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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9558 

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 

collect, calculate, and publish information regarding emissions of carbon 

dioxide and methane outside the boundaries of the United States that 

are associated with exports of fossil fuels, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 

Mr. CASTEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to collect, calculate, and publish information 

regarding emissions of carbon dioxide and methane outside the boundaries of the United States that are associated with exports of fossil fuels, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Exported Carbon 

5 Emissions Report Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. COMPARISON OF TRENDS IN DOMESTIC AND EX2 PORTED CARBON EMISSIONS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

4 enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Admin5 istrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall col6 lect, calculate, and publish information, for each of the 

7 previous ten calendar years, on— 

8 (1) the total emissions of carbon dioxide and 

9 methane that are released within the boundaries of 

10 the United States (including the territories of the 

11 United States) that are the result of the extraction, 

12 processing, transportation, combustion, and other 

13 use of fossil fuels; and 

14 (2) the total emissions of carbon dioxide and 

15 methane that are released outside the boundaries of 

16 the United States (including the territories of the 

17 United States) that are the result of leakage and 

18 combustion of fossil fuels produced or refined in the 

19 United States and subsequently exported from the 

20 United States. 

21 (b) INFORMATION.—In collecting and calculating in22 formation under this section, the Administrator of the En23 vironmental Protection Agency shall— 

24 (1) use the best available scientific information, 

25 including, where available— 


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1 (A) information collected through direct 

2 monitoring and measurement; and 

3 (B) disclosures of carbon dioxide and 

4 methane emissions by other national and sub5 national governments; and 

6 (2) be informed by the established international 

7 standards for accounting for greenhouse gas emis8 sions, including the protocols established under the 

9 Greenhouse Gas Protocol of the World Business 

10 Council for Sustainable Development and the World 

11 Resources Institute. 

12 (c) CONSULTATION.—In implementing this section, 

13 the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agen14 cy shall consult with— 

15 (1) the Administrator of the Energy Informa16 tion Administration; and 

17 (2) the executive director of the International 

18 Energy Agency. 

19 (d) PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION.—The Adminis20 trator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall make 

21 the information collected and calculated pursuant to this 

22 section widely available to the public, including by pub23 lishing such information on the website of the Environ24 mental Protection Agency. 


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1 (e) DEFINITION OF FOSSIL FUEL.—In this section, 

2 the term ‘‘fossil fuel’’ means carbon-containing material 

3 formed in the Earth’s crust from the remains of pre4 historic organisms, including coal, oil, and natural gas. 

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