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To authorize Federal agencies and legislative branch offices to purchase greenhouse gas offsets and renewable energy credits, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 5, 2007 Introduced by: Welch, Peter Democratic · Vermont See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Mar 20, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
Feb 6, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Feb 5, 2007
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, 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.
Feb 5, 2007
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Authorizes federal agencies and legislative branch offices to purchase qualified tradeable: (1) greenhouse gas (GHG) offsets; and (2) renewable energy credits.

Requires the Secretary of Energy to promulgate rules regarding approved open market transactions involving such offsets and credits. Requires such rules to accommodate forward purchasing and crediting of offsets and credits on an estimated basis from small scale offset and renewable energy generators and other open market transactions that help enable short-term purchases of offsets and credits to contribute to the implementation of such generators.

Defines "greenhouse gas offsets" to mean a reduction in GHG emissions that results from actions that would not have occurred in the absence of the opportunity to sell an offset for the resulting reduction.

What's happening now March 20, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 7