Congress·In Committee·H.R. 5888

UNtaxed Act

Congress seeks to block UN-linked global carbon taxes and bar U.S. funds for enforcement

Oct 31, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

StalledNext up: A house committeeNo action in 8 months

This bill is currently sitting in the House Foreign Affairs and Ways and Means committees. It has not moved since October 2025, and nothing has happened with the proposal for eight months. It is considered stalled because the committees have not taken any action to advance it.

Legislative Progress

House

No action since October 2025

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Key Points

Would block the United Nations or UN-linked groups from charging U.S. citizens or companies a tax, tariff, fee, or penalty unless the U.S. has joined an agreement approved by the Senate.
Would stop U.S. money from being used to support UN or UN-linked efforts that impose, enforce, or carry out a global carbon tax.
Defines a “global carbon tax” as a shipping-related fuel system that makes vessel owners cut greenhouse gases and charges set costs based on emissions.
Could affect U.S. shipping companies and businesses that move goods by sea by limiting U.S. involvement in international carbon charges tied to vessel emissions.

TradeClimate ChangeEnvironmentForeign Policy

Impact Analysis

Personal Impact

How this policy affects specific groups of people

Mixed Impacts(1)

Federal Employee

Neutral

Milestones

2 milestones2 actions

Oct 31, 2025House

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 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.

Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.

Oct 31, 2025

Introduced in House

The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.

Related News

6 articles

E&E News by POLITICO·Nov 4, 2025

Republicans launch bill to ban global carbon taxes

Reports on Rep. August Pfluger introducing the UNtaxed Act (H.R. 5888) to restrict U.S. funding/support for any UN body implementing a global carbon tax tied to shipping emissions.

Center Left

Breitbart·Dec 8, 2025

Exclusive: Sen. Lee and Rep. Pfluger Take Aim at Globalists with Bill to Shield Americans from U.N. Taxes

Covers Sen. Mike Lee and Rep. August Pfluger’s UNtaxed Act effort to bar UN/affiliates from imposing taxes/fees on Americans without a Senate-approved treaty; frames it as blocking global carbon tax plans.

Right

Washington Examiner·Nov 12, 2025

Come and tax it: GOP won’t let the radical UN tax Americans

Opinion/argument for the UNtaxed Act, describing it as a way to block UN-linked global shipping carbon charges and cut off U.S. funding for bodies pursuing a global carbon tax.

Center Right

No votes or related bills recorded for this bill yet.

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

UNtaxed Act

Bill NumberHR 5888

Congress119th Congress

ChamberHouse of Representatives

Latest ActionReferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 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.

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