To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a methane border adjustment mechanism.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a methane border adjustment mechanism., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Trade, Energy.
Who Benefits and How
environmental regulators and natural-resource users 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, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H0C20A740BB0346ADA7A1B71BACD120DD: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Methane Border Adjustment Mechanism Act.
- Section H30F31CE415974C4D8B2EDD0B47F05973: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, with about 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide on a 20-year time...
- Section H6A71D7808D784D00B5C6BE8C616CF82A: 3. Establishment of methane border adjustment mechanism Chapter 38 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new...
- Section HC2E5EF622A684D1382EF0B1380ABA84E: 4691. Methane border adjustment mechanism There is hereby imposed a tax on any methane adjustment substance sold or used by the importer thereof. The amount of...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a methane border adjustment mechanism., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Trade, Energy
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a methane border adjustment mechanism., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Brownley introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Court staff, Federal government (Treasury), Law enforcement agencies
Positive-direction: Court staff, Federal government (Treasury), Law enforcement agencies, State and local judges
Negative-direction: State Justice Institute, US Trade Commission and International Trade Administration
Domestic oil and gas producers, Foreign petroleum and natural gas producers, Importers of petroleum and natural gas
Positive-direction: Domestic oil and gas producers, US oil and gas exporters with low methane emissions
Negative-direction: Foreign petroleum and natural gas producers, Importers of petroleum and natural gas
Eligible nonprofit organizations, National judicial security nonprofits
Methane emissions monitoring and verification companies
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_treasury"
- → Secretary of the Treasury
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