12/21/2020 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/21/2020 14:02
Senators Announce Historic, Bipartisan Agreement on Environmental Innovation Legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), Committee Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-DE), and Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and John Kennedy (R-LA) announced a historic, bipartisan agreement to include multiple pieces of environmental innovation legislation in the omnibus.
The omnibus will now include:
The Utilizing Significant Emissions with Innovative Technologies (USE IT) Act to promote carbon capture technologies;
The reauthorization of the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) program; and