S 2905
113th Congress
Senate
Environmental Protection
Budget process
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Legislative rules and procedure
Carbon Pollution Transparency Act of 2014
Introduced: September 18, 2014
Introduced by:
Sanders, Bernard
Independent
· Vermont
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 18, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Sep 18, 2014
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Carbon Pollution Transparency Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to calculate a carbon score for legislation. Requires the score to include projected net greenhouse gas emissions that would result from enactment and implementation of a bill or resolution and the appropriation of any amounts authorized in the legislation. Directs CBO to include the carbon score when carrying out provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 requiring a cost estimate for each bill or resolution reported by any congressional committee except the appropriations committees.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Committees of jurisdiction
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