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<title>SUPER Act of 2015</title>
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<action-date>2015-01-22</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Super Pollutant Emissions Reduction Act of 2015 or the SUPER Act of 2015</b></p> <p> This bill requires the President to establish the Task Force on Super Pollutants to: </p> <ul> <li>review existing and potential policies and measures that promote the reduction of short-lived climate pollutants, in part by identifying and evaluating programs and activities of the federal government that contribute to a reduction; </li> <li> identify and recommend specific federal programs and activities that are duplicative and that can be consolidated to achieve greater efficiency and effectiveness; </li> <li> identify gaps where programs do not exist and recommend programs and activities to fill these gaps to reduce short-lived climate pollutants, with an emphasis on industry standards and public-private partnerships; </li> <li> identify, compile, evaluate, and develop best practices for reducing short-lived climate pollutants; and</li> <li> report to Congress on its findings and recommendations.</li> </ul> <p>A &quot;short-lived climate pollutant&quot; is black carbon, methane, hydrofluorocarbons, tropospheric ozone and its precursors, or emissions from banks of ozone-depleting substances.</p>]]></summary-text>
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