Congress has begun the task of drafting legislation that would prohibit operators of U.S.-registered aircraft from participating in a European program to regulate aviation greenhouse emissions by imposing a so-called “carbon tax.”
The Senate this week approved Senate Bill S.1956, the “European Union Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act,” which directs the Department of Transportation to prevent U.S. aircraft operators from taking part in the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS). The House passed similar legislation earlier this year, and the two bills will now be reconciled into a single measure for a final vote.
