119-hr382

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 382 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 382

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
 collect, calculate, and publish information regarding emissions of 
carbon dioxide and methane outside the boundaries of the United States 
 that are associated with exports of fossil fuels, and for other 
 purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 14, 2025

Mr. Casten (for himself and Ms. Norton) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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 A BILL

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
 collect, calculate, and publish information regarding emissions of 
carbon dioxide and methane outside the boundaries of the United States 
 that are associated with exports of fossil fuels, and for other 
 purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Exported Carbon Emissions Report Act 
of 2025''.

SEC. 2. COMPARISON OF TRENDS IN DOMESTIC AND EXPORTED CARBON EMISSIONS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the enactment of 
this Act and annually thereafter, the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency shall collect, calculate, and publish 
information, for each of the previous ten calendar years, on--

    (1) the total emissions of carbon dioxide and methane that 
 are released within the boundaries of the United States 
 (including the territories of the United States) that are the 
 result of the extraction, processing, transportation, 
 combustion, and other use of fossil fuels; and

    (2) the total emissions of carbon dioxide and methane that 
 are released outside the boundaries of the United States 
 (including the territories of the United States) that are the 
 result of leakage and combustion of fossil fuels produced or 
 refined in the United States and subsequently exported from the 
 United States.

    (b) Information.--In collecting and calculating information under 
this section, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
shall--

    (1) use the best available scientific information, 
 including, where available--
        (A) information collected through direct monitoring 
 and measurement; and
        (B) disclosures of carbon dioxide and methane 
 emissions by other national and subnational 
 governments; and

    (2) be informed by the established international standards 
 for accounting for greenhouse gas emissions, including the 
 protocols established under the Greenhouse Gas Protocol of the 
 World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the 
 World Resources Institute.
            (c) Consultation.--In implementing this section, the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency shall consult with--

    (1) the Administrator of the Energy Information 
 Administration; and

    (2) the executive director of the International Energy 
 Agency.
            (d) Publication of Information.--The Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency shall make the information collected 
and calculated pursuant to this section widely available to the public, 
including by publishing such information on the website of the 
Environmental Protection Agency.

    (e) Definition of Fossil Fuel.--In this section, the term ``fossil 
fuel'' means carbon-containing material formed in the Earth's crust 
from the remains of prehistoric organisms, including coal, oil, and 
natural gas.
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