SCOPE Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, SCOPE Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Government Operations, 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 HB9E1CEE390FD43B998886C4422BFC4C9: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Standardized Calculation of Operational Polluting Emissions Act of 2026 or the SCOPE Act of 2026.
- Section H93328BE232B648E599C29B6261483515: 2. Study and guidance on scope 3 emissions In this section: The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The term...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, SCOPE Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Government Operations, Energy
Primary Purpose
This bill, SCOPE Act of 2026, 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
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and …
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Schiff introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "administrator_of_epa"
- → Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The term direct emitter means— a facility— that is in 1 of the source categories described in any of subparts C through JJ of part 98 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations)
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