HR4024-118

Introduced

To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for the establishment of standards to limit the carbon intensity of the fuel used by certain vessels, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Jun 12, 2023

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for the establishment of standards to limit the carbon intensity of the fuel used by certain vessels, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers. The main policy domain is Energy, Environment, Transportation.

Who Benefits and How

energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H090DBEE9943340A2A3668B0281681622: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Clean Shipping Act of 2023.
  • Section HBB1225CD15484DFFA60F86FC9D0BF2CB: 2. Marine Zero Greenhouse Gas Fuel Standard The Clean Air Act is amended by adding after section 212 (42 U.S.C. 7546) the following new section: 212A.Marine...
  • Section H9C75C207948E4B268C72114D647918CC: 212A. Marine Zero Greenhouse Gas Fuel Standard The Administrator shall, by regulation, require each vessel on a covered voyage to comply with standards for the...
  • Section H8DC00CCA1E794EAE9CFBBE036AF392A2: 3. In-port marine vessel zero emission standards Section 213 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7547) is amended by adding at the end the following: (e)In-Port...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for the establishment of standards to limit the carbon intensity of the fuel used by certain vessels, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.

Key Policy Areas

Energy, Environment, Transportation

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for the establishment of standards to limit the carbon intensity of the fuel used by certain vessels, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.

Policy Domains

Energy Environment Transportation

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies: ,
energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers: ,

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Jun 12, 2023

Mr. Robert Garcia of California (for himself, Ms. Barragán, Mr. …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Energy Environment Transportation
Actor Mappings
"the_administrator"
→ The Administrator identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_transportation"
→ Secretary of Transportation

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"covered voyage" §H9C75C207948E4B268C72114D647918CC

any voyage of a vessel for the purpose of transporting passengers or cargo for commercial purposes— that is between any ports of call under the jurisdiction of the United States

"covered voyage" §HBB1225CD15484DFFA60F86FC9D0BF2CB

any voyage of a vessel for the purpose of transporting passengers or cargo for commercial purposes— that is between any ports of call under the jurisdiction of the United States

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

Learn more about our methodology