S4405-118

Introduced

To amend the Clean Air Act to repeal the natural gas tax.

118th Congress Introduced May 23, 2024

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Clean Air Act to repeal the natural gas tax., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, 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 H28FAAED767EB463392DDF49195197E14: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Natural Gas Tax Repeal Act.
  • Section HC1ACD815BC684404B59A222F04FAB291: 2. Repeal Section 136 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7436) (relating to methane emissions and waste reduction incentive program for petroleum and natural gas...
  • Section HBC2A055AA6C84835957B4931FBB968A4: 3. Rescission The unobligated balance of any amounts made available under section 136 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7436) (as in effect on the day before the...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Clean Air Act to repeal the natural gas tax., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Energy

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the Clean Air Act to repeal the natural gas tax., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment 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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federal implementing agencies:
environmental regulators and natural-resource users:

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
May 23, 2024

Mr. Cruz (for himself, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Lee, Mr. Ricketts, …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Energy
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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