To advance bipartisan priorities.
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
In Committee
Summary
This bill would create a nationwide greenhouse-gas tax and border-adjustment system that prices emissions from fossil fuel combustion, industrial processes, and product use and ties those taxes to rebates, imports/exports adjustments, and program funding. It pairs that tax system with resilience grants, worker supports, new commissions, health funding, and school-security rules.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
12 provisions identified: 8 benefits, 0 costs, 4 mixed.
Limits on EPA fuel rulemaking
If enacted, the bill would bar the EPA from issuing or enforcing many rules that limit greenhouse-gas emissions from fuels after the point of taxation until at least January 1, 2039. The moratorium could end earlier if the EPA finds specified cumulative emissions thresholds by March 30, 2031 or March 30, 2035, with later effective dates tied to those findings. The bill would still allow EPA to set greenhouse-gas limits for new motor vehicles and grant waivers for state vehicle standards.
Nationwide carbon tax and rebates
If enacted, the bill would set a nationwide greenhouse-gas tax starting at $35 per metric ton for calendar year 2027 and adjust rates each year. It would create an import charge and export rebate program tied to that tax. About 75% of Subtitle L receipts would be put into a new RISE Trust Fund for fiscal years 2027–2036 and split by set percentages. RISE money would fund state grants for eligible low-income households, flood-mitigation projects, worker assistance, and other specified programs. The bill would also repeal federal motor vehicle and aviation fuel excise taxes for transactions after December 31, 2025.
School door and emergency rules
If enacted, CISA would start an advisory committee within 90 days and must issue a final rule on installing or modifying interior and exterior doors in federally funded K–12 schools. Local school districts that take federal ESEA funds would have to adopt emergency response procedures and notify parents quickly about covered threats. The bill would authorize $100 million in the year the final rule is issued and for each of the nine fiscal years after that to help install or modify doors.
Election Day holiday and primary access
If enacted, Election Day would become a federal holiday for federal workers. States would have to let registered unaffiliated voters vote in federal primary elections, though an unaffiliated voter may not vote in primaries for more than one party. States that certify compliance would get a transition payment equal to 2 percent of their HAVA section 251 requirements payment for that year and the next four years.
Extra National Cancer Institute funding
If enacted, the bill would provide the National Cancer Institute extra funding equal to 25 percent of its FY2024 appropriation for each fiscal year 2026 through 2030. These amounts would remain available until expended and would be in addition to other NCI funding.
Stronger AML rules to fight trafficking
If enacted, the Financial Institutions Examination Council would review and update anti‑money‑laundering training and examination procedures within 180 days to better detect transactions tied to severe human trafficking. The Interagency Task Force must report recommendations within 270 days. The State Department would add whether countries have frameworks to prevent trafficking‑related financial transactions to its trafficking country assessments.
Prevailing wages on federal projects
If enacted, laborers and mechanics on projects funded or assisted by the federal government under this title would have to be paid the local prevailing wages determined under the Davis‑Bacon rules. The Department of Labor would enforce those wage requirements under its existing authorities.
Ban on House member stock trading
If enacted, the House Code of Official Conduct would be amended to bar Members of the House from owning or trading most individual securities and derivatives, while allowing mutual funds, U.S. Treasury securities, state and local bonds, and Thrift Savings Plan investments. Each Member would have to pledge to comply and provide information to the House Ethics Committee on request. The rule would take effect upon adoption of the amended House Code.
New bipartisan climate commission
If enacted, the bill would create a bipartisan National Climate Commission of 10 members appointed within 180 days. Members would serve six-year terms, the Commission must meet at least once every three years, and it could request agency information and accept disclosed private donations. The bill authorizes $5 million per year for each fiscal year 2027 through 2036 to carry out Commission activities.
PFAS community engagement coordinator
If enacted, the Department of Defense would be required to name, within one year, a Coordinator for Engagement with Defense Communities Affected by PFAS. The coordinator would improve outreach, education, and communication, and act as a liaison for communities where DOD remediation is ongoing or incomplete.
Review of intelligence sharing with Ukraine
If enacted, the Director of National Intelligence would conduct a review, in consultation with Defense and CIA, and deliver a classified report to the congressional intelligence committees within 90 days on whether increased intelligence sharing with Ukraine and related actors improves U.S. and allied security.
Change VA employee removal rules
If enacted, the bill would restore certain Veterans Health Administration disciplinary and grievance rules to how they read before the 2017 VA Accountability Act. The bill would also repeal parts of a separate removal, demotion, and suspension process and redesignate remaining sections. These changes take effect upon enactment and apply to covered VA employees.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
PA • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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