Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act of 2025
Latest action · Feb 7, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 25
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 7, 2025 to Jun 2, 2026; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Feb 7, 2025 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Feb 7, 2025 |
| D-VT | Becca Balint | Original | Feb 7, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Feb 7, 2025 |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Original | Feb 7, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Feb 7, 2025 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Feb 7, 2025 |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Original | Feb 7, 2025 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Feb 7, 2025 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Feb 7, 2025 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Feb 7, 2025 |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Original | Feb 7, 2025 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Feb 7, 2025 |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Original | Feb 7, 2025 |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Original | Feb 7, 2025 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Feb 7, 2025 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Feb 7, 2025 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Feb 7, 2025 |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Original | Feb 7, 2025 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Mar 3, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Apr 1, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Apr 1, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Adelita S. Grijalva | Nov 19, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Valerie P. Foushee | Mar 26, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Jun 2, 2026 |
Committees 3
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 Feb 7, 2025 |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Feb 7, 2025 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 7, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 7, 2025Introduced in House
- Feb 7, 2025Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
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. 171, no. 26, February 7, 2025, page H585.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48579 | Extreme Heat: Background, NOAA’s Role, and Issues for Congress | Report | Jun 24, 2025 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 25 | Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act of 2025 | Identical bill | Jan 7, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To impose an assessment related to fossil fuel emissions, to establish the Polluters Pay Climate Fund, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
- Administrative remedies
- Air quality
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Department of the Treasury
- Environmental health
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Government trust funds
- Mining
- Oil and gas
- Pollution liability
- State and local government operations
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
- Taxation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 7, 2025Introduced 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.
