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Safe Climate Act of 2007

Introduced: March 20, 2007 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 21, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Mar 21, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E594-595)
Mar 20, 2007
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.
Mar 20, 2007
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Safe Climate Act of 2007 - Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate: (1) targets for a 2% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions each year from 2010-2050; and (2) regulations requiring reductions to meet such targets, including by setting caps on emissions of sources and sectors with the largest emissions or the best opportunities to reduce them, by issuing and authorizing trading of emission allowances, and by imposing penalties for excess emissions.

Requires relevant federal agencies to finalize a rule to carry out the National Academies' recommendations for regulatory action needed to reduce atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations or explain their reasons for declining to act.

Requires the President to submit to Congress a plan for the distribution of emission allowances (including through auctions) and the use of proceeds (to be deposited in a Climate Reinvestment Fund) for specified goals, including mitigating the effects of energy cost increases and climate change.

Requires the EPA to ensure that emissions and allowances are accurately tracked, reported, and verified.

Authorizes the emission reduction regulations to include: (1) additional requirements for any source or sector; and (2) performance standards, best management practices, and technology-based requirements. Requires such regulations to set standards for the reduction of greenhouse emissions from motor vehicles at least as quickly as the standards adopted by the California Air Resources Board at its September 2004 hearing. Requires the EPA to revise such standards in 2014 and every five years thereafter to further reduce emissions.

Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary of Energy to: (1) require, beginning in 2010, an annual increase in the percentage of electric energy generated from renewable sources that is sold at the retail level in the United States and to require such percentage to be at least 20% of the total electricity sold by 2020; and (2) set end-user savings targets for retail electric-energy and natural gas suppliers. Authorizes DOE to: (1) increase the required percentage of end-user savings for years after 2020; and (2) allow suppliers to achieve the targets through a market-based trading system.

What's happening now March 21, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 40
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Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Sep 8, 2008
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Dec 5, 2007
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jul 16, 2007
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 17, 2007
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Larsen, Rick
Washington · Apr 16, 2007
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Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Mar 28, 2007
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Mar 20, 2007
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Castor, Kathy
Florida · Mar 20, 2007
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Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Mar 20, 2007
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Mar 20, 2007
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Mar 20, 2007
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DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Mar 20, 2007
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Mar 20, 2007
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Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Mar 20, 2007
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Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Mar 20, 2007
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Mar 20, 2007
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Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Mar 20, 2007
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Mar 20, 2007
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Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Mar 20, 2007
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Mar 20, 2007
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Matsui, Doris O.
California · Mar 20, 2007
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 20, 2007
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 20, 2007
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Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Mar 20, 2007
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Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Mar 20, 2007
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 20, 2007
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Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Mar 20, 2007
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Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Mar 20, 2007
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Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Mar 20, 2007
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 20, 2007
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Schiff, Adam B.
California · Mar 20, 2007
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Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Mar 20, 2007
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Sherman, Brad
California · Mar 20, 2007
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Smith, Adam
Washington · Mar 20, 2007
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Mar 20, 2007
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Thompson, Mike
California · Mar 20, 2007
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Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Mar 20, 2007
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Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Mar 20, 2007
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Waters, Maxine
California · Mar 20, 2007
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Welch, Peter
Vermont · Mar 20, 2007