3.0.0 2940 2023-01-11T13:25:19Z 2023-01-11T13:25:19Z Senate S S 2014-11-19 113 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-11-19T16:01:32Z 2014-11-19 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2014-11-19 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6149-6153) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2014-11-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI N S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2014-11-19 True Taxation Budget deficits and national debt Climate change and greenhouse gases Coal Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits Employment and training programs Energy assistance for the poor and aged Energy prices Government information and archives Government trust funds Higher education Income tax rates Inflation and prices Infrastructure development Manufacturing Oil and gas Sales and excise taxes Social security and elderly assistance Student aid and college costs Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Taxation 00 2014-11-19 Introduced in Senate 2015-01-12T20:46:56Z American Opportunity Carbon Fee Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a fee on: (1) fossil fuel products, including coal, petroleum products, and natural gas, for carbon dioxide emissions; and (2) emissions of any greenhouse gas other than carbon dioxide from any greenhouse gas emission source.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish, implement, and report on a program to collect data on methane emissions by major non-natural sources, including emissions attributable to the extraction and distribution of coal, petroleum products, and natural gas.

Establishes the American Opportunity Trust Fund to provide economic assistance to low-income families and businesses using tax revenues generated by this Act.

]]> American Opportunity Carbon Fee Act Display Title American Opportunity Carbon Fee Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emission fees. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced American Opportunity Carbon Fee Act Introduced in Senate 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2940is/xml/BILLS-113s2940is.xml 2014-11-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.