[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5168 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5168

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to submit a report to Congress 
            regarding the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 19, 2019

 Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois (for himself, Mr. Suozzi, Ms. Sanchez, 
 Ms. Moore, Mr. Panetta, and Mr. Blumenauer) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to submit a report to Congress 
            regarding the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pricing Greenhouse Gases Report Act 
of 2019''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury (or the 
Secretary's delegate) shall submit a report to Congress on the utility 
of the data from the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program for determining 
the amount of greenhouse gases emitted by each taxpayer for the purpose 
of imposing a fee on such taxpayers with respect to such emissions. 
Such report shall include a detailed description and analysis of any 
administrative or other challenges associated with using such data for 
such purpose.
    (b) Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program.--For purposes of this 
section, the term ``Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program'' means the 
reporting program established by the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency under title II of division F of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2008.
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