S3928-119

In Committee

SCOPE Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Feb 26, 2026

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, 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

Environment Government Operations Energy

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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environmental regulators and natural-resource users: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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environmental regulators and natural-resource users: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 26, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and …

Feb 26, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Feb 26, 2026

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

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
Environment Government Operations Energy
Actor Mappings
"administrator_of_epa"
→ Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"Administrator" §H93328BE232B648E599C29B6261483515

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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