# 119-hr-1135: Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act of 2025

119-hr-1135, Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-04).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1135
- Congress: 119
- Title: Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-07
- Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 25
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-06-04

## Summary

**Makes large fossil-fuel companies pay for their historic carbon emissions and directs the money into a federal climate resilience and environmental justice fund.** It creates a new tax on companies that extracted or refined fossil fuels during 2000–2023 and establishes the Polluters Pay Climate Fund to support disaster response, resilience, and clean air programs. - Companies and industry: Companies found responsible for more than 1 billion metric tons of CO2 across 2000–2023 would face a tax based on their share of covered emissions, with the total tax pool set at $1 trillion. - Communities and disaster response: The Fund must transfer at least $15 billion a year to FEMA for climate-related disasters and resilience and at least $6 billion to the EPA for Clean Air Act grants. - Environmental justice and local projects: 40% of Fund appropriations must go to environmental justice investments, prioritizing projects that increase health, environmental quality, and resilience in overburdened communities.

## Cosponsors (25)

- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] (D-PA), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] (D-NY), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12] (D-PA), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large] (D-VT), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2025-03-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4] (D-NC), 2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2026-06-02T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Climate fund for FEMA, EPA, communities: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would create a Polluters Pay Climate Fund at Treasury. Money equal to receipts from the new tax would flow into the Fund. Each year, at least $15 billion would go to FEMA, including at least $3 billion for the BRIC program. At least $6 billion would go to EPA climate grants and…
- Keeps climate lawsuits and damages intact: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would keep state and local climate lawsuits alive. It would not block claims about fossil fuel deception, climate harms, or failure to avoid damage. Money already spent from the Fund could not be clawed back, used as evidence, or used to reduce damages.
- One-time $1 trillion tax on big polluters: cost, high. If enacted, some large fossil fuel extractors and refiners would share a one-time $1 trillion tax. Only emissions above 1,000,000,000 metric tons during 2000–2023 would count toward each company’s share. The tax would be due September 30, 2026, with nine-installment payments allowed (20% first year…

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- 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1810: Safe Schools Improvement Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-1135 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1135)

## Related
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
- [119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1589)
- [119-hr-1810: Safe Schools Improvement Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1810)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1135 (as of 2026-06-04).