The SCOPE Act of 2026 directs the Environmental Protection Agency to study and create guidance for how companies should calculate and report "scope 3 emissions"—the indirect greenhouse gas pollution that comes from a company's supply chain and product use, not just from their own direct operations. The EPA has one year from the bill's enactment to publish this guidance, which must include recommended reporting thresholds, calculation methods tailored to different industries, monitoring frequency recommendations, data quality standards, and record-keeping procedures. The bill primarily affects large industrial facilities and direct emitters already regulated under EPA greenhouse gas reporting rules, though the EPA can extend the definition to other facilities as it sees fit. The legislation does not create new mandatory emissions reporting requirements or provide specific funding, but instead establishes a framework to standardize how companies measure and report these harder-to-track indirect emissions. The bill preserves existing environmental authorities of federal agencies and states, meaning it works alongside current regulations rather than replacing them.
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