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Congress·In Committee·H.R. 6918

House Bill Would Cap Carbon Emissions, Send Rebates to Low-Income Families Starting in 2027

Climate Pollution Standard and Community Investment Act of 2025

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Key Points

  • This plan sets a national goal to reach 'net-zero' climate pollution by 2050. It requires large companies, like power plants and factories, to gradually reduce the amount of greenhouse gases they release every year starting in 2027.
  • To manage these limits, the government will sell 'pollution permits' at auctions. Companies that produce a lot of pollution must buy these permits to cover their emissions, and the number of permits available will go down over time to force pollution cuts.

    From policy text

    “For each calendar year for which the Administrator establishes emission allowances under section 715, the Administrator shall auction emission allowances”
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  • A large portion of the money raised from selling these permits will go back to regular people. Low-income families making less than double the federal poverty level will receive quarterly 'Clean Energy Rebates' to help with their living costs.

    From policy text

    “the gross income of the household does not exceed 200 percent of the poverty line”
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  • The bill creates a special fund to help workers and towns that currently rely on fossil fuel jobs, like coal mining or oil refining. It provides money for job training, health insurance, and temporary wage support if those workers lose their jobs during the transition to cleaner energy.

    From policy text

    “There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund, to be known as the Worker and Community Assistance Fund”
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  • Extra money will be used to monitor air quality in neighborhoods with high pollution and to help farmers and ranchers adopt new ways to trap carbon in the soil. It also funds research into new clean energy technologies.

    From policy text

    “The Administrator is authorized to award grants using amounts made available in the Cleaner Air Community Fund to local and State governments, Indian Tribes, air pollution control agencies, and other public or nonprofit private agencies, institutions, and organizations with appropriate technical capacity to support additional emissions monitoring in disadvantaged communities”
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  • To keep things fair, the plan includes a fee on certain imported goods from countries that do not have similar pollution limits. This helps ensure that American companies are not at a disadvantage compared to foreign competitors.
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Impact Analysis

Personal Impact

Scores: 1 = low, 5 = highSentiment: -5 to +5 (net benefit)

Milestones

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Dec 19, 2025House

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Workforce, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.

Dec 19, 2025

Introduced in House

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Climate Pollution Standard and Community Investment Act of 2025

Bill NumberHR 6918
Congress119th Congress
ChamberHouse of Representatives
Latest ActionReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Workforce, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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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