3.0.0 2651 2023-01-12T17:53:02Z 2023-01-12T17:53:02Z House H HR 2007-06-11 110 hsba00 Financial Services Committee House Standing hsba16 Capital Markets Subcommittee Referred to 2007-07-17T19:57:59Z Referred to 2007-06-11T16:33:15Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee Referred to 2007-06-11T20:23:14Z Referred to 2007-06-11T16:33:10Z 2007-07-17 hsba16 Capital Markets Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises. Committee 2007-06-11 hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Committee 2007-06-11 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsba00 Financial Services Committee 2007-06-11 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2007-06-11 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2007-06-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-06-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress E000179 Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17] ELIOT ENGEL D NY L. 17 N G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2007-10-01 False H000627 Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] MAURICE HINCHEY D NY D. 22 2007-10-15 False W000738 Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] LYNN WOOLSEY D CA 6 2007-10-15 False H001034 Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15] MICHAEL HONDA D CA M. 15 2007-10-22 False T000326 Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] EDOLPHUS TOWNS D NY 10 2007-10-22 False K000113 Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1] PATRICK KENNEDY D RI J. 1 2007-10-29 False S000810 Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] PETE STARK D CA 13 2007-11-05 False M000933 Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] JAMES MORAN D VA P. 8 2007-11-06 False B000410 Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28] HOWARD BERMAN D CA L. 28 2007-11-13 False Environmental Protection Administrative procedure Aerospace industries Air pollution control Armed Forces and National Security Automobile industry Building materials Business records Chemical industries Climate change and greenhouse gases Commerce Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Construction industries Data banks Defense industries Electric utilities Electronic government information Energy Energy industries Environmental Protection Agency Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Forest products Gas industry Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Independent regulatory commissions Information disclosure (Securities law) International Affairs Iron and steel industry Law Mines and mineral resources Paper and paper products Petroleum industry Public Lands and Natural Resources Science, Technology, Communications Securities and Exchange Commission Transportation and Public Works Treaties United Nations Environmental Protection 00 2007-06-11 Introduced in House 2007-09-11T20:07:29Z Greenhouse Gas Accountability Act of 2007 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a program to require specified entities (including any significant greenhouse gas (GHG) emitter and any entity with annual revenues exceeding $10 million that is engaged in the business of automobiles, aerospace and defense, chemicals, construction materials, electric utilities, energy equipment and services, oil, gas, and consumable fuels, metals and mining, paper and forest products, or transportation) to report annually to the Administrator on their GHG emissions. Sets forth program design requirements, including that it be consistent with the standards, protocols, and principles of the Climate Registry and the California Climate Registry.

Authorizes an entity to report offsets and sequestration projects to mitigate its GHG emissions.

Requires the Governmental Accountability Office (GAO) to report on entities' compliance and on whether the regulations are effective in inventorying GHGs. Provides for penalties for noncompliance.

Requires the Administrator to establish a public website containing a national GHG emissions database.

Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to: (1) revise its regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require that certain annual reports filed by issuers of securities contain specified information concerning GHG emissions; and (2) issue an interpretive release clarifying, for purposes of specified regulations, that U.S. commitments to reduce emissions of global warming pollution under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, May 9, 1992, are considered to be a material effect and that global warming constitutes a known trend.

]]> Greenhouse Gas Accountability Act of 2007 Display Title Greenhouse Gas Accountability Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To require large publicly traded companies and significant emitters of greenhouse gases to report their emissions to the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Greenhouse Gas Accountability Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-06-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr2651ih/xml/BILLS-110hr2651ih.xml 2007-07-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.