MARKET CHOICE Act

Bill: 115-hr-6463
Sponsor: Rep. Curbelo, Carlos [R-FL-26]
Introduced: 2018-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Air quality
Business records
Census and government statistics
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Emergency planning and evacuation
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy revenues and royalties
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Floods and storm protection
Food assistance and relief
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Forests, forestry, trees
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Income tax credits
Industrial facilities
Inflation and prices
Infrastructure development
Manufacturing
Metals
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles
Oil and gas
Research administration and funding
Sales and excise taxes
Soil pollution
State and local finance
State and local taxation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-23
text: 

Modernizing America with Rebuilding to Kickstart the Economy of the Twenty-first Century with a Historic Infrastructure-Centered Expansion Act or the MARKET CHOICE Act 

 
This bill imposes a tax on the greenhouse gas emissions of fossil fuels, certain industrial processes, and certain product uses. 
 
The bill appropriates and transfers specified revenue from the tax to a Rebuilding Infrastructure and Solutions for the Environment Trust Fund established by the bill. Specified amounts in the trust fund shall be available, as provided by appropriations Acts, for the federal Highway Trust Fund, grants to low-income households; and other specified energy, environmental, infrastructure, and research and development priorities. 
 
The bill also 
 
 
 eliminates the federal gas tax, 
 
 imposes a moratorium on finalizing and enforcing certain Clean Air Act regulations on greenhouse gas emissions, and 
 
 establishes a National Climate Commission to review policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. 
 
 
The moratorium on regulations expires in 2033 if specified emission targets are not reached. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2018-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2018-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2018-07-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, Education and the Workforce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, and Agriculture, 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: 2018-07-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, Education and the Workforce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, and Agriculture, 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: 2018-07-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, Education and the Workforce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, and Agriculture, 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: 2018-07-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, Education and the Workforce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, and Agriculture, 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: 2018-07-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, Education and the Workforce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, and Agriculture, 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: 2018-07-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, Education and the Workforce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, and Agriculture, 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: 2018-07-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, Education and the Workforce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, and Agriculture, 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: 2018-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-23
text: Introduced in House