Sec. 811. Plan for the United States to cut black carbon emissions to 33 percent below 2013 levels by 2025
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It is the sense of Congress that the United States should honor its commitment to the Arctic Council to cut black carbon emissions by 2025 to a level that is between 25 and 33 percent below the levels emitted by the United States in 2013. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, the Administrator, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall develop a plan for the United States to cut black carbon emissions by 2025 to a level that is between 25 and 33 percent below the levels emitted by the United States in 2013.
Such plan shall also describe— the measures the Federal Government will take to achieve such targeted emissions levels; the measures the Federal Government will take to prioritize black carbon emission reduction in communities of color, Tribal and Indigenous communities, and low-income communities; and how the United States may use multilateral and bilateral diplomatic tools to encourage and assist other member countries of the Arctic Council to fulfill the goals announced in 2017.
The Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and make available to the public— not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the plan developed under subsection (b); not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every three years thereafter, a report on the progress made toward implementing the plan submitted pursuant to subsection (b); and not later than January 1, 2025, a proposal for further reductions in black carbon emissions in the United States that should be accomplished by 2030.
In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Natural Resources, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Committee on Environment and Public Works, and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. The Secretary of State shall— before submitting each such plan or report to the appropriate congressional committees under subsection (c)— consult with Indian Tribes and Indigenous communities; provide a period of at least 90 days for public comment on each such plan or report; and after each such period for public comment, continue to make the proposed plan and report, as well as the comments received, available to the public on an appropriate website.