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Carbon Neutral Government Act of 2009

Introduced: June 24, 2009 Introduced by: Welch, Peter Democratic · Vermont See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 25, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
Jun 24, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Jun 24, 2009
Referred to House Administration
Jun 24, 2009
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.
Jun 24, 2009
Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
Jun 24, 2009
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Carbon Neutral Government Act of 2009 - 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 June 25, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1