Proposed
Bill · 119th Congress · HR 4341
International Maritime Pollution Accountability Act of 2025
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Introduced 2025-07-10Topic: environment · climate · taxesSummary
AI-generated summary, report an errorThis bill would require operators of large cargo ships (5,000 gross tons or more) sailing to the United States to report fuel use, cargo, ports, and travel details to the Environmental Protection Agency starting in 2027. The EPA would charge a fee of $150 per metric ton of carbon dioxide-equivalent emissions from fuel burned on these voyages, tripled in polar regions, and separate fees for nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, and fine particulate matter from fuel burned in U.S. waters. Fee rates would rise each year by inflation plus 5 percentage points, with late-payment penalties and reductions for fees paid under foreign or international programs. Jones Act vessels and voyages carrying military cargo, food aid, or disaster supplies would be exempt. Starting in fiscal year 2029, the money collected would fund grants and loans for cleaner ships, low-carbon fuel research, worker training, electric harbor craft and ferries, port air monitoring, and existing ocean and port programs.
Sponsors
- Doris O. Matsui Democrat sponsor
- 1 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-01 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. | refer |
| 2025-07-10 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, and Ways and Means, 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. | refer |
| 2025-07-10 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, and Ways and Means, 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. | refer |
| 2025-07-10 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, and Ways and Means, 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. | refer |
| 2025-07-10 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, and Ways and Means, 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. | refer |
| 2025-07-10 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, and Ways and Means, 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. | refer |
| 2025-07-10 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2025-07-10 | Introduced in House | introduce |