Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act of 2025
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Introduced 2025-02-07
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act of 2025” Read the full text
Taxation
What it does
The bill imposes a one-time federal tax on fossil fuel extraction and refining companies that emitted more than 1 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide between 2000 and 2023, based on each company's emissions above that mark. Companies can pay the tax in one lump sum or in 9 annual installments starting September 30, 2026. The money funds a new Polluters Pay Climate Fund for disaster recovery, resilient infrastructure, and public health projects, with at least 40 percent reserved for environmental justice communities.
Written by AI from the complete official bill text and independently fact-checked against it. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · 2025-02-07
In the House.
Committee, then floor votes in both chambers · next
Official documents
The on-site text is shown verbatim from the GovInfo publication, captured 2026-07-12. The same version at GovInfo.
The numbers
2%
of bills introduced became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=16,213)
26
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass
Who is lobbying on this
AMERICAN TORT REFORM ASSOCIATIONvia AMERICAN TORT REFORM ASSOCIATION
7 filingsFrom 7 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025 to 2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (2025-02-07).