America Wins Act
Latest action · May 19, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
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.
- IntroducedMay 18, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Refunds or credits for the tax must be issued for carbon substances that are (1) not emitted due to use as a feedstock or through carbon capture and sequestration, or (2) previously taxed carbon substances used to make another taxable carbon substance.
The bill includes border adjustment provisions that require certain fees, credits, or refunds for carbon-intensive goods that are exported or imported.
The bill also establishes a Build America Trust Fund and appropriates to the fund amounts equal to the increase in revenues attributable to the tax. Specified amounts of the funds must be used, without further appropriation, for infrastructure related to transportation, water, broadband, education, health care, housing, and energy.
Specified portions of the funds must also be used for
- providing assistance to workers and communities reliant on industries that primarily produce taxable carbon substances or carbon-intensive goods,
- providing assistance to individuals and communities disproportionately impacted by climate change and greenhouse gas pollutants as well as groups underrepresented in the energy sector,
- an energy refund program to provide payments to certain low-income households, and
- a refundable tax credit for households that meet specified income requirements.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 18, 2021.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | May 18, 2021 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | May 18, 2021 |
Committees 8
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 18, 2021 |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred May 18, 2021 |
| Aviation Subcommittee | Referred May 19, 2021 | |
| Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee | Referred May 19, 2021 | |
| Highways and Transit Subcommittee | Referred May 19, 2021 | |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred May 19, 2021 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 18, 2021 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred May 19, 2021 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred May 18, 2021 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred May 18, 2021 |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred May 18, 2021 |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred May 18, 2021 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred May 18, 2021 | |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred May 18, 2021 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 19, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
- May 19, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
- May 19, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- May 19, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- May 19, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
- May 18, 2021Introduced in House
- May 18, 2021Referred 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.
- May 18, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
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. 167, no. 86, May 18, 2021, page H2542.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4142 | America Wins Act | Reintroduction of | Aug 21, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To rebuild the Nation's infrastructure, provide a consumer rebate to the American people, assist coal country, reduce harmful pollution, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- America Wins Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
- 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
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 18, 2021Introduced 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.
