S. 3523 119th Congress Senate

Clean Competition Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create a carbon border adjustment based on carbon intensity, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 17, 2025 Introduced by: Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic · Rhode Island See on congress.gov

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Dec 17, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Dec 17, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Finance Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 12

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

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Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
12 filings
SENATE
12 filings
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
4 filings
Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
2 filings
Energy, Dept of
2 filings
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
1 filing
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
1 filing
Natl Economic Council (NEC)
1 filing

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Cosponsors 5

Blumenthal, Richard

Connecticut · Dec 17, 2025

Heinrich, Martin

New Mexico · Dec 17, 2025

Schatz, Brian

Hawaii · Dec 17, 2025

Van Hollen, Chris

Maryland · Dec 17, 2025

Welch, Peter

Vermont · Dec 17, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3523: Clean Competition Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3523/

MLA

"S. 3523: Clean Competition Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3523/.

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S. 3523, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3523/.

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