Congress 116 - HR 4142 - America Wins Act

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Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Air quality Aviation and airports Climate change and greenhouse gases Coal Employee benefits and pensions Employment and training programs Energy prices Environmental technology Floods and storm protection Government lending and loan guarantees Government trust funds Health care costs and insurance Income tax credits Infrastructure development Mining Navigation, waterways, harbors Oil and gas Poverty and welfare assistance Public transit Railroads Roads and highways Sales and excise taxes Solid waste and recycling Taxation Transportation programs funding Water quality

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America Wins Act

This bill imposes an excise tax on the carbon dioxide content of coal, petroleum and petroleum products, and natural gas sold by the manufacturer, producer, or importer and requires the revenues to be used for infrastructure, an energy refund program to provide payments to certain low-income households, and other purposes.

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Aug 21, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Aug 5, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Aug 5, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Aug 5, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Aug 5, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Aug 5, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Aug 2, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Education and Labor, Natural Resources, Science, Space, and Technology, and Financial Services, 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.
Aug 2, 2019

Introduced in House

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