3.0.0 5796 2023-01-11T13:25:14Z 2023-01-11T13:25:14Z House H HR 2014-12-04 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. DELANEY:H.R. 5796.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution[Page H8669]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee Referred to 2014-12-12T20:35:41Z Referred to 2014-12-04T14:01:15Z 2014-12-12 hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. Committee 2014-12-04 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2014-12-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2014-12-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000620 Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6] John Delaney D MD K. 6 N Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory procedures Air quality Climate change and greenhouse gases Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental regulatory procedures Intergovernmental relations Sales and excise taxes State and local government operations State and local taxation Environmental Protection 00 2014-12-04 Introduced in House 2015-03-23T21:26:35Z State's Choice Act of 2014 - Requires Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations issued under the Clean Air Act on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from an existing stationary source to give states the option to impose a carbon tax for those emissions instead of, or in conjunction with, applying a standard of performance.

Requires the carbon tax to be an excise tax: (1) on emissions of GHGs, or on a fossil fuel based on emissions of any GHG that will result from the use of the fossil fuel; (2) that is no less than 20 per metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2015; and (3) that increases in each subsequent year by no less than 4% above inflation.

Requires the EPA to: (1) evaluate a state's carbon tax in 2025 to determine whether the tax and other relevant state measures will achieve by the end of 2030 the goals of the regulation that is replaced by the tax, and (2) require the state to increase the tax if it will not achieve those goals.

Prohibits availability of the option to impose a carbon tax to states that:

  • are materially undermining the effectiveness of the tax in decreasing GHG emissions through other policy changes, or
  • that have not complied with any EPA requirement to increase the tax.
]]> State's Choice Act of 2014 Display Title State's Choice Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced To give States the option of addressing emissions of greenhouse gases from existing stationary sources by pricing emissions. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced State's Choice Act of 2014 Introduced in House 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr5796ih/xml/BILLS-113hr5796ih.xml 2014-12-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. 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.