3.0.0 1745 2022-11-01T06:32:24Z 2022-11-01T06:32:24Z Senate S 2019-06-05 116 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-06-05T21:15:36Z Carbon Pollution Transparency Act 116 8174 HR 2020-09-04 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. Related bill CRS 2019-06-05 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2019-06-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO N W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2019-06-05 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2019-06-05 True H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2019-06-05 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2019-06-05 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2019-06-05 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2019-06-05 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2019-06-05 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2019-06-05 True C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2019-06-05 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2019-06-05 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2019-06-05 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2019-06-05 True S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2019-06-05 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2019-06-05 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2019-06-05 True C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2019-06-05 True Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory procedures Advisory bodies Air quality Climate change and greenhouse gases Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental regulatory procedures Executive agency funding and structure Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Public contracts and procurement Environmental Protection 00 2019-06-05 Introduced in Senate 2020-08-26T15:54:42Z Carbon Pollution Transparency Act

This bill requires the heads of federal agencies, when making certain rulemaking or procurement decisions, to consider and document the cost of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide emissions in accordance with a set of standardized amounts.

The bill establishes the Interagency Working Group on the Costs of Greenhouse Gases to evaluate, at least once every five years, the method of calculating the cost of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide.

The bill also establishes the Costs of Greenhouse Gases Scientific Review Committee to make recommendations to the working group regarding revisions to the calculation method. The 10 members of the committee must be selected by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and represent relevant scientific fields.

]]> Carbon Pollution Transparency Act Display Title Carbon Pollution Transparency Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Carbon Pollution Transparency Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a cost of greenhouse gases for carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide to be used by Federal agencies, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1745is/xml/BILLS-116s1745is.xml 2019-06-05 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.