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Imposes a new federal tax on the current stock of greenhouse gas emissions and directs the revenue into a new "Polluters Pay Climate Change Fund" to pay for climate resilience, adaptation, disaster response, and environmental-justice–focused grants. The measure bars deductions for the new tax, requires minimum allocations to FEMA and EPA grant programs, mandates that at least 40% of annual spending benefit environmental justice communities, and preserves state and local authority and existing legal claims against fossil fuel actors.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced January 7, 2025 by Christopher Van Hollen · Last progress 1 year ago