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S. 1581, Veterans Programs Improvements Act of 2013cost estimate
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on November 19, 2013      Border Adjustments for Economywide Policies That Impose a Price on Greenhouse Gas Emissionsreport
A carbon tax or cap-and-trade program could make emission-intensive U.S. products less competitive and increase emissions overseas. Import tariffs related to emissions could reduce those effects but would be hard to implement. International Trade and Carbon Leakage: Working Paper 2013-08working paper
Under a broad-based carbon tax or cap-and-trade program, some of the reduction in U.S. emissions would probably be offset by increases in foreign emissions, a phenomenon known as carbon leakage. A Guide to Style and Usagedata or technical information
To help CBO achieve correctness and consistency in the writing for its reports and cost estimates, the agency produces a guide to style and word usage. The current update is the fourth such guide in the agency’s history. |
