# 119-hr-6636: To advance sensible priorities. 119-hr-6636, To advance sensible priorities., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6636 - As of: 2026-09-10 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-hr-6636 - Congress: 119 - Title: To advance sensible priorities. - Status: in_committee - Introduced: 2025-12-11 - Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA) - Cosponsors: 0 - Policy area: Taxation - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-09-10 ## Summary **Creates a new federal greenhouse gas emissions tax and matching border adjustments** that charge owners of fossil fuels, large industrial facilities, and certain product emissions while adjusting import and export competitiveness. The tax starts at $35 per metric ton of CO2e in 2027 and rises each year with a fixed escalation plus inflation adjustments. - Owners of U.S. fossil fuels and operators of large facilities pay the tax at production, refinery exit, or facility point of combustion. The bill covers industrial process emissions and specified product-use emissions and targets facilities emitting more than 25,000 metric tons CO2e per year. - Importers of covered goods face a border tax adjustment while exporters in eligible industrial sectors can receive rebates; rules will define covered products, rates, exemptions for least-developed countries, and an administrative appeals process. - Creates a Revenue Reallocation Trust Fund to allocate tax revenues and funds programs including flood mitigation grants for States, localities, and Tribes with up to a 90% federal share and a 10-year program to assist energy workers displaced by the law with retraining, relocation, pension support, and community grants. ## Provisions PRIA read - VA survivor benefits for ALS: benefit, high. If enacted, a veteran who dies from ALS on or after October 1, 2025 would be treated as qualifying for VA survivor compensation rules without regard to how long the disease lasted. A surviving spouse must have been married to the veteran for at least eight continuous years to qualify for compensati… - School door safety and grants: benefit, high. If enacted, CISA would set standards for reinforced interior and exterior doors in federally funded K–12 schools after a committee review and report. The committee must be convened within 90 days and report within one year, and CISA must issue a final rule within six months after the report. The bi… - Direct payments for low‑income households: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Treasury would make annual grants to each State for distribution to eligible low‑income households from amounts set aside in the bill. Eligible households have gross incomes at or below 150 percent of the poverty line and participate in SNAP, FDPIR, similar territorial nutrition pro… - Help for displaced energy workers: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Labor Department would run a 10‑year program to help energy workers displaced by this Act. Assistance would include retraining, relocation costs, early retirement, health benefits, community block grants for local recovery, and limited transfers to certain pension trustees. Eligibil… - Open federal primaries rule: benefit, medium. If enacted, each State would have to let unaffiliated registered voters vote in a federal primary for any one party's primary for a given office. States could not share unaffiliated voters' information from federal primaries with parties or treat the voter as a party member only because they voted… - Grants for flood risk projects: benefit, medium. If enacted, Commerce and the Army would run a grant program to fund frequent flood mitigation and adaptation projects for States, local governments, and Tribes. The federal share may be up to 90 percent of project costs. Projects that harm key habitats are ineligible. Priority goes to high‑risk flo… - Veteran firms included in DBE rules: benefit, low. If enacted, veteran‑owned small businesses would be added to Disadvantaged Business Enterprise considerations under prior infrastructure law rules. That change would give veteran‑owned firms more recognition when agencies and contractors consider DBE participation. - State laws kept in force: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would state that nothing in this title overrides or preempts State laws or regulations. The rule would take effect upon enactment and preserve State authority for matters covered by the title. - House members trading ban: cost, low. If enacted, Members of the House would be barred from owning or trading many securities, derivatives, commodities, and synthetic financial interests. Exemptions would include mutual funds, U.S. Treasury securities, state or local bonds, and Thrift Savings Plan investments. Each Member would have to… - Limits on EPA fuel rules: mixed, high. If enacted, the bill would bar the EPA from issuing or enforcing rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels after a Subtitle L taxation point. The moratorium preserves EPA authority for non‑GHG health impacts and for new vehicle greenhouse gas standards and waivers. The moratorium… - Wide trade and financial sanctions: mixed, high. If enacted, the President would impose a coordinated set of sanctions on the Russian government and related persons after a covered determination. Measures include massive minimum duties on many imports, bans on Russian uranium and sovereign debt purchases, bans on U.S. investment in Russian energy… - Border carbon tax adjustments: mixed, high. If enacted, this would create a border adjustment that charges importers of covered goods an amount like the Subtitle L tax and rebates exporters for domestic carbon costs. Treasury and Customs would set rules and product lists within one year. Sectors meet presumptive help tests (5% greenhouse‑gas… - New greenhouse gas taxes: mixed, high. If enacted, this would add a new Subtitle L tax on greenhouse gas emissions. The fossil fuel tax would start at $35 per metric ton CO2e in calendar year 2027 and would rise each year by 5 percentage points plus inflation. Facilities emitting over 25,000 metric tons CO2e per year would also face tax… - Prevailing wage for federal projects: mixed, medium. If enacted, contractors on projects funded by this title would have to pay workers at least local prevailing wages set under Davis‑Bacon. The Secretary of Labor would determine the rates under existing Davis‑Bacon rules. This would raise pay for some workers and could raise project costs for contra… ## Related bills - 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025 - 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025 - 119-hr-3001: To advance commonsense priorities. - 119-hr-4393: DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025 - 119-hr-1923: Modernizing Wildfire Safety and Prevention Act of 2025 - 119-hr-3338: MARKET CHOICE Act ## Sources - [119-hr-6636 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6636) ## Related - [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151) - [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669) - [119-hr-3001: To advance commonsense priorities.](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3001) - [119-hr-4393: DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4393) - [119-hr-1923: Modernizing Wildfire Safety and Prevention Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1923) - [119-hr-3338: MARKET CHOICE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3338) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6636 (as of 2026-09-10).