State's Choice Act of 2014 - Requires Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations issued under the Clean Air Act on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from an existing stationary source to give states the option to impose a carbon tax for those emissions instead of, or in conjunction with, applying a standard of performance.
Requires the carbon tax to be an excise tax: (1) on emissions of GHGs, or on a fossil fuel based on emissions of any GHG that will result from the use of the fossil fuel; (2) that is no less than 20 per metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2015; and (3) that increases in each subsequent year by no less than 4% above inflation.
Requires the EPA to: (1) evaluate a state's carbon tax in 2025 to determine whether the tax and other relevant state measures will achieve by the end of 2030 the goals of the regulation that is replaced by the tax, and (2) require the state to increase the tax if it will not achieve those goals.
Prohibits availability of the option to impose a carbon tax to states that:
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5796 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5796
To give States the option of addressing emissions of greenhouse gases
from existing stationary sources by pricing emissions.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 4, 2014
Mr. Delaney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To give States the option of addressing emissions of greenhouse gases
from existing stationary sources by pricing emissions.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``State's Choice Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. STATE OPTION TO IMPOSE A CARBON TAX.
(a) Applicability.--This section applies with respect to any
regulation to address climate change issued by the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency under section 111(d) of the Clean Air
Act (42 U.S.C. 7411(d)) for emissions of any greenhouse gas from an
existing stationary source.
(b) State Option.--
(1) Option.--Subject to paragraph (2), a regulation
described in subsection (a) shall allow a State the option to
impose a carbon tax with respect to greenhouse gas emissions
from an existing stationary source instead of, or in
conjunction with, applying a standard of performance for such
emissions from such existing stationary source.
(2) Reevaluation.--The Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency shall--
(A) in 2025, conduct an evaluation of any carbon
tax imposed by a State pursuant to this subsection to
determine whether such tax, together with any other
relevant measures of the State, will, by the end of
2030, achieve the greenhouse gas reduction goals of the
regulations described in subsection (a) which the tax
is intended to replace (in whole or in part); and
(B) if the Administrator determines that the tax,
together with any other relevant measures of the State,
will not achieve such goals, require the State to
increase the tax by the amount determined necessary by
the Administrator to achieve such goals.
(3) Limitation.--The option described in paragraph (1)
shall not be available to a State if the Administrator
determines that--
(A) such State is materially undermining the
effectiveness of the carbon tax in decreasing
greenhouse gas emissions through other policy changes;
or
(B) the Administrator has required the State to
increase its tax, as described in paragraph (2)(B), and
the State has not complied with such requirement.
(c) Definitions.--In this Act:
(1) Carbon dioxide equivalent.--The term ``carbon dioxide
equivalent'' means, for each greenhouse gas, the quantity of
greenhouse gas that the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency determines makes the same contribution to
global warming as 1 metric ton of carbon dioxide.
(2) Carbon tax.--The term ``carbon tax'' means an excise
tax--
(A)(i) on emissions of any greenhouse gas; or
(ii) on a fossil fuel based on emissions of any
greenhouse gas that will result from the use of such
fossil fuel;
(B) that in 2015, is not less than $20 per metric
ton of carbon dioxide equivalent; and
(C) that in each subsequent year, increases by not
less than 4 percent above inflation, as measured by the
Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (all
items; United States city average).
(3) Existing stationary source.--The term ``existing
stationary source'' has the meaning given to the term
``existing source'' in section 111(a)(6) of the Clean Air Act
(42 U.S.C. 7411(a)(6)).
(4) Greenhouse gas.--The term ``greenhouse gas'' means any
of the following:
(A) Carbon dioxide.
(B) Methane.
(C) Nitrous oxide.
(D) Sulfur hexafluoride.
(E) Hydrofluorocarbons.
(F) Perfluorocarbons.
(5) Stationary source.--The term ``stationary source'' has
the meaning given such term in section 111(a)(3) of the Clean
Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411(a)(3)).
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
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