America Wins Act

Bill: 115-hr-4209
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2017-11-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Air quality
Aviation and airports
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment and training programs
Energy prices
Environmental technology
Floods and storm protection
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax credits
Infrastructure development
Mining
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Oil and gas
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public transit
Railroads
Roads and highways
Sales and excise taxes
Solid waste and recycling
Transportation programs funding
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: 

America Wins Act 

 
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on the carbon dioxide content of coal, petroleum and petroleum products, and natural gas sold by the manufacturer, producer, or importer and require the revenues to be used for infrastructure and other purposes.
 
Refunds or credits for the tax must be issued for carbon substances that are: (1) not emitted due to use as a feedstock or through carbon capture and sequestration, or (2) previously taxed carbon substances used to make another taxable carbon substance. 
 
The bill includes border adjustment provisions that require certain fees, credits, or refunds for carbon-intensive goods that are exported or imported. 
 
The bill also establishes a Build America Trust Fund and appropriates to the fund amounts equal to the increase in revenues attributable to the tax. Specified amounts of the funds must be used, without further appropriation, for infrastructure, including 
 
 
highways and transit; 
 
aviation;
 
 passenger rail; 
 
 harbors, waterways, flood protection, and dams; 
 
 clean water; 
 
 Department of Agriculture water and waste disposal programs; and 
 
 broadband deployment. 
 
 
Specified portions of the funds must also be used for:
 
 
providing assistance to workers and communities reliant on industries that primarily produce taxable carbon substances or carbon-intensive goods, 
 
an energy refund program to provide payments to certain low-income households, and 
 
a refundable tax credit for households that meet specified income requirements.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2017-11-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2017-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, Natural Resources, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, Natural Resources, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, Natural Resources, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, Natural Resources, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, Natural Resources, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, Natural Resources, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, Natural Resources, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Introduced in House