Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act of 2024

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 5054 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5054 To impose an assessment related to fossil fuel emissions, to establish the Polluters Pay Climate Fund, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 12, 2024 Mr. Van Hollen (for himself, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Warren, Mr. Markey, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. Whitehouse) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To impose an assessment related to fossil fuel emissions, to establish the Polluters Pay Climate Fund, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act of 2024''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds that-- (1) climate change, resulting primarily from the combustion of fossil fuels, is an immediate, grave threat to the communities, environme…