Exported Carbon Emissions Report Act of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9558 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9558

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
  collect, calculate, and publish information regarding emissions of 
carbon dioxide and methane outside the boundaries of the United States 
    that are associated with exports of fossil fuels, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 12, 2024

  Mr. Casten introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
  collect, calculate, and publish information regarding emissions of 
carbon dioxide and methane outside the boundaries of the United States 
    that are associated with exports of fossil fuels, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Exported Carbon Emissions Report Act 
of 2024''.

SEC. 2. COMPARISON OF TRENDS IN DOMESTIC AND EXPORTED CARBON EMISSIONS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the enactment of 
this Act and annually thereafter, the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency shall collect, calculate, and publish 
information, for each of the previous ten calendar years, on--
            (1) the total emissions of carbon dioxide and methane that 
        are released within the boundaries of the United States 
        (including the territories of the United States) that are the 
        result of the extraction, processing, transportation, 
        combustion, and other use of fossil fuels; and
            (2) the total emissions of carbon dioxide and methane that 
        are released outside the boundaries of the United States 
        (including the territories of the United States) that are the 
        result of leakage and combustion of fossil fuels produced or 
        refined in the United States and subsequently exported from the 
        United States.
    (b) Information.--In collecting and calculating information under 
this section, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
shall--
            (1) use the best available scientific information, 
        including, where available--
                    (A) information collected through direct monitoring 
                and measurement; and
                    (B) disclosures of carbon dioxide and methane 
                emissions by other national and subnational 
                governments; and
            (2) be informed by the established international standards 
        for accounting for greenhouse gas emissions, including the 
        protocols established under the Greenhouse Gas Protocol of the 
        World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the 
        World Resources Institute.
    (c) Consultation.--In implementing this section, the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency shall consult with--
            (1) the Administrator of the Energy Information 
        Administration; and
            (2) the executive director of the International Energy 
        Agency.
    (d) Publication of Information.--The Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency shall make the information collected 
and calculated pursuant to this section widely available to the public, 
including by publishing such information on the website of the 
Environmental Protection Agency.
    (e) Definition of Fossil Fuel.--In this section, the term ``fossil 
fuel'' means carbon-containing material formed in the Earth's crust 
from the remains of prehistoric organisms, including coal, oil, and 
natural gas.
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