3.0.0 77 2023-01-11T13:20:43Z 2023-01-11T13:20:43Z Senate S S 2011-01-25 112 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-01-25T19:47:30Z 2011-01-25 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2011-01-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA N C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2011-02-16 False Environmental Protection Air quality Alternative and renewable resources Building construction Energy efficiency and conservation Water use and supply Environmental Protection 00 2011-01-25 Introduced in Senate 2011-02-17T20:01:35Z Pollution and Costs Reduction Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a Building Pollution Reduction Program to provide assistance to building owners to reduce the emission of air pollutants and building operating costs by constructing highly efficient buildings and increasing the efficiency of, and reducing the emissions associated with, existing buildings.

Requires the Administrator to: (1) provide such assistance to building owners based on the extent to which projects relating to the buildings of the owners result in verifiable, additional, and enforceable reductions in emissions of air pollutants through operational improvements such as improved energy efficiency, increased water-use efficiency, and use of renewable energy sources; and (2) give priority to projects that achieve minimum scores in energy performance evaluations and result in measurable pollution reduction benefits not encompassed within the metrics of the Energy Star program.

]]> Pollution and Costs Reduction Act Display Title Pollution and Costs Reduction Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce pollution and lower costs for building owners. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Pollution and Costs Reduction Act Introduced in Senate 2011-01-25T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s77is/xml/BILLS-112s77is.xml 2011-01-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 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.