(B) the reduction of sulfur content in 
fuels; and 
(C) the adoption of black carbon control 
policies. 
(b) 
BLACK
CARBON
EMISSIONS
REDUCTION 
GOALS.—The Secretary of State, in coordination with rel-
evant Federal agencies, shall— 
(1) lead an effort to reduce black carbon 
through an Arctic-wide aspirational black carbon 
goal; and 
(2) encourage observers of the Arctic Council 
(including India and China) to adopt mitigation 
plans consistent with the findings and recommenda-
tions of the Arctic Council’s Framework for Action 
on Black Carbon and Methane. 
(c) CLIMATE AND CLEAN AIR COALITION.—The Sec-
retary of State is encouraged to work with the Climate 
and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate 
Pollutants to craft specific financing mechanisms for the 
incremental cost of international black carbon mitigation 
activities. 
(d) BLACK CARBON MITIGATION ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) PRIORITIZATION.—The Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment, in cooperation with the Administrator, shall— 
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(A) encourage black carbon mitigation ac-
tivities as part of official development assist-
ance and programmatic activities; 
(B) give special emphasis to projects that 
produce substantial environmental, gender, live-
lihood, and public health benefits, including 
support for clean-burning cookstoves and fuels; 
and 
(C) work with the Global Alliance for 
Clean Cookstoves to help developing nations es-
tablish thriving markets for clean and efficient 
cooking solutions. 
(2) EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS.—The Secretary of 
State, in collaboration with the Administrator and 
the Secretary of Transportation, shall provide aid to 
international efforts to reduce black carbon emis-
sions from diesel trucks and ships, 2-stroke engines, 
diesel generators, and industrial processes by pro-
viding technical assistance— 
(A) to help developing nations lower the 
sulfur content of diesel fuels; 
(B) to expand access to diesel particulate 
filters; 
(C) to provide vehicle manufacturers with 
low-emission engine designs; 
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(D) to develop other mitigation activities, 
including energy efficiency alternatives for gen-
erators and industrial processes; and 
(E) to reduce ammonia emissions from ag-
riculture. 
SEC. 6. GLOBAL REDUCTIONS IN HIGH-GWP FLUORINATED 
GASES. 
(a) SENSE
OF
CONGRESS
REGARDING
ENERGY 
STAR.—It is the sense of Congress that the Administrator, 
in cooperation with the Secretary of Energy, should con-
sider modifications to the Energy Star program estab-
lished under section 324A of the Energy Policy and Con-
servation Act (42 U.S.C. 6294a) to include refrigerant 
systems that— 
(1) achieve best-in-class energy efficiency sav-
ings; and 
(2) use next generation technologies for refrig-
erants and foam-blowing agents. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the National 
Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 
in collaboration with the Administrator, the Sec-
retary of Energy, the Secretary of Transportation, 
and the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
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nology, shall submit to the Congress and publish a 
report that— 
(A) identifies and evaluates substitute 
technologies, products, practices, and processes 
for fluorinated compounds on a sector-by-sector 
basis for the sectors described in paragraph (2); 
(B) identifies and describes the legal, regu-
latory, technical, and other barriers to the de-
velopment and broader deployment of sub-
stitutes for fluorinated compounds within the 
sectors described in paragraph (2) and subsec-
tors therein in which such fluorinated com-
pounds are produced, used, and emitted; 
(C) includes recommendations regarding 
any changes in Federal law, regulation, guid-
ance, and practice that can lower, avoid, or 
eliminate the barriers identified in subpara-
graph (B); and 
(D) includes the earliest possible dates, or 
date ranges, by which each sector described in 
paragraph (2) can cease producing, using, and 
emitting fluorinated compounds and transition 
to substitute technologies, products, practices, 
and processes, taking into account technological 
feasibility, safety, availability, environmental 
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protection, and other relevant factors, includ-
ing, where applicable, the life-cycle climate per-
formance of fluorinated compounds and their 
substitutes. 
(2) SECTORS
DESCRIBED.—The sectors de-
scribed in this paragraph are the following sectors: 
(A) Natural resource extraction and refin-
ing. 
(B) Power generation and transmission. 
(C) Transportation. 
(D) Solid waste. 
(E) Chemical production, and chemical in-
dustrial and commercial uses. 
(F) Agriculture. 
(G) Wastewater. 
(H) Buildings. 
(I) Any other sector or subsector that the 
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, 
and Medicine determines relevant. 
SEC. 7. REDUCTION OF METHANE EMISSIONS. 
(a) TECHNICAL GUIDANCE.—The Administrator, the 
Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Energy, and the 
Secretary of State shall— 
(1) provide to foreign countries technical guid-
ance regarding containment of emissions from gas 
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drilling, landfills, coal mining, and agriculture, in-
cluding through trade delegations and international 
initiatives such as— 
(A) the Global Shale Gas Initiative of the 
Department of State; and 
(B) the Global Methane Initiative; and 
(2) collaborate with— 
(A) the Global Gas Flaring Reduction 
Partnership of the World Bank; and 
(B) the Global Methane Initiative, the Nat-
ural Gas STAR Program, the Climate and 
Clean Air Coalition Oil and Gas Methane Part-
nership, and other voluntary reduction pro-
grams of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
(b) METHANE TARGETS.— 
(1) 
CODIFYING
FINAL
NSPS
RULE.—The 
amendments to the Code of Federal Regulations 
made pursuant to the final rule of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, titled ‘‘Oil and Natural 
Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Recon-
structed, and Modified Sources’’, and published in 
the Federal Register on June 3, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 
35824 et seq.), shall have the same force and effect 
of law as if such amendments had been enacted by 
an Act of Congress, except that the Administrator 
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may revise such provisions, consistent with the Clean 
Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.), if such revision 
would result in a net reduction in methane or other 
greenhouse gas emissions. 
(2) METHANE EMISSIONS FROM COVERED FA-
CILITIES.— 
(A) COVERED FACILITY DEFINED.—In this 
paragraph, the term ‘‘covered facility’’ means 
any facility listed in section 60.5365a of title 
40, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on 
the date of enactment of this Act, except that 
the phrase ‘‘after September 18, 2015’’ in such 
section 60.5365a is deemed to be ‘‘on or before 
September 18, 2015’’. 
(B) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense 
of Congress that— 
(i) covered facilities should reduce 
methane emissions by at least 40 percent 
below 2012 levels by 2025; and 
(ii) voluntary efforts by select mem-
bers of the oil and gas industry, such as 
the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative, which 
has pledged to reduce the methane inten-
sity of upstream gas and oil operations to 
less than 0.25 percent by calendar year 
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2025, should be adopted by the industry as 
a whole. 
(C) CONDITIONAL REGULATION OF METH-
ANE EMISSIONS FROM COVERED FACILITIES.— 
Subject to subparagraph (D), the Administrator 
shall, pursuant to section 111(d) of the Clean 
Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411(d))— 
(i) not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, propose regula-
tions for establishment, implementation, 
and enforcement of standards of perform-
ance for methane emissions from covered 
facilities; and 
(ii) not later than 1 year after the 
deadline described in clause (i), finalize 
such regulations. 
(D) CONDITIONAL EFFECTIVE DATE.—The 
regulations finalized pursuant to subparagraph 
(C) shall not take effect unless the Adminis-
trator determines that voluntary efforts are fail-
ing to yield the significant emissions reductions 
described in subparagraph (B)(i) by the end of 
calendar year 2025. If the Administrator makes 
such determination, the regulations finalized 
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pursuant to subparagraph (C) shall take effect 
on January 1, 2026. 
(c) SENSES OF CONGRESS.— 
(1) UNITED
STATES
LEADERSHIP.—It is the 
sense of Congress that United States leadership sup-
ports the guiding principles on ‘‘Reducing methane 
emissions across the national gas value chain’’ pub-
lished in November 2017. 
(2) FINANCING CONDITIONS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that, in evaluating gas and oil-related 
projects for financial support, the United States Ex-
port-Import Bank and the Overseas Private Invest-
ment Corporation should condition financing for 
those projects on— 
(A) the deployment of the best technology, 
methods, and management practices for detect-
ing and repairing leaks of methane throughout 
the oil and gas production, processing, trans-
portation, and distribution system; 
(B) the minimization of venting and ineffi-
cient or unnecessary flaring; and 
(C) the deployment of best technology, 
methods, and management practices for reduc-
ing emissions of other air pollution, especially— 
(i) volatile organic compounds; and 
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(ii) hazardous air pollutants. 
Æ 
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