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H.R. 3311 117th 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: May 18, 2021 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 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 19, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
May 19, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
May 19, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
May 19, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
May 19, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
May 18, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Education and Labor, Natural Resources, Science, Space, and Technology, and Financial Services, 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.
May 18, 2021
Introduced in House
May 18, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
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 Latest action May 19, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

America Wins Act

This bill imposes 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 requires the revenues to be used for infrastructure, an energy refund program to provide payments to certain low-income households, 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 related to transportation, water, broadband, education, health care, housing, and energy.

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,
  • providing assistance to individuals and communities disproportionately impacted by climate change and greenhouse gas pollutants as well as groups underrepresented in the energy sector,
  • 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 Reintroduction of America Wins Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 14
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · May 18, 2021
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 18, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3311: America Wins Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3311/
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"H.R. 3311: America Wins Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3311/.
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H.R. 3311, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3311/.
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