 101. Carbon pollution fee.
Sec. 102. Residential environmental rebate program.
Sec. 103. Pollution Reduction Trust Fund.
TITLE II—Sustainable Technologies Finance Program
Sec. 201. Sustainable Technologies Finance Program.
Sec. 202. Budgetary effects.
TITLE III—Environmental protection
Sec. 301. Regulation of hydraulic fracturing.
Sec. 302. Reports to Congress.
Sec. 303. Sense of Congress relating to reduction in greenhouse
gas emissions.
<enum>I</enum><header>Carbon pollution
fee</header>
<section id="HD3654AD6B8CA4345BD4E586800D43E4C"><enum>101.</enum><header>Carbon
pollution fee</header>
<subsection id="H20BEFA5DE00947ACB552282D1D6B0005"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Title I of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7401">42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.</external-xref>) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6EEFBACC2626440182B11FE1CEC02AC" style="OLC">
<part id="id6F8C2422DB12491082EBB2FBDB7F708B"><enum>E<?LEXA-Enum E?></enum><header>Carbon pollution fee</header>
<section id="id3804A1744ED44A7DA1157AE7E357E171"><enum>195.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this part:</text>
<paragraph id="H4BE1316825AB49BAA3E34E7E4700B340"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Carbon polluting
substance</header><text>The term <term>carbon polluting substance</term> means
coal (including lignite and peat), petroleum and any petroleum product, or
natural gas that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id52FFD0C1E63F43D3B6CC235172EE90B8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>when combusted or
otherwise used, will release greenhouse gas emissions; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEE70FF3223D14E5294520C0808C2D3AF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is—</text>
<clause id="id0C687FC2228140F29E2DC3748E7B0545"><enum>(i)</enum><text>extracted,
manufactured, or produced in the United States; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id48BB712D283A4ABA9B5D84AC1F89EC64"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>imported into
the United States for consumption, use, or warehousing.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCD84DF51550344059FDC7D2D6282EDA6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Carbon
pollution-intensive good</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
term <term>carbon pollution-intensive good</term> means a good that is (as
identified by the Administrator, by rule)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H21BDAB0CB7DE40A3995F96912E5FB915"><enum>(A)</enum><text>iron, steel, a
steel mill product (including pipe and tube), aluminum, cement, glass
(including flat, container, and specialty glass and fiberglass), pulp, paper, a
chemical, or an industrial ceramic;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6CEC278B9CB5470781C430815F3769B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any other
manufactured product that the Administrator determines—</text>
<clause id="H1F409F4A03F24C7287C700C4DA45D41C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is
transferred for purposes of further manufacture; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2E25880FF244403BBF502F252E62F66C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>generates, in the
course of the manufacture of the product, direct and indirect greenhouse gas
emissions that are comparable (on an emissions-per-dollar of output basis) to
emissions generated in the manufacture or production of a product identified in
subparagraph (A); or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8969AB0F7DAB4AB1BE00533F86571354"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a manufactured
item—</text>
<clause id="id64C1628CBDE24D1E88588A8C998E380F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in which 1 or
more products identified in subparagraph (A) or (B) are inputs; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id334D90E696584B9B936D1ACE13674C66"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the cost of
production of which in the United States is significantly increased by the
imposition of a fee under this part.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6D0785E4C11C4E5CB72AC1732659DC06"><enum>(3)</enum><header>First calendar
year</header><text>The term <term>first calendar year</term> means the earlier
of—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF41A4222C24747E38F7BFB0D6F6C8624"><enum>(A)</enum><text>calendar year
2014; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1C2BABF504FD4FA6A358BD147CCEF2A0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the first
calendar year beginning at least 180 days after the date of enactment of this
part.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H012C702BFD9A421395E4AD44EE826103"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Substantially
equivalent measure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>substantially equivalent measure</term> means a fee or other regulatory
requirement that imposes a cost on manufacturers of carbon pollution-intensive
goods located outside the United States approximately equal to the cost imposed
by the fee under this part on manufacturers of comparable carbon
pollution-intensive goods located in the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7C5637A25CDB4D38936DD2F1C1BFA83C"><enum>(5)</enum><header>12th calendar
year</header><text>The term <term>12th calendar year</term> means the calendar
year beginning 12 years after the first calendar year.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id6E61AA9F2AD941BF9B512F4BA8B7AA77"><enum>196.</enum><header>Imposition of
fee</header>
<subsection id="HEEF67E871FC543048CE7007842E33E29"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator
shall impose on any manufacturer, producer, or importer of a carbon polluting
substance a fee in accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3D72884089544BC296EA42A72612977"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amount</header>
<paragraph id="H119BCFBE97234CFCA24DE81615D08F18"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The amount of the carbon pollution fee imposed under
subsection (a) on any carbon polluting substance shall be assessed per ton of
carbon dioxide content (including carbon dioxide equivalent content of methane)
of the carbon polluting substance, as determined by the Administrator, in
consultation with the Secretary of Energy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6780EFE9D1664E5EAFCF079300F46724"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fractional part
of ton</header><text>In the case of a fraction of a ton of a carbon polluting
substance, the fee imposed under subsection (a) shall be the same fraction of
the amount of the fee imposed on a whole ton of the carbon polluting
substance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF3D64CFC490348369C003B25725E00DB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applicable
amount</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1), the amount of the fee shall
be—</text>
<subparagraph id="idAC632E67BB1E4418AB3FDD8596DCF739"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for the first
calendar year, $20;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8DDC89F3293F4BCB93F16D9224B1532"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for each calendar year occurring after the
first calendar year and before the 12th calendar year, an amount equal to the
sum of—</text>
<clause id="HD6EADFD317264873A4EF4EBC855BF291"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount in
effect under this paragraph for the preceding calendar year; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H106FE989C7E24D5DA03C8A94FF1BDE6B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the product
(rounded to the nearest dollar) obtained by multiplying—</text>
<subclause id="idAB20290D6A094CF7ABAE6C635F343E82"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the amount
described in clause (i); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id39A424C91F894683AD57E4069E7EB96F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>5.6 percent;
and</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id705F31DD65FD4E42AAE01F25D94EE627"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for the 12th
calendar year and any calendar year thereafter, the amount in effect under this
paragraph for the preceding calendar year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H28BD002840D141D09943284EA7B2C177"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Single
imposition of fee</header><text>No fee shall be imposed under subsection (a)
with respect to a carbon polluting substance if the person that would be liable
for the fee establishes that a prior fee imposed under that subsection has been
imposed with respect to that carbon polluting substance.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idD26AA30C80B945B4B012DC132D6E4DCA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>No
fee shall be imposed against a person under subsection (a) for a calendar year
if during that calendar year, in accordance with such regulations as the
Administrator may prescribe—</text>
<paragraph id="id9C2C2F488B3444DC831C7E7540BAEE39"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the person uses a
carbon polluting substance as a feedstock so that the carbon associated with
that carbon polluting substance will not be emitted;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDAC1C0936B604F4B856D63D45F603739"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a fee under
subsection (a) was paid with respect to another carbon polluting substance that
is used by the person in the manufacture or production of the applicable carbon
polluting substance; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idABF56082D5464D3B89D541AEAD0930ED"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the carbon
polluting substance is exported.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H97C2ECAAF0AB4FE1B17E3317B0005395"><enum>197.</enum><header>Carbon
equivalency fee</header>
<subsection id="H38228CBF8E9C4A8FBE0997A2ECC0F0B2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Imports</header>
<paragraph id="id5F7BF537A2424900ACC276F8F5197ACE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator shall impose a carbon equivalency fee
on imports of carbon pollution-intensive goods that shall be equivalent to the
cost that domestic producers of comparable carbon pollution-intensive goods
incur as a result of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H35C3567667FD41B098A070110002FD00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>fees paid by
manufacturers, producers, and importers of carbon polluting substances under
this part; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB78CC1DC8A2743AB9069C65FFF461DD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>carbon equivalency
fees paid by importers of carbon pollution-intensive goods used in the
production of the relevant comparable carbon pollution-intensive goods.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5FC0A0B61B1048D580CCCEBA00045E06"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Determination
of fee amount</header>
<subparagraph id="idD75783E2242A419B85DF1EFDE8C7CE89"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The amount of the carbon equivalency fee under paragraph
(1) shall be—</text>
<clause id="id8ABACF145CC8429B9D6B4DBBE1C48457"><enum>(i)</enum><text>determined
annually; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id42E9AC4DEBA74FB3A18A6E44891A089C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>differentiated
by classes of products and country of origin, taking into account the quantity
of greenhouse gas emissions released during the process of manufacturing the
carbon pollution-intensive goods and transporting the carbon
pollution-intensive goods from the country of origin.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id96F4B8980CD44C6DBC7B9A91BE7A4EA5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Petitions for
adjustment</header><text>The Administrator shall provide for a process for
petitioning for adjustment to any fees determined under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id435d0046163f49e28c6507ef03ae5414"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of
proceeds</header>
<paragraph id="id8D1AB16292814FE18D740A7326CD2FAB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Transfer of
funds</header><text>For each applicable fiscal year, the Secretary of the
Treasury shall transfer to the Administrator and the Secretary of
Transportation an amount equal to 50 percent each of the amounts received
during the preceding fiscal year as a result of the carbon equivalency fee
imposed under subsection (a), without further appropriation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7A2A20134CCA43E698E4B9BCA8A735F6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header>
<subparagraph id="idB2BF96FD029E4F4CB495A372879C2D67"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Environment</header><text>The
Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary
of the Interior, and the Secretary of State, shall use the amounts transferred
under paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="id7561c93ef56b4f358fb396e5d6e3a892"><enum>(i)</enum><text>as a primary
purpose, to provide amounts to State and local programs that assist communities
in—</text>
<subclause id="idE62F7428619749E7B07731A7B53D0A4E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>adapting to
climate change;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idD0B104D9A6B14863B3005CDD4DB3A805"><enum>(II)</enum><text>improving the
resiliency of critical infrastructure; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id3C27449C26F7406A9BDB776B0D27E834"><enum>(III)</enum><text>protecting
environmental quality and wildlife; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="idBB63B41A9A6249C9AD1E220CFF896B96"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>as a secondary
purpose, to meet international commitments made by the United States to assist
with climate change adaptation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id921BA8F809E84F8890D1F83EF968A882"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Transportation</header><text>The
Secretary of Transportation shall use the amounts transferred under paragraph
(1) to provide amounts—</text>
<clause id="id0481ABB95BF24AFCAA5F3C102794B54F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to State and
local programs that assist communities in improving the resiliency of critical
infrastructure; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idA0CC6D40E80D4A09B7948532A8C018CB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for projects
that provide preferential parking for carpools, including the addition of
electric vehicle charging stations, subject to the condition that the primary
purpose of the facilities is the reduction of vehicular traffic on nearby
Federal-aid highways.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDF136CE00C834E509E91A2ACC1EBC57C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Expiration</header><text>This
section shall cease to have effect at such time as, and to the extent
that—</text>
<paragraph id="H0BD69F64603D4D929E7E9B8FB2DCCD0"><enum>(1)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HC1F3981B04604EB78C5DB4448DDE4C29"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of countries
of export that adopt and ratify an international agreement requiring countries
that emit greenhouse gases and produce carbon pollution-intensive goods for
international markets to adopt equivalent measures, the international agreement
comes into effect; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H50FE7FD3B44D4088B70043F7E3CFFBF" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the country of export has implemented
substantially equivalent measures, as certified by the President of the United
States; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H849B73B205504046A7FAD6F33FC7E246"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the actions
provided under subsection (a) are no longer appropriate, as determined by the
Administrator.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id059A890CDCF3422C8226AA2FCFD94F40"><enum>198.</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 5
years after the date of enactment of this part, the Administrator shall submit
to Congress a report that includes recommendations for—</text>
<paragraph id="id491388E6B68A4C9B8DBF0A7511793969"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the administration of the carbon pollution
fee program under this part for calendar years beginning after the 12th
calendar year, including a schedule for establishing the amount of the fee for
those subsequent calendar years; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idFC827993D3F84BA7B2207D584749EE3E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">future investments to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions and provide resources for climate change
adaptation.</text>
</paragraph></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id4C476F3286E5431F89784766DB59BB26"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical
amendments</header><text>Title IV of the Clean Air Act (relating to noise
pollution) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7641">42 U.S.C. 7641 et seq.</external-xref>) is—</text>
<paragraph id="idf99cfe5572bd4255a0fca5b65e4ea793"><enum>(1)</enum><text>amended by
redesignating sections 401 through 403 as sections 701 through 703,
respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id554a1192fa7d4cdeb93281ea72a1d1a6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>redesignated as
title VII and moved to appear at the end of that Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id9C3259041A2047C2B21CF582078EED6C"><enum>102.</enum><header>Residential
environmental rebate program</header>
<subsection id="id401E2A4996304B80B4D9D27C7DE814AA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (referred to in this
section as the <term>Administrator</term>) an amount equal to
<fraction>3/5</fraction> of the amounts received in the Treasury as the result
of the fee imposed under section 196 of the Clean Air Act (as added by section
101(a)) to provide a monthly residential environmental rebate to legal
residents of the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id33E9825E9096492E8266FF1632294FDC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>As
soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator
shall promulgate regulations establishing procedures for the distribution of
residential environmental rebates under subsection (a), including procedures
that provide, to the maximum extent practicable, for—</text>
<paragraph id="idFF7D252FE06C4AFAA3EF46EFB91A79EE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the coordination
of the monthly residential environmental rebate with other Federal and State
payment mechanisms;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF3B8129AA8CD4107801BBEE84FDF4EB0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the use of
electronic transfers of the monthly residential environmental rebates;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA91C4E180A9F4290A8D93251FFF45638"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the establishment
of an Office of Environmental Rebate Advocate within the Environmental
Protection Agency to assist households with accessing and using the residential
environmental rebate program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id03B841A8FEEF44BD9A0737D2DB74104D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administrative
costs</header><text>Of the amounts reserved for rebates under this section, not
more than 1 percent shall be used to administer the program under this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id5C0C01A3400849D68455AB5CBAEC00C1"><enum>103.</enum><header>Pollution
Reduction Trust Fund</header>
<subsection id="HD2EF8AE27E8844908520726FF70015A8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as
the <quote>Pollution Reduction Trust Fund</quote> (referred to in this section
as the <term>Trust Fund</term>), consisting of such amounts as are transferred
to the Trust Fund under subsection (b) and to be used to facilitate the
implementation of the carbon pollution reduction program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H087E47BF9D454B0C95840071BE1E34A8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transfers to
Trust Fund</header><text>After setting aside amounts under section 102(a),
there is appropriated to the Trust Fund an amount equivalent to the remaining
revenues received in the Treasury as the result of the fee imposed under
section 196 of the Clean Air Act (as added by section 101(a)).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEC2B55EE52524A72B7008FCABB02DE31"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Distribution of
amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts in the Trust
Fund for a calendar year shall be available without further appropriation, as
follows:</text>
<paragraph id="iddb9fe3c8079545138cce4514698c6fd3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$7,500,000,000
shall be available to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency,
for each of the first 10 calendar years beginning after the date of enactment
of this Act, to mitigate the economic impacts of the fee imposed under section
196 of the Clean Air Act (as added by section 101(a)) on energy-intensive and
trade-exposed industries, to be distributed in accordance with regulations
promulgated by the Administrator, subject to the requirement that the
Administrator shall reserve not less than <fraction>¼</fraction> of those
amounts for energy efficiency investments in energy-intensive or trade-exposed
industries.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id412465F45B82490DB12B4690920AE8E5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$5,000,000,000
shall be available to the Secretary of Energy to carry out the Weatherization
Assistance Program for Low-Income Persons established under part A of title IV
of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6861">42 U.S.C. 6861 et seq.</external-xref>) for each
of the first 10 calendar years beginning after the date of enactment of this
Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6166a99a73eb4e1a9fa8568024e7ab1e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$1,000,000,000
shall be available to the Secretary of Labor for each of the first 10 calendar
years beginning after the date of enactment of this Act for job training,
education, and transition assistance for individuals employed by the fossil
fuel industry seeking to transition to clean energy jobs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idfe740a4030b54148a3aa8d056b1947f0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$2,000,000,000
shall be available for the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy for each of
the first 10 calendar years beginning after the date of enactment of this
Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id12FC45DE78FB466A92CBBCAFB83E58A1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The balance shall
be used for Federal budget deficit reduction.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Sustainable
Technologies Finance Program</header>
<section id="idD1072A971A754427ACCFD221494CA374"><enum>201.</enum><header>Sustainable
Technologies Finance Program</header>
<subsection id="idD144B39BE59047D7B60AAF53BF9F627B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (referred to in this
section as the <term>Administrator</term>) shall establish a program, and
promulgate any necessary regulations to carry out the program, to be known as
the <quote>Sustainable Technologies Finance Program</quote>, under which the
Administrator shall provide loans, credit instruments, loan guarantees, and
other financial assistance, including in the form of assistance for
public-private partnerships, for eligible projects carried out in the United
States that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id9AFAF5751169470182A504A58239E83A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible
projects</header><text>A project shall be eligible to receive financial
assistance under this section if the project reduces greenhouse gas emissions
as determined by the Administrator, and uses—</text>
<paragraph id="idF6809D6645294E81A1F08D1BB5008964"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a technology
for—</text>
<subparagraph id="idB5C34A1F2FAD460DB31119534CC879C6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>energy
efficiency;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE8D842E64A4A4B0288112B09E58F1AAD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>combined heat and
power;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFCC4D1B3497A4461B09DF73A3CA4568A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>solar energy,
including—</text>
<clause id="id4D440AA28B3C41C1A9E5A6D3BABABDC8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>photovoltaic
energy;</text>
</clause><clause id="id08F4FEEF3B6C4F55B452C02D26D4401E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>thermal
energy;</text>
</clause><clause id="idB0F875348CA44A99A63C27F8AB9B2298"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>wind energy;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="id755619829883499693033606642BD42B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>geothermal
energy, including groundsource heat pumps;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id84DADE9B3A524B199B8908D21B800021"><enum>(D)</enum><text>biomass or
biofuels that are not sourced from food crops;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id55F3ED6D552E4811A471861A1507BFDF"><enum>(E)</enum><text>ocean, tidal, or
hydropower energy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3731569C9BFC443F8C8B15424369A315"><enum>(F)</enum><text>electric vehicle
infrastructure;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7A0CE3D208DE48CC9D33AD1B77BF1851"><enum>(G)</enum><text>advanced battery
or energy storage; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFB90559F27B34107926FB75B1FBFE27F"><enum>(H)</enum><text>rail, transit, or
public transportation; or</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4A4598D951F9400F987CA7A473A463D7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any other
transportation technology that offers a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions,
as determined by the Administrator.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC65A0EB2C4164622B72BEBF90C13ADD7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>To
be eligible to receive financial assistance under this section, the owner or
operator of an eligible project shall submit to the Administrator an
application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as
the Administrator may require.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id3C278E122A4942E4B91D057894B24B3A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In
providing financial assistance under this section, the Administrator shall give
priority to projects that provide the largest greenhouse gas emissions
reductions per Federal dollar invested, as determined by the
Administrator.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id3EABCDB6A4744585A3DC523A36E5514D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<paragraph id="ID14FC4088EF204763A1A059A862EF1DF4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on October 1,
2013, and on each October 1 thereafter through October 1, 2022, out of any
funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury
shall transfer to the Administrator for the cost of grants, loans, and loan
guarantees to carry out this section, $5,000,000,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD175969DD23E48919CAB125FC34908A3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Receipt and
acceptance</header><text>The Administrator shall be entitled to receive, shall
accept, and shall use to carry out this section the funds transferred under
paragraph (1), without further appropriation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id30EB6A68A3F84183A695BEEC4BB67547"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Administrative
costs</header><text>Of the amounts made available to carry out this section,
the Administrator may use not more than 2 percent for each fiscal year for the
administration of this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idD323614D0BA340288E695DF140934A3C"><enum>202.</enum><header>Budgetary
effects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The budgetary effects
of this title, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go
Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled
<quote>Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation</quote> for this Act, submitted
for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the Senate Budget
Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on
passage.</text>
</section><enum>III</enum><header>Environmental
protection</header>
<section id="id5D1D6BB66BB442C5A9F55C3BC6A6DA07"><enum>301.</enum><header>Regulation of
hydraulic fracturing</header>
<subsection id="id6EB19EEF171E43D6AFECD2B05DBF65A4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Disclosure</header><text>Section
1421(b) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300h">42 U.S.C. 300h(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idE6718C61809B4C39840F58CD1D7268EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id214CE0BF7C6D4C8AA8E835DC98D4F8E0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7ED579C9220A45BF9BC59D71E26578AE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78D8851851944AE29D6631218F5C4DD2" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID6aa8b44eb88f463bbeacf8abadf9fdd1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Disclosures of
chemical constituents</header>
<subparagraph id="idB0E740050F794E008F9A14CBF7CF0155"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A person conducting hydraulic fracturing operations shall
disclose to the State (or to the Administrator, in any case in which the
Administrator has primary enforcement responsibility in a State), by not later
than such deadlines as shall be established by the State (or the
Administrator)—</text>
<clause id="id31ADD4B83C4D4FAD89C408275EF85D1F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>before the
commencement of any hydraulic fracturing operations at any area or a portion of
a area, a list of chemicals intended for use in any underground injection
during the operations (including identification of the chemical constituents of
mixtures, Chemical Abstracts Service numbers for each chemical and constituent,
material safety data sheets when available, and the anticipated volume of each
chemical to be used); and</text>
</clause><clause id="id4954CFD3696149838EECB0B9CFCD01F7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>after the
completion of hydraulic fracturing operations described in clause (i), the list
of chemicals used in each underground injection during the operations
(including identification of the chemical constituents of mixtures, Chemical
Abstracts Service numbers for each chemical and constituent, material safety
data sheets when available, and the volume of each chemical used).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id45075A950EA94E708123EB00AB443332"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Public
availability</header><text>The State (or the Administrator, as applicable)
shall make available to the public the information contained in each disclosure
of chemical constituents under subparagraph (A), including by posting the
information on an appropriate Internet website.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2A3211AB070C42239DBBA51AC63BDBC3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Immediate
disclosure in case of medical emergency</header>
<clause id="idB304B116EF4349D7A37B22D55E49D291"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to clause (ii), the regulations promulgated
pursuant to subsection (a) shall require that, in any case in which the State
(or the Administrator, as applicable) or an appropriate treating physician or
nurse determines that a medical emergency exists and the proprietary chemical
formula or specific chemical identity of a trade-secret chemical used in
hydraulic fracturing is necessary for medical treatment, the applicable person
using hydraulic fracturing shall, upon request, immediately disclose to the
State (or the Administrator) or the treating physician or nurse the proprietary
chemical formula or specific chemical identity of a trade-secret chemical,
regardless of the existence of—</text>
<subclause id="id80571759D3184A9189387A80EC8B452C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a written
statement of need; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idBE04E36782D548E3BAAB6FD574C694EC"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a
confidentiality agreement.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id64288868C99640D3A1C07DF01DB8EBAA"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>A
person using hydraulic fracturing that makes a disclosure required under clause
(i) may require the execution of a written statement of need and a
confidentiality agreement as soon as practicable after the determination by the
State (or the Administrator) or the treating physician or nurse under that
clause.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25DE4766F0ED41349ED98041F0396EB6"><enum>(D)</enum><header>No public
disclosure required</header><text>Nothing in subparagraph (A) or (B) authorizes
a State (or the Administrator) to require the public disclosure of any
proprietary chemical
formula.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idA375BBD4C5AF480DB736B6D6D47FA8A3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section
1421(d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300h">42 U.S.C. 300h(d)</external-xref>) is amended by
striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA36AD3A1F83D4FCC988DFB6312C28D16" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id2B958F7A9FEB4E90ACC586EB7F8BB637"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Underground
injection</header>
<subparagraph id="id8B70A5EDAABD4EBD8FA0400AC5B35BA5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>underground injection</term> means the
subsurface emplacement of fluids by well injection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2F631BE4EE284BFCBE8531A42C8EB6B4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusion</header><text>The
term <term>underground injection</term> includes the underground injection of
fluids or propping agents pursuant to hydraulic fracturing operations relating
to oil or gas production activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7C3770A999124A6290EDFA5AD38E0326"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>The
term <term>underground injection</term> does not include the underground
injection of natural gas for the purpose of
storage.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="idE8E22C3429854249B4EA2752E178D999"><enum>(c)</enum><header>State primary
enforcement responsibility</header><text>Section 1422 of the Safe Drinking
Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300h-1">42 U.S.C. 300h–1</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (c) and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDD11BB8494704DBAA0026ECFD5BEB5D3" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id7FABC217DDB640F3B660761A2A51FFF2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Disapproval of
a State program</header>
<paragraph id="id19DEC37722954E198B998327C8578E39"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the Administrator disapproves a State program (or part
of a program) under subsection (b)(2) or determines under subsection (b)(3)
that a State no longer meets the requirements of clause (i) or (ii) of
subsection (b)(1)(A), or if a State fails to submit an application or notice
before the date of expiration of the period specified in subsection (b)(1), not
later than 90 days after the date of the disapproval, determination, or
expiration (as applicable), the Administrator, by regulation, shall prescribe
(and may from time to time by regulation revise) a program applicable to the
State that meets the requirements of section 1421(b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7E59A0E2F0184CE096267DEA5D16ED23"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other program
not in effect</header><text>A program prescribed by the Administrator under
paragraph (1) shall apply in the State to the extent that a program adopted by
the State that the Administrator determines meets the requirements of clause
(i) or (ii) of subsection (b)(1)(A) is not in effect.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idBF68771CAEC744939548472608A52535"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Opportunity for
public hearing</header><text>Before promulgating any regulation under this
section, the Administrator shall provide an opportunity for a public hearing
with respect to the
regulation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id0F92C569230F45BDB6E119F25D163397"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Enforcement of
program</header><text>Section 1423(c) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C.
300h–2) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idCA202B15AA4F461693019605040F5D13"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA04B259E3943458F8288B4D029FC593C" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id139AC31AB4824C218106FA31B24F3803"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In any case in which the Administrator is authorized to
bring a civil action under this section with respect to any regulation or other
requirement of this part, the Administrator may also issue an order under this
subsection that assesses a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each day
of violation for any past or current violation, up to a maximum administrative
penalty of $125,000 or requires compliance with the regulation or other
requirement, or both.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idBE1F4E4DD4994C1D8908B355E4C0E62B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (3) through (8) as paragraphs (2) through (7), respectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC43B6D43206444AE83A01AF54363BB27"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Optional
demonstration by states relating to oil or natural gas</header>
<paragraph id="id89F0A6A13AFB4E25A1FD3B045B3B0F53"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 1425 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C.
300h–4) is repealed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5D1C36CAF2334DAA9586556E40F4D4B2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<subparagraph id="idECB185C3BEA14FB5AF0269001962E9AA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The first
sentence of section 1423(a)(1) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C.
300h–2(a)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>or section 1425(c)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3FD14BFB49864667A23E67BBC6C06E9C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section
1443(c)(2) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-2">42 U.S.C. 300j–2(c)(2)</external-xref>) is amended
by striking the second sentence.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id6bc7a86f79b5432299042050b68ef2da"><enum>302.</enum><header>Reports to
Congress</header>
<subsection id="id673FC19E5692469EB6B52F528F401E08"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Fugitive
methane emissions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later
than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency shall submit to Congress a report describing
the quantity of fugitive methane emissions emitted as a result of any leak in
natural gas infrastructure, including recommendations for eliminating each such
leak.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id7c952ff95a844d2aa711bbd8b97c8868"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Other
greenhouse gas emissions</header><text>The Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency shall enter into an agreement with the National Academy of
Sciences under which the Academy shall conduct a study, and, not later than 2
years after the date of enactment of this Act, submit to Congress a report
describing—</text>
<paragraph id="idB50D640BEC1549A3818E169976F27D51"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the quantity of
United States greenhouse gas emissions not covered by a program under this Act
(or an amendment made by this Act); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idAE3EEE1F68BB40C792367C13928FE081"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recommendations
for programs to reduce emissions of those greenhouse gases.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id826A513AAE424328AFA4A8D67549002E"><enum>303.</enum><header>Sense of
Congress relating to reduction in greenhouse gas emissions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the United
States should carry out activities to ensure that, by January 1, 2050, the
total quantity of greenhouse gas emissions released in the United States is
reduced by not less than 80 percent, as compared to the total quantity of
greenhouse gas emissions released during calendar year 2005.</text>
</section>