3.0.0 3033 2023-01-11T13:18:45Z 2023-01-11T13:18:45Z House H HR 2009-06-24 111 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee Referred to 2009-06-25T14:21:27Z Referred to 2009-06-24T14:02:43Z hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2009-06-24T14:02:42Z hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-06-24T14:02:41Z 2009-06-25 hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment. Committee 2009-06-24 Referred to House Energy and Commerce IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2009-06-24 Referred to House Administration IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2009-06-24 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Energy and Commerce, 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 2009-06-24 Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2009-06-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-06-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000800 Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] Peter Welch D VT N Q000023 Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] Mike Quigley D IL 5 2009-07-31 False Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory procedures Air quality Alternative and renewable resources Climate change and greenhouse gases Department of Energy Government buildings, facilities, and property Public contracts and procurement Government Operations and Politics 00 2009-06-24 Introduced in House 2009-09-25T20:46:55Z Carbon Neutral Government Act of 2009 - Authorizes federal agencies and legislative branch offices to purchase qualified tradeable: (1) greenhouse gas (GHG) offsets; and (2) renewable energy credits.

Requires the Secretary of Energy to promulgate rules regarding approved open market transactions involving such offsets and credits. Requires such rules to accommodate forward purchasing and crediting of offsets and credits on an estimated basis from small scale offset and renewable energy generators and other open market transactions that help enable short-term purchases of offsets and credits to contribute to the implementation of such generators.

Defines "greenhouse gas offsets" to mean a reduction in GHG emissions that results from actions that would not have occurred in the absence of the opportunity to sell an offset for the resulting reduction.

]]> Carbon Neutral Government Act of 2009 Display Title Carbon Neutral Government Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To authorize Federal agencies and legislative branch offices to purchase greenhouse gas offsets and renewable energy credits, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Carbon Neutral Government Act of 2009 Introduced in House 2009-06-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr3033ih/xml/BILLS-111hr3033ih.xml 2009-06-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment. 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.