CLEAN Future Act

Bill: 117-hr-1512
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2021-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Accidents
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Building construction
Business investment and capital
Buy American requirements
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Census and government statistics
Child care and development
Child health
Civil actions and liability
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Community life and organization
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Credit and credit markets
Department of Energy
Disaster relief and insurance
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Electric power generation and transmission
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency communications systems
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Employment and training programs
Energy
Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy prices
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental education
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Environmental technology
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial services and investments
Food industry and services
Forests, forestry, trees
Geography and mapping
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health facilities and institutions
Higher education
Housing and community development funding
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Indian social and development programs
Industrial facilities
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Inflation and prices
Infrastructure development
Labor standards
Libraries and archives
Lighting, heating, cooling
Low- and moderate-income housing
Manufacturing
Materials
Metals
Minority employment
Motor carriers
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles
Natural disasters
News media and reporting
Nuclear power
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public contracts and procurement
Public participation and lobbying
Public utilities and utility rates
Public-private cooperation
Racial and ethnic relations
Regional and metropolitan planning
Research administration and funding
Right of privacy
Science and engineering education
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Solid waste and recycling
State and local government operations
Tax-exempt organizations
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Technology transfer and commercialization
Transportation programs funding
Unemployment
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Vocational and technical education
Wages and earnings
Water quality
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: 

Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation&rsquo;s Future Act or the CLEAN Future Act

 
This bill creates requirements and incentives to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.
 
The bill establishes an interim goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to at least 50% below 2005 levels by 2030 as well as a national goal to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Each federal agency must develop a plan to achieve the goals.
 
Beginning in 2023, retail electricity suppliers must provide an increasing percentage of electricity that is generated without the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere (zero-emission electricity). By 2035, the suppliers must provide 100% zero-emission electricity or demonstrate alternative means of compliance. For example, the suppliers may buy credits under a trading program that allows entities to buy, sell, and trade credits to demonstrate compliance.
 
The bill also establishes a variety of requirements, programs, and incentives to reduce or eliminate greenhouse gas emissions by
 
 
modernizing the electric grid and supporting clean energy microgrids;
 
increasing the use of renewable energy and advanced nuclear power technologies;
 
increasing energy efficiency in buildings, homes, and appliances;
 
supporting clean transportation, including electric vehicles and related charging infrastructure;
 
issuing greenhouse gas standards for certain vehicles, engines, and aircraft;
 
promoting manufacturing and industrial decarbonization, including through buy-clean programs; 
 
supporting environmental justice efforts; and
 
reducing methane, plastics, and super pollutants.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-30
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight and Reform, Education and Labor, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Science, Space, and Technology, Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Financial Services, 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: 2021-03-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight and Reform, Education and Labor, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Science, Space, and Technology, Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Financial Services, 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: 2021-03-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight and Reform, Education and Labor, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Science, Space, and Technology, Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Financial Services, 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: 2021-03-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight and Reform, Education and Labor, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Science, Space, and Technology, Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Financial Services, 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: 2021-03-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight and Reform, Education and Labor, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Science, Space, and Technology, Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Financial Services, 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: 2021-03-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight and Reform, Education and Labor, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Science, Space, and Technology, Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Financial Services, 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: 2021-03-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight and Reform, Education and Labor, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Science, Space, and Technology, Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Financial Services, 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: 2021-03-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight and Reform, Education and Labor, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Science, Space, and Technology, Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Financial Services, 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: 2021-03-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight and Reform, Education and Labor, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Science, Space, and Technology, Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Financial Services, 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: 2021-03-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight and Reform, Education and Labor, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Science, Space, and Technology, Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Financial Services, 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: 2021-03-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight and Reform, Education and Labor, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Science, Space, and Technology, Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Financial Services, 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: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in House