Pollution Transparency Act
Latest action · Oct 16, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
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.
- IntroducedOct 5, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Pollution Transparency Act
The heads of federal agencies in making certain rulemaking or procurement decisions must consider the costs of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide emissions as specified in the bill.
The bill establishes the Interagency Working Group on the Costs of Greenhouse Gases to evaluate, at least once every five years, the method of calculating the cost of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide.
The bill also establishes the Costs of Greenhouse Gases Scientific Review Committee. The 10 members of the committee must be selected by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and represent relevant scientific fields. The committee must make recommendations to the working group regarding revisions to the greenhouse gas calculation method.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 20, 2017 to Nov 14, 2018.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Dec 20, 2017 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Dec 20, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Dec 20, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Jan 11, 2018 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Jan 11, 2018 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jan 16, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jan 25, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Jan 25, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Jan 30, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Feb 20, 2018 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Sep 4, 2018 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Sep 27, 2018 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Nov 14, 2018 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 16, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
- Oct 5, 2017Introduced in House
- Oct 5, 2017Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1930 | Pollution Transparency Act | Identical bill | Oct 5, 2017 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advisory bodies
- Air quality
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Public contracts and procurement
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 5, 2017Introduced in House
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