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- Cost Estimate
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 31, 2012
- Cost Estimate
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 31, 2012 The European Union (EU) has established the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), a regulatory framework related to greenhouse gas emissions. Currently, the ETS covers emissions from air carriers that operate flights within, to, and from EU member states. Negotiations between the U.S. government and the EU about the applicability of the ETS to U.S. air carriers are ongoing, and the potential outcome of those negotiations is unclear.
- Cost Estimate
As reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on July 19, 2012 CBO estimates that implementing S. 3406 would cost $7 million over the 2013-2017 period, assuming appropriation of the necessary amounts. The bill would affect direct spending and revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures apply, but CBO estimates that any such effects would not be significant in any year. S. 3406 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would not affect the budgets of state, local, or tribal governments.
- Report
Improving energy security—the ability of U.S. households and businesses to accommodate disruptions of supply in energy markets—requires considering policies related to the nation’s supply of and demand for oil.
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Energy Security in the United States - Infographic
- Blog Post
Energy use—for electricity, transportation, and heating and air conditioning—is pervasive throughout the U.S. economy, representing 8.4 percent of U.S. gross domestic product in 2010. About 80 percent of the energy used by households and businesses comes from oil, natural gas, and coal; the rest comes from nuclear power and renewable sources, such as wind and the sun. Disruptions in the supply of commodities used to produce energy tend to raise energy prices, imposing an increased burden on households and businesses.
- Cost Estimate
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 7, 2012 H.R. 4041 would require the Secretary of Commerce to assess overseas markets, at least once every five years, to determine which markets present the greatest opportunities to increase United States exports. The Secretary would be required to relocate personnel that promote U.S. trade opportunities based on the outcome of the assessment. The bill also would require Chiefs of Missions in foreign countries to use those assessments in promoting United States exports.
- Cost Estimate
As reported by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on February 13, 2012
- Cost Estimate
Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on February 7, 2012, with language provided to CBO on February 13, 2012
- Report
This document updates and expands upon CBO's previous analysis of remittances—Remittances: International Payments by Migrants (May 2005)—and presents data through 2009.