Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act
Latest action · Jun 13, 2007 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7625-7626)
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.
- IntroducedJan 16, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to set forth provisions concerning global warming pollution emissions. Directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) set milestones to reduce the aggregate net levels of emissions (authorizes EPA to establish market-based programs to achieve such reduction); (2) require each fleet of automobiles sold by a manufacturer beginning in model year 2016 to meet emission standards; (3) contract with the National Academy of Sciences to study the potential contribution of the non-highway portion of the transportation sector towards meeting the emission reduction goal; (4) require that electric generation units meet an emission standard that is not higher than the emission rate of a new combined cycle natural gas generating unit; and (5) establish a low-carbon generation trading program.
Requires covered generators to provide a minimum percentage of the base quantity of electricity produced for sale from low-carbon generation.
Requires EPA to: (1) establish a competitive grant program for geological disposal deployment projects; and (2) carry out a global climate change standards and processes research program. Expresses the sense of the Senate that federal funds for clean, low-carbon energy research, development, and deployment should be increased by at least 100% each year for 10 years.
Directs: (1) EPA to promulgate requirements concerning the energy efficiency and peak load reduction of electricity suppliers and to establish a renewable energy credit program; (2) the Secretary of Agriculture to establish standards for accrediting certified reductions in carbon dioxide emissions through biological sequestration activities; and (3) major stationary sources to report to EPA on emissions of global warming pollutants.
Requires the President to establish the Task Force on International Clean, Low Carbon Energy Cooperation. Authorizes the President to adjust, suspend, or waive any regulation promulgated pursuant to this Act in a national emergency.
Requires EPA to require that gasoline contain the applicable volume of low-carbon renewable fuel.
Directs EPA to require manufacturers to meet standards for new motor vehicles or engines. Requires executive agency automobiles to be as fuel-efficient as practicable.
Requires: (1) the Secretary of Commerce to report on the effects of U.S. failure to adopt measures that require or result in a reduction in total emissions in accordance with the goals of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; (2) the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to require securities issuers to inform investors of risks relating to global warming; and (3) the SEC to clarify that U.S. commitments to reduce emissions under the Framework are considered to be a material effect and that global warming constitutes a known trend.
Directs federal agency environmental impact statements or analyses to evaluate the effects on, and impact of, global warming.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 16, 2007 to Jul 19, 2007; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | Jan 16, 2007 |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Original | Jan 16, 2007 |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Original | Jan 16, 2007 |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Original | Jan 16, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Original | Jan 16, 2007 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Jan 16, 2007 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Jan 16, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Jan 16, 2007 |
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | Original | Jan 16, 2007 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Jan 16, 2007 |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Jan 30, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Barack Obama | May 3, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | May 3, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | May 7, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | May 8, 2007 | |
| D-DE | Joseph R. Biden Jr. | May 8, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | May 9, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Jul 12, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Jul 19, 2007 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Referred Jan 17, 2007 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 13, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7625-7626)
- Jan 16, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Jan 16, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S602-603)
- Jan 16, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S603-610)
In the Congressional Record 5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5019 | Russell D. Feingold D-WI | Jun 4, 2008 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S13086 | Bernard Sanders I-VT | Oct 18, 2007 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S9569 | Robert P. Casey Jr. D-PA | Jul 19, 2007 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7625 | Bernard Sanders I-VT | Jun 13, 2007 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S602Text printed S603–S610 | Bernard Sanders I-VT (text) | Jan 16, 2007 |
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 13
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 110-1130 | COAL GASIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND THE NEED FOR LARGE SCALE PROJECTS86 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Apr 9, 2008 |
| Serial No. 110-24 | COUNTING THE CHANGE: ACCOUNTING FOR THE FISCAL IMPACTS OF CONTROLLING CARBON EMISSIONS64 pages | Budget Committee | Nov 1, 2007 |
| S. Hrg. 110-1229 | EXAMINE AMERICA'S CLIMATE SECURITY ACT OF 2007231 pages | Environment and Public Works Committee | Oct 24, 2007 |
| Serial No. 110-64 | DISAPPEARING POLAR BEARS AND PERMAFROST: IS A GLOBAL WARMING TIPPING POINT EMBEDDED IN THE ICE?102 pages | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Oct 17, 2007 |
| S. Hrg. 110-1202 | GREEN JOBS CREATED BY GLOBAL WARMING INITIATIVES249 pages | Environment and Public Works Committee | Sep 25, 2007 |
CRS reports 3
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 3
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45472 | Market-Based Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Legislation: 108th Through 118th Congresses | Report | Dec 4, 2024 |
| R45913 | Electricity Portfolio Standards: Background, Design Elements, and Policy Considerations Archived | Report | Oct 21, 2020 |
| R45625 | Attaching a Price to Greenhouse Gas Emissions with a Carbon Tax or Emissions Fee: Considerations and Potential Impacts | Report | Mar 22, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Administrative procedure
- Advice and consent of the Senate
- Air pollution control
- Alternative energy sources
- Biomass energy
- Carbon cycle
- Carbon dioxide
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Coal
- Cogeneration of electric power and heat
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional delegations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Cost effectiveness
- Developing countries
- Economic impact statements
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electric power production
- Emissions trading
- Energy
- Energy conservation
- Energy consumption
- Energy efficiency
- Environmental assessment
- Environmental law enforcement
- Environmental monitoring
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Environmental research
- Environmental technology
- Executive reorganization
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fluorocarbons
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Fuel cells
- Gasoline
- Geology
- Geothermal resources
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Government vehicles
- Independent regulatory commissions
- Industrial pollution
- Information disclosure (Securities law)
- International Affairs
- International environmental cooperation
- Investors
- Judicial review
- Law
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Methane
- Motor vehicle pollution control
- Negotiations
- Nitrogen oxides
- Ocean energy resources
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Securities and Exchange Commission
- Securities regulation
- Senate
- Solar energy
- Technological innovations
- Technology assessment
- Treaties
- United Nations
- Wind power
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 16, 2007Introduced in Senate
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