Clean Air Act (CAA)
H.R. 8312
Update Type
Bills Introduced
Committee Name
Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and Foreign Affairs
Sponsor Name
Schakowsky
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Ill.
Issue
11
Volume
50
Update Issue
28
Update Volume
50
Congress Number
116
Congressional Record Number
166 Cong. Rec. H4542

would amend the CAA to prohibit the emission of any greenhouse gas in any quantity from any new electric utility steam generating unit.

H.R. 7822
Update Type
Bills Introduced
Committee Name
Committee on Energy and Commerce
Sponsor Name
Blunt Rochester
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Del.
Issue
10
Volume
50
Update Issue
24
Update Volume
50
Congress Number
116
Congressional Record Number
166 Cong. Rec. H3979

would protect clean air and public health by expanding fenceline and ambient air monitoring and access to air quality information for communities affected by air pollution, require immediate toxic air monitoring at the fenceline of facilities with pollution linked to local health threats, ensure the Environmental Protection Agency promulgates rules that require fenceline air monitoring in communities with air polluting industrial source categories, expand and strengthen the national ambient air quality monitoring network, and deploy air sensors in communities affected by air pollution.

S. 4369
Update Type
Bills Introduced
Committee Name
Committee on Environment and Public Works
Sponsor Name
Duckworth
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Ill.
Issue
10
Volume
50
Update Issue
24
Update Volume
50
Congress Number
116
Congressional Record Number
166 Cong. Rec. S4592

would protect clean air and public health by expanding fenceline and ambient air monitoring and access to air quality information for communities affected by air pollution, require immediate toxic air monitoring at the fenceline of facilities with pollution linked to local health threats, ensure the Environmental Protection Agency promulgates rules that require fenceline air monitoring in communities with air polluting industrial source categories, expand and strengthen the national ambient air quality monitoring network, and deploy air sensors in communities affected by air pollution.

The Clean Air Act, Pigouvian Pricing, and Climate Governance
Author
Ross Astoria
Author Bios (long)

Ross Astoria, J.D./Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Parkside.

Date
December 2019
Volume
49
Issue
12
Page
11103
Type
Comment(s)
Summary

Two carbon pricing bills were introduced during the 115th Congress. Reps. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) introduced the MARKET CHOICE Act during the summer of 2018. Reps. Ted Deutsch (D-Fla.) and Francis Rooney (R-Fla.) introduced the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (Energy Innovation Act) in November 2018, and reintroduced it early in the 116th Congress, where it presently has more than 65 cosponsors. By different methods and with different comprehensiveness, both of these bills place a Pigouvian tax on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Among other things, they are notable for attracting Republican cosponsors and amending the Clean Air Act (CAA) to temporarily suspend certain of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s authority over GHGs. This Comment analyzes the legal implications of the CAA amendments found in the Energy Innovation Act, and conducts a comparative evaluation of a selection of CAA programs vis-à-vis Pigouvian pricing.

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