S2261-119

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.

119th Congress Introduced Jul 10, 2025

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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 environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Energy, Transportation.

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 S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Clean Shipping Act of 2025.
  • Section id760fa7bc971448a0bd81222fb23d3713: 2. Marine greenhouse gas fuel standard The Clean Air Act is amended by inserting after section 212 (42 U.S.C. 7546) the following: The term carbon...
  • Section idEA76D75EEC894A29AFEA4E0B4B407721: 212A. Marine greenhouse gas fuel standard The term carbon dioxide-equivalent means the number of metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions with the same global...
  • Section idf6c64342900b404c80b4cfa515c2528a: 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: Except as...

Evidence Chain:

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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 environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Energy, 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 environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Energy Transportation

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Jul 10, 2025

Mr. Padilla introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Energy 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" §id760fa7bc971448a0bd81222fb23d3713

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

"covered voyage" §idEA76D75EEC894A29AFEA4E0B4B407721

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

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