Title: Healthy Climate and Family Security Act of 2018
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
Healthy Climate and Family Security Act of 2018
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Department of the Treasury to establish a carbon trading program that caps the emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from crude oil, coal, and natural gas. Beginning in 2019, crude oil refineries, petroleum importers, coal mines, coal importers, and natural gas suppliers or processors must purchase carbon permits equivalent to the amount of CO2 that would be emitted by covered fuels. Treasury will auction these permits to those entities.
This bill establishes a declining cap on the quantity of permits issued to reduce CO2 emissions until 2050 when the permits issued represent an amount 80% below 2005 CO2 emission levels.
Treasury must issue permits for carbon capture and sequestration of CO2 from covered fuels.
This bill provides for the trading or sale of permits between entities, the banking by entities of permits for future years, and the borrowing by Treasury of permits from future years to stabilize permit prices.
Auction proceeds and penalties are returned to U.S. citizens lawfully present in the United States using the Healthy Climate Trust Fund established by this bill.
Treasury must impose fees on the import and pay fees for the export of carbon-intensive goods when the export country does not have equivalent measures to regulate greenhouse gases. Carbon-intensive goods are goods with an increased cost due to the regulation of greenhouse gases.
The Environmental Protection Agency must regulate within 10 years all sources of greenhouse gases that are anthropogenically emitted. This excludes gases attributable to the production of animals for food.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4889 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4889

   To cap the emissions of greenhouse gases through a requirement to 
 purchase carbon permits, to distribute the proceeds of such purchases 
            to eligible individuals, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 29, 2018

 Mr. Beyer (for himself, Ms. Norton, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Connolly, Mr. 
    Raskin, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. McGovern, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Lee, Ms. 
Schakowsky, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Hastings, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. 
 Cartwright, Mr. Khanna, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mr. 
  Blumenauer, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Welch, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Capuano, Mr. 
  McEachin, and Mr. Scott of Virginia) introduced the following bill; 
  which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
    addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
   To cap the emissions of greenhouse gases through a requirement to 
 purchase carbon permits, to distribute the proceeds of such purchases 
            to eligible individuals, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Healthy Climate and Family Security 
Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions 
        continue to rise. In 2013, CO<INF>2</INF> levels in the 
        atmosphere reached 400 parts per million for the first time in 
        human history. Ten of the world's warmest years on record have 
        occurred since 2000, and 2016 was the warmest year ever 
        recorded.
            (2) The warming of our planet has led to more frequent, 
        dangerous and expensive extreme weather events, including heat 
        waves, storms, fires, droughts, floods and tornadoes.
            (3) More than 97 percent of climate scientists agree that 
        our planet is warming, primarily because of the extraction and 
        burning of fossil fuels.
            (4) The atmosphere is a common resource that belongs 
        equally to all.
            (5) Stabilizing the climate can and must be done in a way 
        that supports vibrant economic growth and a thriving middle 
        class.
            (6) Legislation to address climate change and accelerate 
        the transition to a clean energy economy must be fair, 
        transparent and built to last.

SEC. 3. AUCTION OF CARBON PERMITS AND DISTRIBUTION OF HEALTHY CLIMATE 
              DIVIDENDS.

    (a) In General.--The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subtitle:

  ``Subtitle L--Auction of Carbon Permits and Distribution of Healthy 
                           Climate Dividends

``Chapter 101. Cap and Dividend Program Rules.
``Chapter 102. Healthy Climate Dividends.
``Chapter 103. Border Adjustments.

             ``CHAPTER 101--CAP AND DIVIDEND PROGRAM RULES

``Sec. 9901. Definitions.
``Sec. 9902. Carbon permits.
``Sec. 9903. Auctions.
``Sec. 9904. Compliance obligation.
``Sec. 9905. Penalty for noncompliance.
``Sec. 9906. Carbon capture and sequestration.
``Sec. 9907. Trading.
``Sec. 9908. Banking and borrowing.

``SEC. 9901. DEFINITIONS.

    ``For purposes of this subtitle:
            ``(1) Administrator.--The term `Administrator' means the 
        Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
            ``(2) Carbon permit.--The term `carbon permit' means a 
        carbon permit established by the Secretary under section 
        9902(a).
            ``(3) Covered entity.--The term `covered entity' means--
                    ``(A) in the case of crude oil--
                            ``(i) a refinery operating in the United 
                        States which is designed to serve the primary 
                        purpose of processing liquid fuel from crude 
                        oil, and
                            ``(ii) any importer of any petroleum or 
                        petroleum product (not including crude oil) 
                        into the United States,
                    ``(B) in the case of coal--
                            ``(i) any coal mine operating in the United 
                        States, and
                            ``(ii) any importer of coal into the United 
                        States, and
                    ``(C) in the case of natural gas--
                            ``(i) any person required to submit a 
                        report to the Energy Information Agency on Form 
                        176 by reason of delivering natural gas to an 
                        end user, and
                            ``(ii) any natural gas processor not 
                        described in clause (i) with respect to sales 
                        of natural gas in the United States.
            ``(4) Covered fuel.--The term `covered fuel' means crude 
        oil, natural gas, coal, or any other product derived therefrom 
        for use as a combustible fuel offered for sale in United States 
        markets.
            ``(5) Crude oil.--The term `crude oil' includes crude oil 
        condensates, natural gasoline, shale oil, any bitumen or 
        bituminous mixture, any oil derived from a bitumen or 
        bituminous mixture, and any oil derived from kerogen-bearing 
        sources.
            ``(6) Fair market value.--The term `fair market value' 
        means the average auction price for carbon permits during the 4 
        quarters immediately preceding a failure to surrender, when 
        required under section 9904, the required number of carbon 
        permits under such section.
            ``(7) State.--The term `State' means the several States, 
        the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 
        United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the 
        Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other 
        commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.
            ``(8) Vintage year.--The term `vintage year' means the 
        calendar year for which a carbon permit is established under 
        section 9902.

``SEC. 9902. CARBON PERMITS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary, in consultation with the 
Administrator, shall establish a separate quantity of carbon permits 
for calendar year 2019 and each calendar year thereafter, as set forth 
under subsection (b).
    ``(b) Emissions Reduction Schedule.--
            ``(1) In general.--The quantity of carbon permits 
        established by the Secretary, in consultation with the 
        Administrator, under subsection (a) for any calendar year 
        before 2050 that is between the nearest target years specified 
        in paragraph (2) preceding and succeeding such calendar year 
        shall be the quantity of such permits that represents an equal, 
        pro rata reduction from the preceding year to the succeeding 
        year.
            ``(2) Targets.--
                    ``(A) Initial target.--The quantity of carbon 
                permits established for 2019 shall be equal to 12.5 
                percent less than the number of metric tons of carbon 
                dioxide emitted in the United States in 2005.
                    ``(B) Decadal targets.--The quantity of carbon 
                permits established for--
                            ``(i) 2020 shall be equal to 20 percent 
                        less than the number of metric tons of carbon 
                        dioxide emitted in the United States in 2005,
                            ``(ii) 2025 shall be equal to 30 percent 
                        less than the number of metric tons of carbon 
                        dioxide emitted in the United States in 2005,
                            ``(iii) 2030 shall be equal to 40 percent 
                        less than the number of metric tons of carbon 
                        dioxide emitted in the United States in 2005,
                            ``(iv) 2035 shall be equal to 50 percent 
                        less than the number of metric tons of carbon 
                        dioxide emitted in the United States in 2005,
                            ``(v) 2040 shall be equal to 60 percent 
                        less than the number of metric tons of carbon 
                        dioxide emitted in the United States in 2005,
                            ``(vi) 2045 shall be equal to 70 percent 
                        less than the number of metric tons of carbon 
                        dioxide emitted in the United States in 2005, 
                        and
                            ``(vii) 2050 shall be equal to 80 percent 
                        less than the number of metric tons of carbon 
                        dioxide emitted in the United States in 2005.
            ``(3) Reports.--
                    ``(A) Calendar year 2048.--In 2048 the Secretary, 
                after consultation with the Administrator, will submit 
                a report to Congress making recommendations concerning 
                the program established under this subtitle for years 
                after 2050, including the quantity of carbon permits to 
                be established and any reductions that may be necessary 
                to ensure a healthy climate.
                    ``(B) Averting catastrophic climatic impact.--The 
                Secretary shall report to Congress if the Secretary, 
                after consultation with the Administrator, determines 
                the emissions reductions targets under this subsection 
                should be revised in order to avert catastrophic 
                climate impacts. Such report shall include recommended 
                revisions to the existing emissions reduction schedule 
                and the basis for those recommendations.
    ``(c) Identification Numbers.--The Secretary shall assign to each 
carbon permit established under subsection (a) a unique identification 
number that includes the vintage year for that carbon permit.
    ``(d) Legal Status of Carbon Permits.--
            ``(1) In general.--A carbon permit does not constitute a 
        property right.
            ``(2) Termination or limitation.--Nothing in this subtitle 
        or any other provision of law shall be construed to limit or 
        alter the authority of the United States, including the 
        Secretary acting pursuant to statutory authority, to terminate 
        or limit a carbon permit.
            ``(3) Other provisions unaffected.--Nothing in this 
        subtitle relating to carbon permits issued under this section 
        shall affect the application of any other provision of law to a 
        covered entity (including the Clean Air Act), or the 
        responsibility for a covered entity to comply with any such 
        provision of law. Regional and State greenhouse gas initiatives 
        are not preempted by this subtitle.
    ``(e) Regulations.--Not later than December 31, 2018, the Secretary 
shall promulgate regulations to carry out the provisions of this 
subtitle.

``SEC. 9903. AUCTIONS.

    ``(a) Periodic Auctions.--The Secretary shall conduct periodic 
public auctions of carbon permits established under section 9902(a). 
The Secretary shall conduct at least 4 such auctions in each year for 
which carbon permits are established.
    ``(b) Auction Rules.--The Secretary shall--
            ``(1) limit auction participation only to covered entities,
            ``(2) establish a limit on the amount of carbon permits 
        that can be purchased by a single entity at each auction and an 
        aggregate limit on the total amount of permits that can be held 
        by a single entity at any one time that--
                    ``(A) reflects anticipated sector and participant 
                demand,
                    ``(B) prevents speculation, manipulation, or 
                hoarding of permits, and
                    ``(C) does not interfere with normal market 
                competition, and
            ``(3) have the authority to set a minimum permit price at 
        auction.
    ``(c) Unsold Permits.--Any carbon permit unsold at auction may be 
offered at the next quarterly auction in the calendar year. Any carbon 
permit unsold after the last auction for a calendar year shall be 
transferred to the reserve established under section 9908.

``SEC. 9904. COMPLIANCE OBLIGATION.

    ``(a) In General.--Not later than April 1, 2019, and April 1 of 
each year thereafter, a covered entity shall surrender to the Secretary 
a quantity of carbon permits at least as great as the number of metric 
tons of carbon dioxide that the Secretary, in consultation with the 
Administrator, determines would be emitted by the combustion of covered 
fuels with respect to which the covered entity made the first sale in 
United States markets during the previous calendar year.
    ``(b) Use Treated as Sale.--For purposes of subsection (a), 
consumption for an emitting use by the covered entity of covered fuels 
produced by the covered entity shall be treated as a first sale.
    ``(c) Exemption.--A covered entity shall not have to surrender a 
carbon permit for the sale of a covered fuel consumed for a non-
emitting use, as defined and verified by the Secretary in consultation 
with the Administrator, unless such covered fuel is sold to a person 
issued carbon permits under section 9906.

``SEC. 9905. PENALTY FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.

    ``(a) In General.--Any covered entity that fails for any year to 
surrender, by the deadline described in section 9904, one or more of 
the carbon permits due pursuant to such section shall be liable for 
payment to the Secretary of a penalty in the amount described in 
subsection (b).
    ``(b) Amount.--The amount of a penalty required to be paid under 
subsection (a) shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying--
            ``(1) the number of carbon permits that the covered entity 
        failed to surrender by the deadline, by
            ``(2) 3 times the fair market value of carbon permits 
        issued for emissions occurring in the calendar year for which 
        the carbon permits were due.
    ``(c) Timing.--A penalty required under this section shall be 
immediately due and payable to the Secretary, without demand, in 
accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary, which shall 
be issued not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
subtitle.
    ``(d) No Effect on Liability.--A penalty due and payable by the 
covered entity under this section shall not diminish the liability of 
the covered entity for any fine, penalty, or assessment against the 
covered entity for the same violation under any other provision of law.
    ``(e) Penalty Not Deductible.--No deduction shall be allowed under 
subtitle A for a penalty paid under this section.

``SEC. 9906. CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall issue a carbon permit to any 
person who the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator, 
determines has safely and verifiably captured and sequestered carbon 
dioxide from the combustion of covered fuels in the United States.
    ``(b) Quantity.--The quantity of each permit issued under 
subsection (a) shall be in the amount equivalent to the number of 
metric tons of carbon dioxide so captured and sequestered.
    ``(c) Coordination.--The quantity of permits issued under this 
section shall be in addition to the quantity of permits established 
under section 9902(a).

``SEC. 9907. TRADING.

    ``(a) Permitted Transactions.--The lawful holder of a carbon permit 
may--
            ``(1) hold the carbon permit, subject to the limits 
        established by the Secretary under section 9903(b)(2), or
            ``(2) sell, exchange, or transfer the carbon permit to a 
        covered entity consistent with the limits established by the 
        Secretary under section 9903(b)(2).
    ``(b) Effectiveness of Carbon Permit Transfers.--No transfer of a 
carbon permit shall be effective until a written certification of the 
transfer, signed by a responsible official of the transferor, is 
received and recorded by the Secretary in accordance with regulations 
promulgated under section 9902(e).
    ``(c) Carbon Permit Tracking System.--The regulations promulgated 
under section 9902(e) shall include a system for issuing, recording, 
holding, and tracking carbon permits that shall specify all necessary 
procedures and requirements for an orderly and competitive functioning 
of the carbon permit system. Such regulations shall provide for 
appropriate publication of the information in the system on the 
Internet.

``SEC. 9908. BANKING AND BORROWING.

    ``(a) Banking.--A carbon permit may be used to meet the compliance 
obligation requirements of section 9904 for emissions in--
            ``(1) the vintage year for the carbon permit, or
            ``(2) any calendar year subsequent to the vintage year for 
        the carbon permit in accordance with subsection (b).
    ``(b) Reserve.--The Secretary shall establish a reserve for carbon 
permits. Carbon permits transferred into the reserve shall be available 
in the manner determined by the Secretary when the Secretary determines 
that price point for carbon permits determined under subsection (d) is 
met and additional carbon permit supply is needed to stabilize the 
auction price. Permits in the reserve shall be used on a first in, 
first out basis.
    ``(c) Expiration.--A carbon permit shall not expire unless--
            ``(1) it is surrendered to the Secretary under section 9904 
        or section 9907(a)(3),
            ``(2) it has remained in the reserve for 5 years after 
        being transferred into the reserve, or
            ``(3) the Secretary determines by regulation that 
        expiration is necessary to ensure the authenticity and 
        integrity of carbon permits or the carbon permit tracking 
        system.
    ``(d) Borrowing Future Vintage Year Carbon Permits.--
            ``(1) In general.--If the auction price for carbon permits 
        increases by more than 50 percent above the average auction 
        price for carbon permits during the preceding two years (or, if 
        before the third year for which auctions are conducted, the 
        average auction price for carbon permits during the preceding 
        auctions), the Secretary shall auction as many additional 
        carbon permits as are necessary to stabilize the auction price.
            ``(2) Special rules.--
                    ``(A) Coordination with reserve.--Additional 
                permits may not be auctioned under paragraph (1) until 
                after all available permits in the reserve for carbon 
                permits established under subsection (b) have been 
                used.
                    ``(B) Reduction in vintage year permits.--Any 
                carbon permits made available under this subsection 
                shall result in an equivalent reduction in the 
                aggregate amount of carbon permits made available in 
                vintage years 2030 through 2050 as set forth in section 
                9902, and the Secretary shall reduce the number of 
                carbon permits by an equal percentage in each of those 
                vintage years.

                ``CHAPTER 102--HEALTHY CLIMATE DIVIDENDS

``Sec. 9911. Healthy Climate Trust Fund.
``Sec. 9912. Healthy Climate Dividend Payments.
``Sec. 9913. Transparency.

``SEC. 9911. HEALTHY CLIMATE TRUST FUND.

    ``(a) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of the 
United States a trust fund to be known as the `Healthy Climate Trust 
Fund', consisting of such amounts as may be appropriated to such trust 
fund as provided for in this section.
    ``(b) Transfers.--
            ``(1) Proceed amounts.--There are appropriated to the 
        Healthy Climate Trust Fund amounts equivalent to funds received 
        as proceeds under section 9903.
            ``(2) Penalty amounts.--There are appropriated to the 
        Healthy Climate Trust Fund amounts equivalent to funds received 
        as penalties under section 9905.
    ``(c) Expenditures.--
            ``(1) Administrative expenses.--Such amounts as may be 
        necessary from the Healthy Climate Trust Fund shall be 
        available to pay the administrative expenses necessary to carry 
        out this section for each month, but not exceeding the amount 
        of interest credited to the trust fund under section 9602.
            ``(2) Healthy climate dividend payments.--Amounts in the 
        Healthy Climate Trust Fund not used under paragraph (1) for any 
        month shall be available for making Healthy Climate Dividend 
        Payments under section 9912.

``SEC. 9912. HEALTHY CLIMATE DIVIDEND PAYMENTS.

    ``(a) In General.--For purposes of this section:
            ``(1) Healthy climate dividend payment.--The term `Healthy 
        Climate Dividend Payment' means the individual pro-rata share, 
        as determined by the Secretary, of amounts available for any 
        quarter in the Healthy Climate Trust Fund under section 
        9911(c)(2). For purposes of the preceding sentence, the amounts 
        available for any quarter shall be the fraction of the total 
        amount made available from an auction conducted under section 
        9903--
                    ``(A) the numerator of which is 1, and
                    ``(B) the denominator of which is the number of 
                quarters in the period beginning with the quarter in 
                which such auction is conducted and ending with the 
                quarter before the quarter in which the next such 
                auction is scheduled to be conducted.
            ``(2) Eligible individual.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `eligible individual' 
                means, with respect to any quarter, any individual with 
                a valid social security number (other than a 
                nonresident alien individual) who is lawfully present 
                in the United States for such quarter, as determined 
                and verified by the Secretary in consultation with any 
                other Federal entity the Secretary determines 
                appropriate.
                    ``(B) Opt out.--An individual may elect not to be 
                treated as an eligible individual.
    ``(b) Payment of Healthy Climate Dividend.--From amounts made 
available under section 9911(c)(2), the Secretary shall make a Healthy 
Climate Dividend Payment not later than the end of the calendar quarter 
following the calendar quarter in which such amounts are appropriated 
to the Healthy Climate Trust Fund under section 9911 to each individual 
who is an eligible individual for that quarter. Such payments shall be 
made by electronic means to the maximum extent practicable.
    ``(c) Exclusion From Gross Income.--Gross income shall not include 
any Healthy Climate Dividend paid under this section.
    ``(d) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations 
and other guidance as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out this 
section.

``SEC. 9913. TRANSPARENCY.

    ``(a) Report to Congress.--Not later than June 30, 2019, and at 
least annually thereafter, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a 
report accounting for the disposition of amounts in the Healthy Climate 
Trust Fund in the previous calendar year.
    ``(b) Healthy Climate Trust Fund Website.--Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this subtitle, the Secretary shall 
establish and maintain a website to provide the public with information 
on the disposition of any amounts in the Healthy Climate Trust Fund.

                   ``CHAPTER 103--BORDER ADJUSTMENTS

``Sec. 9921. Carbon equivalency fee.
``Sec. 9922. Definitions.
``Sec. 9923. Sense of Congress.

``SEC. 9921. CARBON EQUIVALENCY FEE.

    ``(a) Imports.--The Secretary shall impose carbon equivalency fees 
to be collected by the Commissioner responsible for U.S. Customs and 
Border Control on imports of carbon-intensive goods. The amount of the 
carbon equivalency fee shall be equal to the cost that domestic 
producers of a comparable carbon-intensive good incur as a result of--
            ``(1) prices paid in the acquisition of carbon permits by 
        covered entities under this subtitle, and
            ``(2) carbon equivalency fees paid by importers of carbon-
        intensive goods used in the production of the comparable 
        carbon-intensive good.
    ``(b) Payments to Exporters.--The Secretary shall pay without 
interest to persons exporting from the United States carbon-intensive 
goods produced in the United States. The amount of the payment shall be 
equal to the cost that domestic producers of the carbon-intensive good 
incur as a result of--
            ``(1) prices paid in the acquisition of carbon permits by 
        covered entities under this subtitle, and
            ``(2) carbon equivalency fees paid by importers of carbon-
        intensive goods used in the production of the comparable 
        carbon-intensive good.
    ``(c) Expiration.--This section shall cease to have effect at such 
time as and to the extent that--
            ``(1) an international agreement requiring countries that 
        emit greenhouse gases and produce carbon-intensive goods for 
        export markets to adopt equivalent measures comes into effect, 
        or
            ``(2) the country of export has implemented equivalent 
        measures, as determined by the Secretary, in consultation with 
        the Secretary of State.

``SEC. 9922. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this chapter:
            ``(1) Carbon-intensive good.--The term `carbon-intensive 
        good' means a good that, as identified by the Secretary, in 
        consultation with the Administrator, by rule--
                    ``(A) is a primary product, or
                    ``(B) is a manufactured item in which one or more 
                primary products are inputs and the cost of production 
                of which in the United States is significantly 
                increased by reason of the requirements under this 
                subtitle.
            ``(2) Primary product.--The term `primary product' means--
                    ``(A) iron, steel, steel mill products (including 
                pipe and tube), aluminum, cement, glass (including 
                flat, container, and specialty glass and fiberglass), 
                pulp, paper, chemicals, or industrial ceramics, and
                    ``(B) any other manufactured product that the 
                Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator, 
                determines--
                            ``(i) is sold for purposes of further 
                        manufacture, and
                            ``(ii) generates, in the course of the 
                        manufacture of the product, direct and indirect 
                        greenhouse gas emissions that are comparable 
                        (on an emissions-per-dollar of output basis) to 
                        emissions generated in the manufacture or 
                        production of a primary product identified in 
                        subparagraph (A).
            ``(3) Equivalent measure.--The term `equivalent measure' 
        means a tax, or other regulatory requirement that imposes a 
        cost, on manufacturers of carbon-intensive goods located 
        outside the United States, by reason of greenhouse gas 
        emissions in the production of such goods by such 
        manufacturers, approximately equal to the cost imposed by this 
        subtitle on manufacturers of comparable carbon-intensive goods 
        located in the United States.

``SEC. 9923. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    ``It is the sense of Congress that the United States should work 
proactively under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate 
Change and in other appropriate fora, to establish binding agreements 
committing all major greenhouse gas emitting countries and countries 
with globally competitive producers of carbon-intensive goods to 
contribute equitably to the reduction of global greenhouse gas 
emissions on a schedule and order of magnitude necessary to stabilize 
the climate.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of subtitles for the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
item:

  ``Subtitle L. Auction of Carbon Permits and Distribution of Healthy 
                          Climate Dividends''.

SEC. 4. NON-AUCTION GREENHOUSE GASES.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of 
        the Environmental Protection Agency.
            (2) The term ``non-auction greenhouse gas'' refers to the 
        gases included on the list in effect under subsection (b).
    (b) List of Non-Auction Greenhouse Gases.--
            (1) Initial list.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Administrator, by rule, shall 
        finalize and publish a list that--
                    (A) consists of the anthropogenically emitted gases 
                that are determined by the Administrator to contribute 
                to global warming; and
                    (B) excludes gases to the extent they are--
                            (i) carbon dioxide emitted by the 
                        combustion of a covered fuel (as such term is 
                        defined in section 9901 of the Internal Revenue 
                        Code of 1986, as added by section 3(a) of this 
                        Act); or
                            (ii) directly attributable to the 
                        production of animals for food or food 
                        products.
            (2) Updates.--The Administrator shall periodically review 
        and, as appropriate, update the list under paragraph (1).
    (c) Regulations.--
            (1) In general.--Under the authorities vested in the 
        Administrator by the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) and 
        any other applicable law (other than this section), the 
        Administrator shall promulgate regulations addressing the 
        contribution of non-auction greenhouse gases to global warming.
            (2) International competitiveness.--In promulgating 
        regulations under this subsection, the Administrator shall take 
        into consideration the effect of such regulations on the 
        international competitiveness of businesses and industries of 
        the United States.
    (d) Schedule.--
            (1) In general.--The regulations under subsection (c) shall 
        ensure that--
                    (A) not later than 4 years after the date of 
                enactment of this Act, requirements take effect to 
                regulate sources which, collectively, emit not less 
                than 25 percent of non-auction greenhouse gases emitted 
                in the United States;
                    (B) not later than 6 years after the date of 
                enactment of this Act, requirements take effect to 
                regulate sources which, collectively, emit not less 
                than 50 percent of non-auction greenhouse gases emitted 
                in the United States;
                    (C) not later than 8 years after the date of 
                enactment of this Act, requirements take effect to 
                regulate sources which, collectively, emit not less 
                than 75 percent of non-auction greenhouse gases emitted 
                in the United States; and
                    (D) not later than 10 years after the date of 
                enactment of this Act, requirements take effect to 
                regulate sources which, collectively, emit 100 percent 
                of non-auction greenhouse gases emitted in the United 
                States.
            (2) Baseline.--The percentages specified in paragraph (1) 
        shall be applied relative to the aggregate quantity of non-
        auction greenhouse gases emitted in the United States during 
        the calendar year in which the initial list under subsection 
        (b)(1) is required to be finalized by such subsection.
    (e) Priorities.--In determining priorities for regulating the 
emissions of non-auction greenhouse gases under subsection (c), the 
Administrator shall consider--
            (1) the degree to which the gases involved contribute to 
        global warming; and
            (2) the speed with which a given reduction would contribute 
        to stabilizing the climate.
    (f) Citizen Suits.--The provisions of section 304 of the Clean Air 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7604) shall apply with respect to a violation of a 
requirement under this section, or the failure of the Administrator to 
perform a non-discretionary act or duty under this section, to the same 
extent and in the same manner as such provisions apply with respect to 
a violation described in subsection (a) of such section 304 or a 
failure to perform a non-discretionary act or duty described in such 
subsection.
    (g) Report to Congress.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit a report to 
the Congress identifying any additions or modifications to statutory 
provisions which are needed for the Administrator to effectively 
address the contribution of non-auction greenhouse gases to global 
warming.

SEC. 5. DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.

    (a) Limited Disclosure of Identity.--Subsection (l) of section 6103 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph:
            ``(23) Limited disclosure of identity information relating 
        to healthy climate dividend payments.--
                    ``(A) Department of the treasury.--Individual 
                identity information shall, without written request, be 
                open to inspection by or disclosure to officers and 
                employees of the Department of the Treasury whose 
                official duties require such inspection or disclosure 
                for purposes of section 9912.
                    ``(B) Commissioner of social security.--The 
                Commissioner of Social Security shall, on written 
                request, disclose to officers and employees of the 
                Department of the Treasury individual identity 
                information which has been disclosed to the Social 
                Security Administration as provided by paragraph (1) or 
                (5).
                    ``(C) Restriction on disclosure.--Information 
                disclosed under this paragraph shall be disclosed only 
                for purposes of, and to the extent necessary in, 
                carrying out section 9912.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 6103(p)(3)(A) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``or (18)'' and inserting 
``, (23), or (21)''.

SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
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