(2) FOSSIL
FUEL.—The term ‘‘fossil fuel’’ 
means coal, petroleum, natural gas, or any derivative 
of coal, petroleum, or natural gas that is used for 
fuel. 
(3) RETAIL ELECTRIC SUPPLIER.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘retail elec-
tric supplier’’ means an entity that sold not less 
than 1,000 megawatt hours of electric energy to 
electric consumers for purposes other than re-
sale during the preceding calendar year. 
(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘‘retail electric 
supplier’’ includes an entity that generates not 
less than 1,000 megawatt hours of electric en-
ergy for use by the entity. 
(4) DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘disadvan-
taged community’’ means a community that is 
disadvantaged based on geographic, public 
health, environmental hazard, or socioeconomic 
criteria. 
(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘disadvan-
taged community’’ includes— 
(i) an area burdened by cumulative 
environmental pollution or other hazard 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
21:19 Sep 05, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H3671.IH
H3671
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS
that can lead to a negative public health 
effect; 
(ii) an area with a concentration of 
people that— 
(I) are low-income; 
(II) have high unemployment; 
(III) have a high rent burden; 
(IV) have a low level of home 
ownership; 
(V) have a low level of edu-
cational attainment; 
(VI) are members of groups that 
have historically experienced discrimi-
nation on the basis of race or eth-
nicity; 
(VII) lack access to safe, reliable 
transit; 
(VIII) lack access to quality, af-
fordable healthcare; 
(IX) live in a high Medicaid pop-
ulation; and 
(X) do not live in reasonable 
proximity to healthy food outlets; and 
(iii) an area that is vulnerable to the 
impact of climate change such as flooding, 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
21:19 Sep 05, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00004
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H3671.IH
H3671
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS
storm surges, and urban heat island ef-
fects. 
(5) LOW-INCOME COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘low- 
income community’’ means a census or tribal block 
group in which not less than 50 percent of house-
holds have an annual income that is less than 80 
percent of the greater of— 
(A) as determined by the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development, the annual 
median gross income for the area in which the 
census or tribal block group is located; and 
(B) as determined by the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development, the annual 
median gross income for the State in which the 
census or tribal block group is located. 
(6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means— 
(A) a State; 
(B) the District of Columbia; 
(C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 
(D) any other territory or possession of the 
United States; and 
(E) a Native Hawaiian community-based 
organization. 
(7) NATIVE HAWAIIAN COMMUNITY-BASED OR-
GANIZATION.—The term ‘‘Native Hawaiian commu-
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:48 Sep 01, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00005
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H3671.IH
H3671
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS
nity-based organization’’ means any organization 
that is composed primarily of Native Hawaiians 
from a specific community and assist with housing 
and healthcare, as well as social, cultural, economic 
and educational development of Native Hawaiians in 
that community. 
TITLE I—ENVIRONMENTAL JUS-
TICE, 100 PERCENT RENEW-
ABLE 
ENERGY 
AND 
OUR 
CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE 
SEC. 101. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) According to the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration (NASA), 97 percent or more 
of actively publishing climate scientists agree that 
climate-warming trends over the past century are ex-
tremely likely due to human activities. Additionally, 
most of the leading scientific organizations world-
wide have issued public statements endorsing this 
position. 
(2) People of color comprise almost half of the 
11,400,000 people nationwide who live near dan-
gerous, polluting facilities, and are twice as likely to 
live in those areas as White Americans. African- 
Americans are 79 percent more likely than White 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
02:13 Sep 02, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00006
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H3671.IH
H3671
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS
Americans to live in communities where industrial 
pollution poses the greatest health danger. The fact 
that people of color breathe 46 percent more nitro-
gen dioxide than White Americans, a pollutant that 
causes respiratory diseases and heart conditions, is 
one of the reasons why children of color go to the 
emergency room for asthma attacks at nearly triple 
the rate than White children do. 
(3) Similarly, in the poor, mostly Latino com-
munity of Corpus Christi, Texas, the overall rate of 
birth defects is 84 percent higher than the rest of 
the State. The city ranks number one in the State 
for benzene pollution generated by refineries and pe-
trochemical plants—a serious concern, as benzene is 
a powerful cancer-causing agent. The odds are now 
an incredible 3 to 1 that a Latino immigrant will re-
side in an area with dangerously high levels of toxic 
pollution. It should come as no surprise, then, that 
Latino families have placed as much importance on 
clean air and clean water in their communities as 
they have on immigration issues. 
(4) Tribal lands are only 4 percent of the 
United States land base, yet of the 1,322 Superfund 
hazardous waste sites, 25 percent are in Indian 
country. The vast majority—75 percent—of aban-
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:48 Sep 01, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00007
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H3671.IH
H3671
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS
doned uranium mines are on Indian lands, with little 
effort made to remediate the harms they cause. 
(5) A full 20 percent of people living in First 
Nations communities located next to tar sands ex-
traction sites were diagnosed with cancer—Keystone 
XL and the Enbridge Alberta Clipper expansion 
were one of many pipelines attempting to bring this 
tar sands, toxic and corrosive crude oil into the 
United States, directly through tribal treaty lands. 
(6) Federal leasing of public lands for fossil 
fuels extraction significantly impacts numerous 
American Indian Tribes, Alaska Native Tribes, Na-
tive Hawaiian communities and indigenous commu-
nities that share more than 3,000 miles of contig-
uous border with National Forest lands. The re-
source exploitation of fossil fuel energy extraction 
has run a long and deadly course in tribal lands. 
(7) Fracking operations adversely impact public 
health through threats to water and air quality from 
multiple sources including leaks from pipes and re-
lated transportation of fossil fuel that results in dis-
proportionate increases in hospitalization due to pre-
mature births, asthma and cardiovascular disease 
near fracking sites. People of color living in prox-
imity of truck traffic, fracking wells, and experience 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:48 Sep 01, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00008
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H3671.IH
H3671
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS
increased exposure to ultra fine particulate matter 
from exhaust and emissions near well pads. 
(8) President Obama joined other world leaders 
from the Group of Twenty in 2009, and again in 
2013, in pledging to phase out wasteful fossil-fuel 
subsidies. 
(9) The Environmental Law Institute found 
that from 2002 through 2008, Federal fossil-fuel 
subsidies 
in 
the 
United 
States 
totaled 
over 
$72,000,000,000, while Federal renewable-energy in-
vestments totaled $12,200,000,000. 
(10) According to the group Taxpayers for 
Common Sense, the 5 largest oil corporations have 
made more than $1,000,000,000,000 in profits dur-
ing the past decade. 
(11) According to the Center for American 
Progress, the 5 largest oil corporations posted more 
than $89,700,000,000 in profits in 2014 alone. 
(12) According to the Center for Responsive 
Politics, the oil and gas, coal, utility, and other nat-
ural resource extraction industries spent more than 
$1,800,000,000 on lobbying during the period of 
2010 to 2014, which was an effective investment in 
protecting their extraordinary tax loopholes and sub-
sidies. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:48 Sep 01, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00009
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H3671.IH
H3671
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS
SEC. 102. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that: 
(1) The United States must transition to a 100 
percent clean energy economy. 
(2) It is not in the national interest for tax-
payers in the United States to subsidize highly prof-
itable, polluting fossil-fuel companies. 
(3) It is imperative that the United States Gov-
ernment make extensive investments in grid mod-
ernization projects across the country. According to 
the Hawaii State Energy Office, ‘‘grid moderniza-
tion refers to computer-based control and automa-
tion technology to bring current utility electricity de-
livery systems into the 21st century. The benefits of 
grid modernization include improvements in effi-
ciency, reliability, economics, and sustainability of 
the production and distribution of electricity all the 
way from electricity generation to the user’s home 
and workplace’’. This will help States like Hawaii 
that already have a 100 percent renewable portfolio 
standard achieve its goals on a more aggressive 
timeline and will assist cities like: Burlington, 
Vermont; Aspen, Colorado; Baltimore City, Mary-
land; Greensburg, Kansas, and every other city and 
State achieve 100 percent renewable energy stand-
ards in a timely fashion. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
21:19 Sep 05, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00010
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H3671.IH
H3671
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS
(4) To meet the demands of a zero carbon econ-
omy using only renewable generation by 2035, sig-
nificant investments in early stage energy technology 
breakthroughs, grid scale storage technologies, and 
loan guarantees for utility scale projects will be es-
sential to meet the country’s energy needs by 2035. 
The most pressing need will be replacing base load 
power with a wide range of storage technologies dur-
ing times of intermittent renewable power genera-
tion. These technologies are mostly in their early 
stages and will require a significant amount of fund-
ing to scale them for commercial or utility scale de-
ployment. 
(5) We must significantly increase Federal 
R&D funding to develop and deploy the technologies 
needed for deep decarbonization in our economy. 
This was a proposal announced at the Paris Climate 
Accord with Bill Gates called Mission Innovation, 
which committed to double government investment 
in energy technology. 
(6) Funding should be spread throughout the 
innovation pipeline at the U.S. Department of En-
ergy as well as other Federal agencies and depart-
ments including the National Science Foundation, 
NASA, and the Department of Defense. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
02:13 Sep 02, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00011
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H3671.IH
H3671
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS
(7) We must invest in early-stage proof of con-
cept technologies and basic scientific research at the 
Department of Energy’s Office of Science through 
the 17 U.S. National Laboratories will be needed to 
discover the scientific properties needed to produce 
proof of concept or prototype technologies. The U.S. 
National Laboratories are centers of basic scientific 
research already working on technology programs 
such as grid modernization and security, battery 
storage, solar and wind technology efficiency, effi-
cient transmission and distribution technologies, and 
hard and software control systems for the grid. 
Focus on investing in early-stage breakthrough en-
ergy technologies. Funding these technologies could 
lead to innovations that could dramatically change 
how energy is generated, stored, and distributed. 
(8) To rapidly move the country towards a 100 
percent carbon free economy, it is crucial that the 
country deploys existing utility and grid scale tech-
nologies. Frequently, companies seeking to deploy 
prototype commercial scale power plants cannot se-
cure large traditional loans. DOE’s Loan Guarantee 
Program must receive increased funding to provide 
loans for large renewable energy power plants. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
02:13 Sep 02, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00012
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H3671.IH
H3671
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS
(9) Data released last year by the U.S. Energy 
and Information Administration (EIA), shows that 
the transportation sector has become the largest pro-
ducer of carbon emissions as compared to other sec-
tors of the economy. For this reason, Congress must 
incentivize the transition to clean energy transpor-
tation technology as it pertains to ground, air, rail, 
sea transportation and shipping in the most effi-
cient, economically friendly methods possible to en-
sure that jobs are protected and the cost of products 
remains affordable. 
(10) Permitting rules that allow polluters to 
target poor communities for industrial facilities, 
chemical plants, and power plants must end imme-
diately. 
Cumulative 
environmental 
impacts 
on 
human health and ecosystem impacts must be con-
sidered and remediated. Precaution for the health 
and safety of our children and planet should be val-
ued above profit and must be updated. 
(11) We must achieve civil rights protections to 
ensure full access to the courts for siting poor and 
minority communities to seek legal protections by 
working to overturn the Sandoval Supreme Court 
decision that set an unreasonable burden of proof of 
racism for claims of environmental racism, including 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:48 Sep 01, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00013
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H3671.IH
H3671
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS
disparate and cumulative exposure to environmental 
health risks must be extended. 
(12) We strongly endorse the Principles of En-
vironmental Justice adopted at the First National 
People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit. 
The goals and outcomes of any environmental justice 
plan should continue to be developed under the 
Jemez Principles for Democratic Organizing with 
strong and consistent consultation with the commu-
nities most affected by the often-unequal enforce-
ment of environmental laws. 
(13) We must ensure that funding for parks 
and open spaces are distributed equitably in urban, 
suburban, and rural areas. 
(14) We must increase incentives for consumers 
who purchase zero emission vehicles, from single use 
of HOV lanes, to reduced registration fees. 
(15) We must continue to support State, tribe 
and local campaigns that resist the current adminis-
tration’s efforts to undercut the efforts of States like 
Hawaii, and local governments that continue to sup-
port the Paris Climate Agreement like Baltimore 
City, Maryland, Burlington, Vermont, and any other 
city or State that is working to achieve a 100 per-
cent clean energy standard. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:48 Sep 01, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00014
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H3671.IH
H3671
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS
(16) The United States is on the cusp of be-
coming a net exporter of natural gas. Any continued 
build-out of natural gas infrastructure and the use 
of eminent domain to take private land for trans-
porting gas is not to benefit citizens of the United 
States. Instead it allows for massive profits for fossil 
fuel companies. 
(17) In addition to the specific changes made 
by this Act, we must also explore the methods used 
in regenerative agriculture that provide healthier, 
grass-fed cows, chickens and pigs that also restore 
farmland to its original condition. This is vital if we 
hope to expand the market of regenerative farming 
and work to phase out harmful, conventional prac-
tices that contaminate our water and deplete essen-
tial topsoil. Conventional, large-scale farming is the 
cause of widespread topsoil depletion, and is a con-
tributor to greenhouse gas emissions. There are bet-
ter alternatives and sustainable solutions in the form 
of regenerative agricultural practices. We should 
incentivize farmers who provide healthier food, sus-
tain the land and sequester carbon dioxide and 
methane. 
(18) In addition, while the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration (FDA) has implemented a voluntary 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
02:13 Sep 02, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00015
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H3671.IH
H3671
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS
plan with industry to regulate the use of certain 
antibiotics for enhanced food production, this pro-
gram must be made mandatory. The United States 
Government, and governments around the world 
openly recognize the public health concerns associ-
ated with antimicrobial-resistant bacteria. The ill-
nesses connected to the use of drug-resistant strains 
of bacteria are on the rise, becoming more common, 
with potentially fatal consequences. 
(19) It is in the best interest of the country 
that Congress establish permanent tax credits and 
start-up grants to encourage the production of Geo-
thermal, 
Ocean 
Thermal 
Energy 
Conversion 
(OTEC), and Ocean Tidal energy. 
(20) Falling oil prices, coal company bank-
ruptcies and other factors are contributing to a loss 
of extractive industry jobs. For these reasons, it is 
our responsibility to ensure comprehensive and just 
worker protection measures that guarantee future fi-
nancial security for all workers affected by these 
economic downturns. 
(21) Just transition to a clean energy economy 
will create jobs by fixing the market externality and 
creating a free and fair market for renewables, 
which currently creates three times as many jobs as 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:48 Sep 01, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00016
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H3671.IH
H3671
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS
the fossil fuel industry. These jobs must include the 
ability for workers to collectively bargain, organize 
and otherwise enjoy facilitated access to unioniza-
tion. Additionally, investment in training in the 
growing portfolio of trades in the renewable sector 
is vital. 
(22) We know that green collar jobs are the 
present and future of industry from manufacturing 
and fabrication to solar installation and wind techni-
cians which can fill the void of fossil fuel jobs which 
are never coming back. 
(23) This transition will improve the health of 
the citizenry by promoting energy choice that elimi-
nates extractive processes that threaten natural re-
sources including water quality, air quality and 
needlessly shorten the lives of those threatened by 
the last vestiges of the fossil fuel economy. 
(24) Any attempts to transition United States 
military equipment and infrastructure to renewable 
fuels must be done, without exception, with the safe-
ty and well-being of our men and women in uniform 
and the safety of our Nation as the primary focus. 
(25) Regardless of the overall effects of this 
Act, it is the duty of Congress to ensure that any 
transition to a 100 percent clean energy economy 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
02:13 Sep 02, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00017
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H3671.IH
H3671
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS
does not adversely affect the economy of the United 
States. We are committed to providing the necessary 
financial assistance to energy produces, energy work-
ers and energy technology creators in our combined 
efforts to save our planet from the adverse effects of 
global climate change. 
(26) Without equivocation, we must not only 
create new jobs for workers who have lost work, but 
we must ensure that those new jobs are good jobs, 
meaning they pay a family-sustaining wage, they 
provide health care and retirement benefits, they are 
safe, and the workers who hold them have a power-
ful voice on the job through union organizing and 
the collective bargaining process, especially those in 
the auto and fossil fuel industries. Moreover, we 
must create these jobs in the same communities that 
are suffering. While workers are transitioning to new 
employment, they must receive protections to main-
tain family-level wages, healthcare, and pensions 
until they are able to start their new jobs. Further, 
workers need support in connecting with new jobs 
and the opportunity to learn new skills through vo-
cational education programs. In addition, commu-
nities must have the infrastructure to attract new 
investment that provides those jobs. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:48 Sep 01, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00018
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H3671.IH
H3671
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS
(27) We have the technology to transition to 
100 percent renewable energy right now, all that is 
missing is the political and social will. 
TITLE II—CLEAN ENERGY FOR 
ALL MANDATE 
SEC. 201. CLEAN ENERGY MANDATES. 
(a) MINIMUM ANNUAL PERCENTAGE.—The min-
imum annual percentage of the quantity of electricity sold 
by a retail electric supplier that must be generated from 
clean energy resources shall be— 
(1) in 2027, 80 percent; and 
(2) in 2035, and every year following, 100 per-
cent. 
(b) REPORTING.—Beginning in 2019, by April 1 of 
each year, each retail electric supplier shall submit a re-
port to the Administrator containing: 
(1) Documentation of purchases or generation 
by the retail electricity supplier of clean energy 
source electricity as a percentage of the total retail 
electricity sales of the retail electricity provider in 
the preceding year. 
(2) Documentation of plans for the purchase or 
generation by the retail electricity supplier of clean 
energy sourced electricity equal to the percentage re-
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:48 Sep 01, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00019
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H3671.IH
H3671
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS
quired by this Act for retail electricity sales in 2027 
and in 2035. 
SEC. 202. ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLE MANDATE. 
Part A of title II of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7521 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 220. ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLE MANDATE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The minimum annual percent-
age of the quantity of new motor vehicle sales of a vehicle 
manufacturer that shall be zero-emission vehicles shall 
be— 
‘‘(1) in 2027, 80 percent; and 
‘‘(2) in 2035, and every year following, 100 per-
cent. 
‘‘(b) REPORTING.—Beginning in 2019, by April 1st 
of each year, each vehicle manufacturer shall submit a re-
port to the Administrator containing: 
‘‘(1) Documentation of sales by the vehicle 
manufacturer of zero-emission vehicles as a percent-
age of the total sales vehicles of the vehicle manufac-
turer in the preceding year. 
‘‘(2) Documentation of plans to achieve sales by 
the vehicle manufacturer of zero-emission vehicles 
equal to the percentage required by this Act for 
2027 and for 2035. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
02:13 Sep 02, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00020
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H3671.IH
H3671
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS
‘‘(c) CAR ALLOWANCE REBATE PROGRAM.—The Sec-
retary of Transportation is instructed to establish the ‘Car 
Allowance Rebate’ system to provide economic incentives 
for United States consumers to purchase new, clean en-
ergy vehicles. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) VEHICLE MANUFACTURER.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘vehicle 
manufacturer’ means an entity that— 
‘‘(i) engaged in the manufacturing of 
new motor vehicles; and 
‘‘(ii) sold not fewer than 100 new 
motor vehicles to ultimate purchasers, ei-
ther directly or through an affiliate, such 
as a dealer. 
‘‘(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘vehicle 
manufacturer’ does not include— 
‘‘(i) a motor vehicle parts supplier; or 
‘‘(ii) a dealer. 
‘‘(2) 
ZERO-EMISSION
VEHICLE.—The 
term 
‘zero-emission vehicle’ means a vehicle that produces 
zero exhaust emissions of any criteria pollutant, pre-
cursor pollutant, or greenhouse gas in any mode of 
operation or condition, as determined by the Admin-
istrator.’’. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:48 Sep 01, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00021
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H3671.IH
H3671
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS
SEC. 203. ELECTRIFIED TRAINS. 
(a) ELECTRIFIED TRAIN MANDATE.— 
(1) ELECTRIFIED RAIL LINES.—The minimum 
percentage of electrified rail lines in the United 
States shall be— 
(A) in 2027, 80 percent; and 
(B) in 2035, and every year following, 100 
percent. 
(2) ELECTRIFIED TRAIN ENGINES.—The min-
imum percentage of electrified train engines in the 
United States shall be— 
(A) in 2027, 80 percent; and 
(B) in 2035, and every year following, 100 
percent. 
(b) PROHIBITION.—Beginning in 2035 and every 
year after no train engines running on fossil fuels may 
operate within the United States. 
TITLE III—OFF FOSSIL FUELS 
SEC. 301. MORATORIUM ON NEW MAJOR FOSSIL FUEL 
PROJECTS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) FOSSIL FUEL ENERGY.—The term ‘‘fossil 
fuel energy’’ means electric energy generated, in 
whole or in part, by a fossil fuel resource. 
(2) FOSSIL FUEL RESOURCE.—The term ‘‘fossil 
fuel resource’’ means all forms of coal, oil, and gas. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:48 Sep 01, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00022
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H3671.IH
H3671
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS
(3) GATHERING
LINE.—The term ‘‘gathering 
line’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
195.2 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (as 
in effect on the date of enactment of this Act). 
(4) INTERSTATE PIPELINE.—The term ‘‘inter-
state pipeline’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 195.2 of title 49, Code of Federal Regula-
tions (as in effect on the date of enactment of this 
Act). 
(b) MORATORIUM.—Subject to subsection (e), begin-
ning on January 1, 2018, there shall be a moratorium on 
Federal permit approval for— 
(1) any new electric generating facility that 
generates fossil fuel energy through the combustion 
of any fossil fuel resource; 
(2) any new gathering line or interstate pipeline 
for the transport of any fossil fuel resource that— 
(A) crosses Federal land or navigable 
water; or 
(B) requires the use of eminent domain on 
private property; 
(3) any maintenance activity relating to an ex-
isting gathering line or interstate pipeline for the 
transport of a fossil fuel resource that expands the 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:48 Sep 01, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00023
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H3671.IH
H3671
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS
carrying capacity of the gathering line or interstate 
pipeline by more than 5 percent; 
(4) any new or expanding import or export ter-
minal for fossil fuel resources; 
(5) any maintenance activity relating to an ex-
isting import or export terminal for a fossil fuel re-
source that expands the import or export capacity 
for a fossil fuel resource; 
(6) any new refinery of a fossil fuel resource; 
and 
(7) any exploration for any type of fossil fuel. 
(c) ENFORCEMENT.—The Administrator may seek an 
injunction on the construction of any facility described in 
subsection (b) that begins on or after January 1, 2018. 
(d) FEDERAL PERMITS.—The Administrator, in co-
ordination with the head of the applicable Federal agency, 
shall deny any application submitted to the head of that 
Federal agency on or after January 1, 2018, for a permit 
for any facility described in subsection (b). 
(e) TRIBAL CONSULTATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If an application for routing 
or siting approval, or permit or right-of-way was 
granted, approved, or issued on or after February 8, 
2017, for any facility described in subsection (b) 
without the consultation required under Executive 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:48 Sep 01, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00024
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H3671.IH
H3671
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS