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Exported Carbon Emissions Report Act of 2025
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.
Summary
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to collect, calculate, and publish information about carbon dioxide and methane emissions from U.S. fossil fuel exports. The EPA must report on emissions released within the United States from extracting, processing, and using fossil fuels, as well as emissions released outside the United States from combustion and leakage of exported U.S. fossil fuels. The agency must use the best available scientific information and follow international accounting standards, consulting with the Energy Information Administration and International Energy Agency. The EPA must publish this information annually for the previous ten calendar years on its website, beginning within 180 days of the bill's enactment.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL)
1 cosponsor
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Sean Casten’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY $15,800
- UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO $13,975
- CME GROUP $12,925
- DUPAGE MEDICAL GROUP $12,900
- MESIROW FINANCIAL $9,900
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Actions (2)
- Jan 14, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
- Jan 14, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
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
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. <all>
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