HR 4067 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Climate Stewardship Act of 2004

Introduced Mar 30, 2004 Originated House Sponsor Wayne T. Gilchrest R-MD

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Apr 23, 2004 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMar 30, 2004
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Climate Stewardship Act of 2004 - Expands Federal climate change research initiatives by: (1) establishing a graduate fellowship program; (2) creating a grant program for research in identified priority areas; and (3) instituting research programs on potential abrupt climate change and greenhouse gas (GHG) related standards, measurement technologies, and processes.

Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to require the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) report to Congress on the oceanic and coastal impacts of climate change; and (2) assist certain coastal States in preparing persons to adapt to climate change.

Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (Administrator) to establish a National Greenhouse Gas Database consisting of: (1) an inventory of GHG emissions by covered entities (specified entities that emit more than 10,000 metric tons of GHGs per year); and (2) a registry of GHG emission reductions and increased sequestration, applicable to both covered and noncovered entities.

Establishes a program for the market-driven reduction of GHGs by covered entities through the use of tradeable emissions allowances. Requires covered entities, beginning in 2010, to submit to the Administrator one tradeable allowance for every metric ton of GHGs emitted. Allows tradeable allowances to be sold, exchanged, purchased, retired, or otherwise used as authorized by this Act.

Establishes the Climate Change Credit Corporation (CCCC) to receive, manage, buy, and sell tradeable allowances.

Directs the Administrator to make allocations of allowances to covered sectors and entities, and to the CCCC, providing initial allocations for early action and accelerated participation.

Imposes civil penalties on covered entities that fail to submit allowances.

Cosponsors 85

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 30, 2004 to Oct 6, 2004; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NYAmo HoughtonOriginalMar 30, 2004
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalMar 30, 2004
R-CTChristopher ShaysOriginalMar 30, 2004
D-CODiana DeGetteOriginalMar 30, 2004
D-TNHarold E. Ford Jr.OriginalMar 30, 2004
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanOriginalMar 30, 2004
D-CAHilda L. SolisOriginalMar 30, 2004
R-PAJames C. GreenwoodOriginalMar 30, 2004
R-NYJames T. WalshOriginalMar 30, 2004
D-WAJay InsleeOriginalMar 30, 2004
D-MAJohn W. OlverOriginalMar 30, 2004
D-COMark UdallOriginalMar 30, 2004
R-CTNancy L. JohnsonOriginalMar 30, 2004
R-CTRob SimmonsOriginalMar 30, 2004
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalMar 30, 2004
R-NYSherwood BoehlertOriginalMar 30, 2004
R-NYSue W. KellyOriginalMar 30, 2004
R-MIVernon J. EhlersOriginalMar 30, 2004
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalMar 30, 2004
D-MABarney FrankApr 2, 2004
D-TXLloyd DoggettApr 2, 2004
D-CABarbara LeeApr 22, 2004
D-OREarl BlumenauerApr 22, 2004
D-HIEd CaseApr 22, 2004
D-WAJim McDermottApr 22, 2004
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyApr 22, 2004
D-CAMichael M. HondaApr 22, 2004
R-DEMichael N. CastleApr 22, 2004
D-CAAdam B. SchiffMay 5, 2004
D-PRAnibal Acevedo-VilaMay 5, 2004
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerMay 5, 2004
D-CABob FilnerMay 5, 2004
D-MAJames P. McGovernMay 5, 2004
D-CALois CappsMay 5, 2004
D-NYMajor R. OwensMay 5, 2004
D-NYMichael R. McNultyMay 5, 2004
D-MARichard E. NealMay 5, 2004
D-CASusan A. DavisMay 5, 2004
D-METhomas H. AllenMay 5, 2004
D-PAChaka FattahMay 11, 2004
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyMay 11, 2004
D-CATom LantosMay 11, 2004
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayMay 11, 2004
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyMay 17, 2004
D-FLRobert WexlerMay 17, 2004
D-CAGeorge MillerMay 20, 2004
D-CAHoward L. BermanMay 20, 2004
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.May 20, 2004
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaMay 20, 2004
D-MNBetty McCollumJun 8, 2004
D-ILLane EvansJun 8, 2004
D-CALynn C. WoolseyJun 8, 2004
D-CASam FarrJun 8, 2004
D-VAJames P. MoranJun 17, 2004
D-PAJoseph M. HoeffelJun 17, 2004
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezJun 17, 2004
D-NYNita M. LoweyJun 17, 2004
D-CAAnna G. EshooJun 24, 2004
D-RIJames R. LangevinJun 24, 2004
D-ILJesse L. Jackson, Jr.Jul 8, 2004
D-MEMichael H. MichaudJul 8, 2004
D-MAJohn F. TierneyJul 14, 2004
D-NYCharles B. RangelJul 19, 2004
D-CAFortney Pete StarkJul 19, 2004
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsJul 19, 2004
D-NJSteven R. RothmanJul 20, 2004
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.Jul 22, 2004
D-NYJerrold NadlerJul 22, 2004
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeJul 22, 2004
D-OHDennis J. KucinichSep 8, 2004
D-MDElijah E. CummingsSep 8, 2004
D-CAEllen O. TauscherSep 8, 2004
D-CALinda T. SánchezSep 8, 2004
D-RIPatrick J. KennedySep 8, 2004
D-OHStephanie Tubbs JonesSep 8, 2004
R-IAJames A. LeachSep 9, 2004
D-NVShelley BerkleySep 9, 2004
D-CADiane E. WatsonSep 14, 2004
D-NYEdolphus TownsSep 23, 2004
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneySep 28, 2004
D-INJulia CarsonSep 28, 2004
D-NYSteve IsraelSep 29, 2004
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOct 4, 2004
D-CAJuanita Millender-McDonaldOct 4, 2004
D-NYJose E. SerranoOct 6, 2004

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseScience, Space, and Technology Committee
Referred Mar 30, 2004
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Mar 30, 2004
Energy Subcommittee
Referred Apr 23, 2004

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 23, 2004Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
  2. Mar 30, 2004Introduced in House
  3. Mar 30, 2004Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E476Christopher Shays R-CTMar 30, 2004

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 108-85AN EXAMINATION OF THE POTENTIAL FOR A DELEGATE FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS45 pagesNatural Resources CommitteeFeb 25, 2004

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

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Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To provide for a program of scientific research on abrupt climate change, to accelerate the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States by establishing a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances that will limit greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, reduce dependence upon foreign oil, and ensure benefits to consumers from the trading in such allowances, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Climate Stewardship Act of 2004

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 30, 2004Introduced in House

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