,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #chb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ad1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,casten 7for himself and ,ms4 
,norton7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
require the ,administrator of the       
,environmental ,protection ,agency to   
collect1 calculate1 and publish         
information regarding emissions of      
carbon dioxide and methane outside the  
boundaries of the ,united ,states that  
are associated with exports of fossil   
fuels1 and for other purposes4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,exported ,carbon ,emissions ,report
 ,act of #bjbe4  #b4 ,comparison of     
trends in domestic and exported carbon  
emissions  7a7 ,in general ,not later   
than #ahj days after the enactment of   
this ,act and annually thereafter1 the  
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency shall collect1      
calculate1 and publish information1 for 

each of the previous ten calendar years1
 on-- 7#a7 the total emissions of carbon
 dioxide and methane that are released  
within the boundaries of the ,united    
,states 7including the territories of   
the ,united ,states7 that are the result
 of the extraction1 processing1         
transportation1 combustion1 and other   
use of fossil fuels2 and  7#b7 the total
 emissions of carbon dioxide and methane
 that are released outside the          
boundaries of the ,united ,states       
7including the territories of the       
,united ,states7 that are the result of 
leakage and combustion of fossil fuels  
produced or refined in the ,united      
,states and subsequently exported from  
the ,united ,states4  7b7 ,information  
,in collecting and calculating          
information under this section1 the     
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency shall-- 7#a7 use the
 best available scientific information1 
including1 where available-- 7,a7       
information collected through direct    

monitoring and measurement2 and  7,b7   
disclosures of carbon dioxide and       
methane emissions by other national and 
subnational governments2 and  7#b7 be   
informed by the established             
international standards for accounting  
for greenhouse gas emissions1 including 
the protocols established under the     
,greenhouse ,gas ,protocol of the ,world
 ,business ,council for ,sustainable    
,development and the ,world ,resources  
,institute4  7c7 ,consultation ,in      
implementing this section1 the          
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency shall consult with--
 7#a7 the ,administrator of the ,energy 
,information ,administration2 and  7#b7 
the executive director of the           
,international ,energy ,agency4  7d7    
,publication of information ,the        
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency shall make the      
information collected and calculated    
pursuant to this section widely         
available to the public1 including by   

publishing such information on the      
website of the ,environmental           
,protection ,agency4  7e7 ,definition of
 fossil fuel ,in this section1 the term 
fossil fuel means carbon-containing     
material formed in the ,earth's crust   
from the remains of prehistoric         
organisms1 including coal1 oil1 and     
natural gas4