To authorize Federal agencies and legislative branch offices to purchase greenhouse gas offsets and renewable energy credits, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Mar 20, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Authorizes federal agencies and legislative branch offices to purchase qualified tradeable: (1) greenhouse gas (GHG) offsets; and (2) renewable energy credits.
Requires the Secretary of Energy to promulgate rules regarding approved open market transactions involving such offsets and credits. Requires such rules to accommodate forward purchasing and crediting of offsets and credits on an estimated basis from small scale offset and renewable energy generators and other open market transactions that help enable short-term purchases of offsets and credits to contribute to the implementation of such generators.
Defines "greenhouse gas offsets" to mean a reduction in GHG emissions that results from actions that would not have occurred in the absence of the opportunity to sell an offset for the resulting reduction.
Cosponsors 26
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 17, 2007 to Jun 19, 2008.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Apr 20, 2007 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Apr 20, 2007 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Apr 20, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Apr 20, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Apr 20, 2007 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Apr 20, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Apr 20, 2007 | |
| D-IA | Bruce L. Braley | May 7, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | May 7, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | May 7, 2007 | |
| D-NH | Paul W. Hodes | May 7, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | May 7, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | May 7, 2007 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Sep 10, 2007 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Sep 10, 2007 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Sep 10, 2007 | |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Sep 10, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Dec 4, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Jun 19, 2008 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Feb 5, 2007 |
| Government Operations Subcommittee | Referred Mar 20, 2007 | |
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Feb 5, 2007 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 5, 2007 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Feb 6, 2007 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 20, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
- Feb 6, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
- Feb 5, 2007Introduced in House
- Feb 5, 2007Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and 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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5710 | Ed Perlmutter D-CO, Peter Welch D-VT | May 23, 2007 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize Federal agencies and legislative branch offices to purchase greenhouse gas offsets and renewable energy credits, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Administrative procedure
- Air pollution control
- Alternative energy sources
- Biomass energy
- Carbon dioxide
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Congress
- Congressional agencies
- Department of Energy
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emissions trading
- Energy
- Environmental Protection
- Federal aid to air pollution control
- Fluorocarbons
- Geothermal resources
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government procurement
- Hydroelectric power
- Landfills
- Law
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Methane
- Municipal solid waste
- Nitrogen oxides
- Ocean energy resources
- Propane
- Refuse as fuel
- Solar energy
- Water Resources Development
- Wind power
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 5, 2007Introduced in House
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