S. 3198 · 118th Congress

Foreign Pollution Fee Act of 2023

Introduced on Nov 2, 2023 by Bill Cassidy (R-LA). One cosponsor. Latest action (Nov 2, 2023): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Nov 2, 2023
Cosponsors
1
0 from the other party
Policy area
Taxation
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a fee on certain products imported into the United States based on the pollution intensity associated with the production of such products, and for other purposes.

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Bill CassidyR-LASponsor

Republicans · 1

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Nov 2, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Nov 2, 2023 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. Blue Green Alliance10 reports
    $270K reported (all issues)
  2. Solvay Chemicals Inc.10 reports
    $250K reported (all issues)
  3. AMERICAN FOREST & PAPER ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $3.5M reported (all issues)
  4. BASF CORPORATION5 reports
    $2.8M reported (all issues)
  5. CEMEX INC.5 reports
  6. CF INDUSTRIES, INC.5 reports
    $990K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CF INDUSTRIES NITROGEN LLC$13.5M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 98%
  7. KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC (FORMERLY KNOWN AS KOCH COMPANIES PUBLIC SECTOR, LL5 reports
    $10.5M reported (all issues)
  8. LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION5 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  9. PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)
  10. Sierra Club5 reports
    $970K reported (all issues)
  11. BP AMERICA INC.4 reports
  12. LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY4 reports
    $6.8M reported (all issues)
  13. NUCOR CORPORATION4 reports
  14. AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE3 reports
    $370K reported (all issues)
  15. Americans for Tax Reform3 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  16. Clean Energy Buyers Association (formerly RENEWABLE ENERGY BUYERS ALLIANCE)3 reports
    $260K reported (all issues)
  17. Solvay America LLC, a member of the Syensqo Group3 reports
    $580K reported (all issues)
  18. VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION3 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)
  19. AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL2 reports
    $12.4M reported (all issues)
  20. AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE2 reports
    $3M reported (all issues)
  21. HANWHA Q CELLS AMERICA INC.2 reports
  22. SSAB Enterprises, LLC2 reports
    $160K reported (all issues)
  23. STEEL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $160K reported (all issues)
  24. Solvay America LLC, a member of the Syensqo Group (FKA Solvay America, Inc.)2 reports
    $460K reported (all issues)
  25. CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS, INC.1 report
    $410K reported (all issues)
  26. Heirloom Carbon Technologies1 report
    $70K reported (all issues)
  27. Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc.1 report
    $120K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.