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H.R. 4209 115th Congress House

America Wins Act

Official title: To rebuild the Nation's infrastructure, provide a consumer rebate to the American people, assist coal country, reduce harmful pollution, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 1, 2017 Introduced by: John B. Larson Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
Taxation Agricultural prices, subsidies, creditAir qualityAviation and airportsClimate change and greenhouse gases
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CoalEmployee benefits and pensionsEmployment and training programsEnergy pricesEnvironmental technologyFloods and storm protectionGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGovernment trust fundsHealth care costs and insuranceIncome tax creditsInfrastructure developmentMiningNavigation, waterways, harborsOil and gasPoverty and welfare assistancePublic transitRailroadsRoads and highwaysSales and excise taxesSolid waste and recyclingTransportation programs fundingWater quality
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
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Passed Senate
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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
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 Latest action May 22, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

 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.
 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4142 Reintroduced Bill America Wins Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 14
 Cosponsors 21
All 21 Democratic 13
Lee, Barbara
· Sep 28, 2018
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Dec 19, 2017
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Nov 29, 2017
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Nov 14, 2017
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Nov 9, 2017
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Nov 1, 2017
Blumenauer, Earl
· Nov 1, 2017
 D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Nov 1, 2017
CAPUANO, MICHAEL
· Nov 1, 2017
 D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Nov 1, 2017
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Nov 1, 2017
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Nov 1, 2017
DEFAZIO, PETER
· Nov 1, 2017
Demings, Val
· Nov 1, 2017
DOYLE, MIKE
· Nov 1, 2017
 D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Nov 1, 2017
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· Nov 1, 2017
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Nov 1, 2017
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 1, 2017
Payne, Donald
· Nov 1, 2017
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Nov 1, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4209: America Wins Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4209/
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"H.R. 4209: America Wins Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4209/.
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H.R. 4209, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4209/.
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