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HR 4209 115th Congress House Taxation Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Air quality Aviation and airports Climate change and greenhouse gases Coal Employee benefits and pensions Employment and training programs Energy prices Environmental technology Floods and storm protection Government lending and loan guarantees Government trust funds Health care costs and insurance Income tax credits Infrastructure development Mining Navigation, waterways, harbors Oil and gas Poverty and welfare assistance

America Wins Act

Introduced: November 1, 2017 Introduced by: Larson, John B. Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 22, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Nov 14, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Nov 3, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Nov 2, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Nov 2, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Nov 2, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Nov 2, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Nov 1, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, Natural Resources, and Science, Space, 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.
Nov 1, 2017
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

America Wins Act

The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on the carbon dioxide content of coal, petroleum and petroleum products, and natural gas sold by the manufacturer, producer, or importer and require the revenues to be used for infrastructure and other purposes.

Refunds or credits for the tax must be issued for carbon substances that are: (1) not emitted due to use as a feedstock or through carbon capture and sequestration, or (2) previously taxed carbon substances used to make another taxable carbon substance.

The bill includes border adjustment provisions that require certain fees, credits, or refunds for carbon-intensive goods that are exported or imported.

The bill also establishes a Build America Trust Fund and appropriates to the fund amounts equal to the increase in revenues attributable to the tax. Specified amounts of the funds must be used, without further appropriation, for infrastructure, including

  • highways and transit;
  • aviation;
  • passenger rail;
  • harbors, waterways, flood protection, and dams;
  • clean water;
  • Department of Agriculture water and waste disposal programs; and
  • broadband deployment.

Specified portions of the funds must also be used for:

  • providing assistance to workers and communities reliant on industries that primarily produce taxable carbon substances or carbon-intensive goods,
  • an energy refund program to provide payments to certain low-income households, and
  • a refundable tax credit for households that meet specified income requirements.
What's happening now May 22, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

 Committees of jurisdiction 14
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 13