Global Climate and Ozone Layer Protection Act of 2007
Latest action · Aug 3, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
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.
- IntroducedAug 3, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Global Climate and Ozone Layer Protection Act of 2007 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should negotiate with the other parties to the Montreal Protocol concerning mitigating global warming impacts and accelerating the phaseout of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) for developed and developing countries.
Amends the Clean Air Act to allow the production and consumption of class II substances that are used as fire suppression agents for military, commercial aviation, industrial, space, or national security applications and that reduce overall risk to human health and the environment compared to alternatives.
Bans the importation of any product manufactured after January 1, 2010, that contains any class II substance that has been phased out of production and consumption for any purpose other than for its transformation or destruction.
Bans the production or importation of class I or class II substances unless the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) certifies that the importer has offset such production or importation.
Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations establishing standards and requirements regarding the sale, distribution, use, and safe disposal of substitutes for class I and class II substances.
Makes it unlawful for specified persons to sell or distribute any such substitute that is suitable for use in a motor vehicle air-conditioning system and that is in a container of less than 20 pounds of such substitute.
Establishes the Refrigerant Environmental Management Council as a nonprofit entity to address the emissions of fluorocarbon refrigerants in an economical, efficient, and effective manner and to lead industry in recovery, reclamation, and destruction of such refrigerants. Gives the Council authority to collect a levy on the domestic production of virgin HCFC and Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants, the import of all HCFC and HFC refrigerants, and the import of such refrigerants contained in equipment. Authorizes the Council to use the funds generated by the levies to provide incentive payments to entities that document that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), HCFCs, and HFCs have been reclaimed or destroyed.
Authorizes the EPA to carry out the mission and activities of the SunWise Program.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 7, 2007 to Dec 11, 2007.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Sep 7, 2007 | |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Sep 7, 2007 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Sep 7, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Sep 7, 2007 | |
| D-CA | George Miller | Sep 7, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Sep 7, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | Sep 7, 2007 | |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Sep 7, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Sep 7, 2007 | |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Sep 7, 2007 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Sep 17, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Sep 17, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Sep 17, 2007 | |
| D-NH | Paul W. Hodes | Sep 17, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Sep 18, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Sep 18, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Sep 19, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Sep 27, 2007 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Oct 9, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Oct 10, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Oct 17, 2007 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Dec 11, 2007 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Aug 3, 2007 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Aug 3, 2007 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 3, 2007Introduced in House
- Aug 3, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 8/4/2007 E1762-1763)
- Aug 3, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8046)
- Aug 3, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1762 | Henry A. Waxman D-CA | Aug 4, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reduce emissions of ozone depleting substances in order to protect the climate and stratospheric ozone layer, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Global Climate and Ozone Layer Protection Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Administrative procedure
- Air conditioning
- Air pollution control
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Commerce
- Emergency Management
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Excise tax
- Fines (Penalties)
- Fire prevention
- Fluorocarbons
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Import restrictions
- International Affairs
- International environmental cooperation
- Law
- Motor vehicle pollution control
- Negotiations
- Nonprofit organizations
- Ozone layer depletion
- Preventive medicine
- Refrigeration
- Skin cancer
- Social Welfare
- Subsidies
- Taxation
- Transportation and Public Works
- Ultraviolet radiation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 3, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
