3.0.0 2085 2022-12-31T05:27:57Z 2022-12-31T05:27:57Z Senate S 2021-06-16 117 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-06-16T21:38:34Z 2021-06-16 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2021-06-16 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 2021-06-16 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2021-06-16 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2021-06-16 True M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2021-06-16 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2021-06-16 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2021-06-17 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2021-06-17 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2021-07-28 False B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2021-09-15 False Taxation Air quality Alternative and renewable resources Appalachian Regional Commission Appropriations Building construction Business investment and capital Business records Civil actions and liability Climate change and greenhouse gases Coal Congressional oversight Department of Commerce Department of the Treasury Disability assistance Economic development Electric power generation and transmission Employee benefits and pensions Employee hiring Employment and training programs Energy assistance for the poor and aged Energy efficiency and conservation Energy prices Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental health Executive agency funding and structure Forests, forestry, trees Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Government lending and loan guarantees Government trust funds Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Higher education Income tax credits Indian lands and resources rights Indian social and development programs Inflation and prices Infrastructure development Land use and conservation Mining Minority and disadvantaged businesses Minority education Minority health Oil and gas Poverty and welfare assistance Rural conditions and development Sales and excise taxes Science and engineering education Small business Social security and elderly assistance Solid waste and recycling State and local finance State and local government operations State and local taxation Student aid and college costs User charges and fees Vocational and technical education Wages and earnings Taxation 00 2021-06-16 Introduced in Senate 2022-04-05T14:07:25Z Save Our Future Act

This bill imposes a fee on certain fossil fuels, including coal, petroleum products, and natural gas. It also imposes fees on fluorinated greenhouse gases imported into the United States and on facilities that emit greenhouse gases from processes other than fossil fuel combustion.

The bill provides rebates to middle- and low-income taxpayers equal to $800 ($1,600 for joint returns), plus $300 times the number of taxpayer dependents.

The bill directs the Department of the Treasury to provide cost mitigation grants to states and Indian tribes to assist with the transition to a low-carbon economy, assist rural households in reducing energy expenses, and for assistance to displaced coal industry workers.

The bill creates an Office of Energy Veterans Assistance. It also provides funds through FY2032 for community assistance programs, including the Appalachian Regional Commission Revitalization Initiative and the Coal Communities Assistance Initiative.

The bill provides funds for each fiscal year after FY2022 for assistance to environmental justice communities (i.e., communities most impacted by environmental harms and risks).

]]> Save Our Future Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas and criteria air pollutant emission fees, provide rebates to low- and middle-income Americans, invest in fossil fuel communities and workers, invest in environmental justice communities, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Save Our Future Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Save Our Future Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2085is/xml/BILLS-117s2085is.xml 2021-06-16 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.