Climate Action Planning for Ports Act of 2020
Latest action · Jun 24, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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.
- IntroducedJun 24, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Climate Action Planning for Ports Act of 2020
This bill authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to award grants for developing climate action plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or other air pollutants at ports or port facilities or implementing plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at one or more ports or port facilities. Climate action plans must demonstrate that the measures proposed to be implemented through the grants will do at least two of the following:
- improve energy efficiency at ports or port facilities,
- deploy technology or processes that reduce idling of vehicles at ports or port facilities, or
- reduce the direct emissions of greenhouse gases and other air pollutants with a goal of achieving zero emissions.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jun 24, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 24, 2020Introduced in House
- Jun 24, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 116, June 24, 2020, page H2419.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2 | Moving Forward Act | Related bill | Jul 20, 2020 |
| HR 862 | Climate Action Planning for Ports Act of 2021 | Reintroduced Bill | Feb 8, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to award grants to eligible entities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at ports, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Climate Action Planning for Ports Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Air quality
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Energy storage, supplies, demand
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental health
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental technology
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
- Labor standards
- Lighting, heating, cooling
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Minority health
- Motor carriers
- Motor vehicles
- Navigation, waterways, harbors
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Research administration and funding
- Wages and earnings
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 24, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
