,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #egcc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ah1 #bjad 
,mr4 ,huffman 7for himself1 ,mr4        
,lowenthal1 and ,ms4 ,matsui7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,rules1 and in     
addition to the ,committee on the       
,budget1 for a period to be subsequently
 determined by the ,speaker1 in each    
case for consideration of such          
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,director of 
the ,congressional ,budget ,office to   
calculate a carbon score for each bill  
or resolution4  #a4 ,short title ,this  
,act may be cited as the ,carbon        
,pollution ,transparency ,act of #bjad4 
#b4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3  7#a7   
,carbon score ,the term carbon score    
means the projected net greenhouse gas  
emissions that would result--  7,a7 from
 the enactment and implementation of a  
bill or resolution2 and  7,b7 if the    

amounts authorized to be appropriated1  
or otherwise made available1 in the bill
 or resolution were fully appropriated4 
7#b7 ,director ,the term ,director means
 the ,director of the ,congressional    
,budget ,office4  7#c7 ,greenhouse gas  
,the term greenhouse gas has the meaning
 given the term in section #baa7o77#a7  
of the ,clean ,air ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4  
#gede7o77#a774  7#d7 ,net greenhouse gas
 emissions ,the term net greenhouse gas 
emissions means the net quantity of all 
greenhouse gases emitted into the       
atmosphere1 including emissions by      
sources and removals by sinks1 where the
 total quantity of emissions for each   
gas is expressed as a carbon dioxide    
equivalent4  #c4 ,carbon score  7a7 ,in 
general ,in carrying out section #djb of
 the ,congressional ,budget ,act of     
#aigd 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #fec71 the ,director
 shall include in the analysis submitted
 to the appropriate committee of        
,congress the carbon score of each      
public bill or resolution4  7b7 ,net    

greenhouse gas emissions baseline ,in   
calculating the carbon score under      
subsection 7a71 the ,director shall base
 any calculation of the increase or     
decrease of the level of greenhouse gas 
emissions on a comparison with the level
 of greenhouse gas emissions occurring  
under current law4  7c7 ,scope of       
calculated emissions ,in calculating the
 carbon score under subsection 7a71 the 
,director shall consider all likely     
changes in net greenhouse gas emissions1
 including--  7#a7 any changes to net   
greenhouse gas emissions that would     
directly result from activities required
 to carry out the bill or resolution2   
and  7#b7 any changes to net greenhouse 
gas emissions that would--  7,a7        
indirectly result from activities       
required to carry out the bill or       
resolution2 and  7,b7 not otherwise have
 occurred4  7d7 ,established best       
practices ,in calculating the carbon    
score under subsection 7a71 the         
,director shall1 to the maximum extent  

practicable1 use established best       
practices for estimating emissions1 such
 as--  7#a7 lifecycle analysis2 and     
7#b7 internationally recognized         
methodologies 7such as guidelines from  
the ,international ,panel on ,climate   
,change74  7e7 ,timeline ,the ,director 
shall calculate the carbon score under  
subsection 7a7 on the same timeline as  
the ,director carries out the analysis  
under section #djb of the ,congressional
 ,budget ,act of #aigd 7#b ,u4,s4,c4    
#fec74  #d4 ,authorization of           
appropriations ,there are authorized to 
be appropriated to the ,director such   
sums as are necessary to develop the    
expertise and capacity required to carry
 out the analyses required under section
 #c4