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Pollution Transparency Act

Introduced: October 5, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Oct 16, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Oct 5, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Oct 5, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Pollution Transparency Act

The heads of federal agencies in making certain rulemaking or procurement decisions must consider the costs of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide emissions as specified in the bill.

The bill establishes the Interagency Working Group on the Costs of Greenhouse Gases to evaluate, at least once every five years, the method of calculating the cost of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide.

The bill also establishes the Costs of Greenhouse Gases Scientific Review Committee. The 10 members of the committee must be selected by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and represent relevant scientific fields. The committee must make recommendations to the working group regarding revisions to the greenhouse gas calculation method.

What's happening now October 16, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 8
D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Nov 14, 2018
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Huffman, Jared
California · Feb 20, 2018
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Jan 30, 2018
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jan 25, 2018
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 16, 2018
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Jan 11, 2018
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jan 11, 2018
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Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Dec 20, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3981: Pollution Transparency Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3981/
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"H.R. 3981: Pollution Transparency Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3981/.
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H.R. 3981, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3981/.
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[H.R. 3981: Pollution Transparency Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3981/)
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