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HR 3242 112th Congress House

Save Our Climate Act of 2011

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide by imposing a tax on primary fossil fuels based on their carbon content.

Introduced: March 27, 2012 See on congress.gov
Taxation Air qualityAlternative and renewable resourcesClimate change and greenhouse gasesCoal
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Consumer affairsEconomic performance and conditionsEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsGovernment trust fundsOil and gasSales and excise taxes
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Oct 24, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Oct 24, 2011
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1914)
Oct 24, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 24, 2011

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Save Our Climate Act of 2011- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on the carbon content of any taxable fuel sold by a manufacturer, producer, or importer. Sets the amount of such tax at $10 per ton of the carbon dioxide produced by combustion in such fuel, with annual increases in the amount of such tax until the level of carbon dioxide emissions for a calendar year does not exceed 20% of the level of such emissions for calender year 1990 (target attainment year). Exempts from such tax the sale or in-kind exchange of fuel for deposit in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and certain exports or resales of such fuel.

Defines "taxable fuel" as coal (including lignite and peat), petroleum and any petroleum product, natural gas, biomass, municipal solid waste, and any organic material other than coal, petroleum, and natural gas that is sold for the purpose of energy production, which is extracted, manufactured, or produced in the United States or entered into the United States for consumption, use, or warehousing.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3242: Save Our Climate Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3242/
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"H.R. 3242: Save Our Climate Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3242/.
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H.R. 3242, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3242/.
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