Pricing Greenhouse Gases Report Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5168
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2019-11-19
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality

Climate change and greenhouse gases

Congressional oversight

Environmental assessment, monitoring, research

Government information and archives

User charges and fees
Latest action: action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-11-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Pricing Greenhouse Gases Report Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to report to Congress on the Environmental Protection Agency's Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. Specifically, Treasury must report on the utility of the data from the program for determining the amount of greenhouse gases emitted by taxpayers for the purpose of imposing a fee on taxpayers for such emissions. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5168 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 19, 2019 Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois (for himself, Mr. Suozzi , Ms. Sánchez , Ms. Moore , Mr. Panetta , and Mr. Blumenauer ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To require the Secretary of the Treasury to submit a report to Congress regarding the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pricing Greenhouse Gases Report Act of 2019 . 2. Report on Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) shall submit a report to Congress on the utility of the data from the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program for determining the amount of greenhouse gases emitted by each taxpayer for the purpose of imposing a fee on such taxpayers with respect to such emissions. Such report shall include a detailed description and analysis of any administrative or other challenges associated with using such data for such purpose. (b) Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program For purposes of this section, the term Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program means the reporting program established by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under title II of division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008.