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H.R. 4520 116th Congress House

MARKET CHOICE Act

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate certain fuel excise taxes and impose a tax on greenhouse gas emissions to provide revenue for maintaini… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate certain fuel excise taxes and impose a tax on greenhouse gas emissions to provide revenue for maintaining and building American infrastructure, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 26, 2019 Introduced by: Brian K. Fitzpatrick Republican · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov
Taxation Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdvisory bodiesAir qualityClimate change and greenhouse gases
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CoalEconomic developmentElectric power generation and transmissionEmployment and training programsEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA)Environmental healthEnvironmental regulatory proceduresFloods and storm protectionGovernment trust fundsIncome tax creditsIndustrial facilitiesInfrastructure developmentInternational organizations and cooperationManufacturingMetalsMiningMotor fuelsMotor vehiclesOil and gasSales and excise taxesTax administration and collection, taxpayersUnemployment
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Oct 18, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Sep 27, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Sep 27, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Sep 26, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, Education and Labor, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, and Agriculture, 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.
Sep 26, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 18, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Modernizing America with Rebuilding to Kickstart the Economy of the Twenty-first Century with a Historic Infrastructure-Centered Expansion Act or the MARKET CHOICE Act

This bill imposes a tax on the greenhouse gas emissions of fossil fuels, certain industrial processes, and certain product uses.

The bill appropriates and transfers specified revenue from the tax to a Rebuilding Infrastructure and Solutions for the Environment Trust Fund (RISE Trust Fund) established by the bill. Specified amounts in the trust fund shall be available, as provided by appropriations Acts, for the federal Highway Trust Fund, grants to low-income households; and other specified energy, environmental, infrastructure, and research and development priorities.

The bill also

  • eliminates the federal motor vehicle and aviation fuel taxes,
  • modifies the tax credit for carbon capture and storage and the qualifying advanced coal project tax credit,
  • imposes a moratorium on finalizing and enforcing certain Clean Air Act regulations on greenhouse gas emissions, and
  • establishes a National Climate Commission to review policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The moratorium on regulations expires in 2033 if specified emission targets are not reached.

 Related & companion bills 1
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 10
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2
D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Sep 26, 2019
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Sep 26, 2019
Rooney, Francis
· Sep 26, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4520: MARKET CHOICE Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4520/
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"H.R. 4520: MARKET CHOICE Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4520/.
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H.R. 4520, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4520/.
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