HR 501
117th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
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Climate Smart Ports Act
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 2, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Jan 28, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jan 28, 2021
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Climate Smart Ports Act
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program for purchasing or installing equipment and technology to reduce pollution at ports. Specifically, the grants must be used for equipment or technology that produces zero exhaust emissions of certain pollutants and greenhouse gases or captures 100% of the exhaust emissions produced by an ocean-going vessel at berth.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Related & companion bills
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Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
38
Payne, Donald
MALONEY, CAROLYN
D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
D
Cohen, Steve
D
Ross, Deborah K.
D
Soto, Darren
ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE
D
Huffman, Jared
D
Levin, Mike
Napolitano, Grace
Bush, Cori
D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Kuster, Ann
D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Bowman, Jamaal
Cárdenas, Tony
D
Case, Ed
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
D
DelBene, Suzan K.
D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
HASTINGS, ALCEE
D
Jayapal, Pramila
Jones, Mondaire
D
Khanna, Ro
D
Larsen, Rick
Lee, Barbara
Lowenthal, Alan
D
Matsui, Doris O.
McNerney, Jerry
D
Nadler, Jerrold
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
D
Pingree, Chellie
D
Raskin, Jamie
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
D
Smith, Adam
D
Tlaib, Rashida
D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 501: Climate Smart Ports Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-501/
"H.R. 501: Climate Smart Ports Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-501/.
H.R. 501, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-501/.
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