3.0.0 317 2023-01-11T20:05:27Z 2023-01-11T20:05:27Z Senate S S 2007-01-17 110 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-01-17T19:58:49Z Climate Stewardship Act of 2007 110 620 HR 2007-02-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans. Related bill CRS Text similarities House 2007-01-17 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S682-691) IntroReferral 2007-01-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S681) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA N C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2007-01-17 True Environmental Protection Administrative procedure Agricultural conservation Agricultural pollution Agriculture and Food Air pollution control Animals Biomass energy Carbon cycle Carbon dioxide Climate change and greenhouse gases Coal Coastal zone Data banks Department of Energy Dislocated workers Economics and Public Finance Ecosystem management Electric power production Emissions trading Endangered species Energy Energy assistance for the poor Energy conservation Energy efficiency Energy research Environmental Protection Agency Environmental monitoring Environmental research Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to research Fishery management Forest conservation Forest management Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Government trust funds Grazing Habitat conservation International Affairs International environmental cooperation Labor and Employment Land use Law Marine and coastal resources, fisheries National parks Nature conservation Non-native species Plant protection Public Lands and Natural Resources Range management Reforestation Research grants Restoration ecology Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Technological innovations Water Resources Development Wetlands Wildlife conservation Wildlife refuges Environmental Protection 00 2007-01-17 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-27T14:05:08Z Electric Utility Cap and Trade Act of 2007 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish an allowance trading program to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from electric generating facilities that: (1) have a nameplate capacity greater than 25 megawatts; (2) combust GHG emitting fuels; and (3) generate electricity for sale. Provides for annual tonnage limitations for GHG emissions from such facilities for 2011-2020.

Requires the Administrator to establish: (1) a Climate Science Advisory Panel; (2) a safe climate level; (3) a Climate Action Trust Fund for the Administrator to use to carry out this Act; and (4) an innovative low- and zero-emitting carbon technologies program, a clean coal technologies program, and an energy efficiency technology program.

Requires the Administrator to use portions of the Climate Action Trust Fund for specified programs, including: (1) providing adaptation assistance for workers and communities to address and mitigate local or regional impacts of climate change; and (2) mitigating the impacts of climate change on fish and wildlife habitat, including funding for the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act.

Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations concerning early reduction credits for GHG reduction or sequestrations projects carried out between 2000 and 2010. Allows facilities to meet obligations by surrendering certain international GHG credits.

Requires the Administrator to determine if allowance prices have reached and sustained a level that is causing or will cause significant harm to the U.S. economy. Allows the Administrator to permit facilities to use allowances early and to increase the use of international credits if allowances have sustained such a level.

Allows credits obtained under this Act to be used in other GHG allowance trading programs, including state programs approved by the Administrator.

Sets forth provisions concerning; (1) outreach to landowners about reductions in GHGs and revenue enhancement; and (2) offset credits for GHG reductions from land use-related sequestration projects.

Requires the Administrator to establish and operate a national registry for allowances and credits.

Amends the Global Change Research Act of 1990 to provide for initiatives concerning: (1) priority research areas; (2) abrupt climate change research; (3) measurement technologies to calculate GHGs; (4) the promotion of the use of technologies and techniques that reduce GHGs by small manufacturers; (5) assessments by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior about increased sequestration and reduction of GHGs on public land; and (6) research on the increase in sea levels from polar ice sheet melting.

]]> Electric Utility Cap and Trade Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to establish a program to regulate the emission of greenhouse gases from electric utilities. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Electric Utility Cap and Trade Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Electric Utility Cap and Trade Act of 2007 Popular Titles Global Warming bill 9 Library of Congress Introduced in Senate 2007-01-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s317is/xml/BILLS-110s317is.xml 2007-01-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S682-691) 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.