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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate certain fuel excise taxes and impose a tax on greenhouse gas emissions to provide revenue for maintaining and building American infrastructure, and for other purposes.

USA115^th CongressHR-6463| House

| Updated: 8/16/2018

Modernizing America with Rebuilding to Kickstart the Economy of the Twenty-first Century with a Historic Infrastructure-Centered Expansion Act or the MARKET CHOICE Act This bill imposes a tax on the greenhouse gas emissions of fossil fuels, certain industrial processes, and certain product uses. The bill appropriates and transfers specified revenue from the tax to a Rebuilding Infrastructure and Solutions for the Environment Trust Fund established by the bill. Specified amounts in the trust fund shall be available, as provided by appropriations Acts, for the federal Highway Trust Fund, grants to low-income households; and other specified energy, environmental, infrastructure, and research and development priorities. The bill also eliminates the federal gas tax, imposes a moratorium on finalizing and enforcing certain Clean Air Act regulations on greenhouse gas emissions, and establishes a National Climate Commission to review policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The moratorium on regulations expires in 2033 if specified emission targets are not reached.

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Timeline

Jul 23, 2018

Introduced in House

Jul 23, 2018

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, Education and the Workforce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Jul 24, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Jul 24, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Jul 24, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Jul 24, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.

Jul 27, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.

Aug 3, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

Aug 16, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.

July 23, 2018
Introduced in House
July 23, 2018
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, Education and the Workforce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
July 24, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
July 24, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
July 24, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
July 24, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
July 27, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
August 3, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
August 16, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.

Carlos Curbelo

Carlos Curbelo

Republican Representative

Florida

Cosponsors (2)

Brian K. Fitzpatrick (Republican)Francis Rooney (Republican)

Committees (14)

• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee• Environment Subcommittee• Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee• Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee• Ways and Means Committee• Agriculture Committee• Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee• Highways and Transit Subcommittee• Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee• Science, Space, and Technology Committee• Energy and Commerce Committee• Education and Workforce Committee• Aviation Subcommittee• Natural Resources Committee

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