The SCOPE Act directs the Environmental Protection Agency to study and create guidance on how companies should calculate and report their "scope 3 emissions," which are indirect greenhouse gas emissions from their supply chains and business activities. The EPA must complete this work within 12 months and establish reporting thresholds, calculation methods, quality standards, and record-keeping procedures for these emissions. The guidance will apply to "direct emitters"—facilities already subject to EPA greenhouse gas reporting requirements under current regulations, plus any others the EPA determines appropriate. The bill does not provide specific funding amounts but establishes a clear timeline for the EPA to develop standardized methods for tracking these hard-to-measure emissions. The legislation explicitly preserves existing authority of the President, federal agencies, and states, meaning it doesn't change their current powers under other environmental laws.
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