Super Pollutants Act of 2014
Latest action · Dec 2, 2014 Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-796.
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.
- IntroducedSep 18, 2014
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Super Pollutants Act of 2014 - Establishes requirements for agencies to evaluate, mitigate, reduce, and report on the following short-lived climate pollutant emissions (non-carbon dioxide pollutants that contribute to global warming even though they stay in the atmosphere for only a short time): black carbon (soot emissions that absorb sunlight, reduce the reflectivity of snow and ice when deposited on them, and generate heat), methane, and high global warming potential hydrofluorocarbons (high-GWP HFC).
Requires the President to establish the Interagency Task Force on Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Mitigation to address these pollutants through an action plan.
Directs the Department of State to develop a comprehensive plan to reduce black carbon emissions from international shipping.
Requires the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to prioritize black carbon mitigation activities as part of aid distribution activities.
Requires the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to evaluate the availability of high-GWP HFC alternatives.
Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the manufacture of any uncharged hydrochlorofluorocarbon-22 air-conditioning condensing equipment for residential use. Requires the EPA to determine whether the sale of R-134a automotive air-conditioning recharge kits to consumers represents an environmentally significant source of high-GWP HFC emissions.
Requires the State Department, the DOE, the EPA, and the Department of Commerce to provide other countries with technical guidance on containing emissions from gas drilling, landfills, coal mining, and agriculture.
Directs the EPA to establish an inspection and maintenance program for equipment that has high leak rates of methane gas.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 18, 2014 to Dec 9, 2014, with 10 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Dec 9, 2014 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 2, 2014Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-796.
- Sep 18, 2014Introduced in Senate
- Sep 18, 2014Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advisory bodies
- Air quality
- Arctic and polar regions
- Asia
- China
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
- Congressional oversight
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Energy prices
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Environmental technology
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Government studies and investigations
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- India
- International law and treaties
- Lighting, heating, cooling
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Marine pollution
- Motor fuels
- Motor vehicles
- Oil and gas
- Pipelines
- Transportation costs
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 18, 2014Introduced in Senate
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