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HR 6168 117th Congress House Energy

Future Generations Protection Act

Introduced: December 7, 2021 Introduced by: Schakowsky, Janice D. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Dec 17, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Dec 8, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Dec 7, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
Dec 7, 2021
Introduced in House
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Future Generations Protection Act

This bill prohibits (1) the emission of any greenhouse gas in any quantity from a new electric utility steam generating unit (i.e., certain power plants); (2) hydraulic fracturing on all onshore and offshore land in the United States; and (3) exports of domestically produced crude oil and natural gas, with specified exceptions.

What's happening now December 17, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 24
All 24 Democratic 18
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Mar 1, 2022
 D
Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · Feb 18, 2022
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Feb 8, 2022
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Jan 13, 2022
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Dec 8, 2021
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Dec 7, 2021
Bush, Cori
· Dec 7, 2021
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Dec 7, 2021
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Dec 7, 2021
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Dec 7, 2021
Jones, Mondaire
· Dec 7, 2021
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Dec 7, 2021
Lowenthal, Alan
· Dec 7, 2021
MALONEY, CAROLYN
· Dec 7, 2021
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Dec 7, 2021
Napolitano, Grace
· Dec 7, 2021
Newman, Marie
· Dec 7, 2021
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Dec 7, 2021
 D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
New York · Dec 7, 2021
 D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · Dec 7, 2021
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Dec 7, 2021
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Dec 7, 2021
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Dec 7, 2021
 D
Torres, Ritchie
New York · Dec 7, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6168: Future Generations Protection Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6168/
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"H.R. 6168: Future Generations Protection Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6168/.
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H.R. 6168, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6168/.
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