Off Fossil Fuels for a Better Future Act

Bill: 115-hr-3671
Sponsor: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2017-09-01 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Commuting
Department of Labor
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Economic performance and conditions
Electric power generation and transmission
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy prices
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Executive agency funding and structure
Farmland
Federal-Indian relations
Foreign and international corporations
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Indian lands and resources rights
Industrial facilities
Labor-management relations
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Low- and moderate-income housing
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Minority health
Motor vehicles
Oil and gas
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pipelines
Public utilities and utility rates
Railroads
Research and development
Taxation of foreign income
Trade restrictions
Unemployment
User charges and fees
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-01
text: 

Off Fossil Fuels for a Better Future Act

 
This bill transitions away from fossil fuel sources of energy to clean energy sources (e.g., energy efficiency, energy conservation, and renewable energy).
 
 By 2027: (1) 80% of electricity sold must be generated from clean energy resources, (2) 80% of new vehicle sales from manufacturers must be sales of zero-emission vehicles, and (3) 80% of train rail lines and train engines must be electrified. By 2035: (1) 100% of electricity must be generated from clean energy resources, (2) 100% of vehicle sales from manufacturers must be zero-emission vehicles, and (3) 100% of train rail lines and train engines must be electrified.
 
The bill establishes a car allowance rebate system within the Department of Transportation to provide economic incentives for consumers to purchase new, clean energy vehicles.
 
No federal permits for new major fossil fuel projects may be issued in 2018 and thereafter.
 
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) terminate specified fossil fuel subsidies, (2) permanently extend renewable electricity production tax credits for electricity generated from wind, and (3) permanently extend a business energy investment tax credit for solar or wind energy technologies.
 
A Community Assistance Fund is established for specified industrial and energy efficiency programs.
 
The bill permanently reauthorizes the Weatherization Assistance Program, which provides energy efficiency retrofits of low-income homes.
 
It prohibits exports of domestically produced crude oil and natural gas, including liquefied natural gas.
 
The Center for Clean Energy Workforce Development is established within the Department of Labor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2017-09-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2017-09-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2017-09-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2017-09-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and the Workforce, Science, Space, and Technology, Financial Services, and Foreign Affairs, 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: 2017-09-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and the Workforce, Science, Space, and Technology, Financial Services, and Foreign Affairs, 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: 2017-09-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and the Workforce, Science, Space, and Technology, Financial Services, and Foreign Affairs, 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: 2017-09-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and the Workforce, Science, Space, and Technology, Financial Services, and Foreign Affairs, 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: 2017-09-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and the Workforce, Science, Space, and Technology, Financial Services, and Foreign Affairs, 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: 2017-09-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and the Workforce, Science, Space, and Technology, Financial Services, and Foreign Affairs, 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: 2017-09-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and the Workforce, Science, Space, and Technology, Financial Services, and Foreign Affairs, 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: 2017-09-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-01
text: Introduced in House