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End Polluter Welfare Act of 2020
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41d open
vs 9,062 other HR bills in the 116th — cohort avg 39d
End Polluter Welfare Act of 2020 This bill limits or eliminates certain fossil fuel oil and gas subsidies for oil companies, including by (1) eliminating the authority of the Department of Energy to carry out the Fossil Energy Research and Development Program; (2) expanding the definition of crude oil for purposes of the excise tax on petroleum and petroleum products to include any oil derived from a bitumen or bituminous mixture (tar sands), any liquid fuel derived from coal, and any oil derived from kerogen-bearing sources (oil shale); (3) limiting the financial assistance that such companies may receive from programs that provide relief to businesses affected by the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic; (4) terminating certain tax incentives relating to fossil fuels, including the percentage depletion allowance and capital gains treatment for royalties from coal; and (5) increasing the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund financing rate.
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Filing registrants (3)
2020 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
No Fossil Fuel Bailout / EPWA -- HR 7781
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Financial Services, the Judiciary, Appropriations, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
Bills with similar content found using semantic analysis.
Sources: Congress.gov
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
1. H.R.133 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, opposition to all provisions supporting false climate strategies, including nuclear energy and carbon, capture and storage 2. H.R.7781 - End Polluter Welfare Act, support for entire bill 3. S.4887 - End Polluter Welfare Act, support for entire bill
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
No Fossil Fuel Bailout / EPWA -- HR 7781
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
HOUSE: H.R. 2156 : RECLAIM Act of 2019 (Support) H.R. 7330 : The GREEN Act (Support) H.R. 2 : The Moving Forward Act(Support) H.R. 4447 : Clean Energy Jobs and Innovation Act (Neutral) H.R.7781 : End Polluter Welfare Act (Support) H.R. 6395 : National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Watching) SENATE: S. 2754: American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act (Support) S. 2657: American Energy Innovation Act (Oppose) S. 4484: America's Clean Future Fund Act (Watching) S.4642 :Onshore Oil and Gas Orphaned Well Remediation and Reclamation Bonding Reform Act(Support) NOT YET INTRODUCED: NYI : Marshall Plan for Coal Country (Watching)
Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
THRIVE Agenda -- HR 1102 No Fossil Fuel Bailout / EPWA -- HR 7781
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
1. H.R.4447 - Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy Act of 2019, opposition to entire bill, support for amendments that would increase funding for renewables and environmental justice, opposition to amendments that would fund carbon, capture and storage, nuclear, and other harmful, extractive industries 2. S.3611 - Resources for Workforce Investments, Not Drilling (ReWIND) Act, support for entire bill 3. H.R.6707 - Resources for Workforce Investments, Not Drilling (ReWIND) Act, support for entire bill 4. H.R.5857 - Fracking Ban Act, support for entire bill 5. H.R.7781 - End Polluter Welfare Act, support for entire bill 6. H.R.4961 - Standing Against Dirty Diplomacy (SADD) Act, support for entire bill
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
| Referred to |
| July 24, 2020 |
| Foreign Affairs Committee | House | Referred to | July 24, 2020 |
| Appropriations Committee | House | Referred to | July 24, 2020 |
| Judiciary Committee | House | Referred to | July 24, 2020 |
| Financial Services Committee | House | Referred to | July 24, 2020 |
| Energy and Commerce Committee | House | Referred to | July 24, 2020 |
| Science, Space, and Technology Committee | House | Referred to | July 24, 2020 |
| Democratic |
| CA |
| Chellie Pingree | Democratic | ME |
| Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | OR |
| Eleanor Holmes Norton | Democratic | DC |
| Grace F. Napolitano | Democratic | CA |
| Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Democratic | IL |
| Jimmy Gomez | Democratic | CA |
| Joseph P. Kennedy III | Democratic | MA |
| Mark Takano | Democratic | CA |
| Nanette Diaz Barragán | Democratic | CA |
| Rashida Tlaib | Democratic | MI |
| Raúl M. Grijalva | Democratic | AZ |
| S 3315 |
116th |
| Related bill |
| HR 6707 | 116th | Related bill |
| HR 5914 | 116th | Related bill |