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HR 1760 111th Congress House Environmental Protection Air quality Climate change and greenhouse gases Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental health Environmental technology Foreign aid and international relief

Black Carbon Emissions Reduction Act of 2009

Introduced: March 26, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 2, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
Mar 30, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
Mar 26, 2009
Referred to House Science and Technology
Mar 26, 2009
Referred to House Foreign Affairs
Mar 26, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Science and Technology, 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 26, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Mar 26, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Black Carbon Emissions Reduction Act of 2009 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to report to Congress on black carbon (light-absorbing component of carbonaceous aerosols) emissions, including : (1) a summary of current research identifying major sources, control technologies, quantifying metrics, and public health and environmental benefits associated with additional controls; and (2) recommendations regarding emissions monitoring techniques and capabilities, areas for additional study of technologies, operations, and strategies with the greatest potential to reduce emissions, and actions the government may take to encourage or require emission reductions.

Requires the Administrator, within a year, to finalize regulations under the Clean Air Act to reduce emissions of black carbon or propose a finding that existing regulations promulgated pursuant to such Act adequately regulate them.

Requires the Administrator to report to Congress on the amount, type, and direction of all present U.S. financial, technical, and related assistance to foreign countries to reduce, mitigate, and abate black carbon emissions.

What's happening now April 2, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 31, 2009
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Mar 26, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1760: Black Carbon Emissions Reduction Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1760/
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"H.R. 1760: Black Carbon Emissions Reduction Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1760/.
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