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Rep. Kathleen James proposes bipartisan membership requirement for Joint Carbon Emissions Reduction Committee in H.927

Government Operations & Military Affairs · March 17, 2026
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Rep. Kathleen James, speaking as chair, proposed an amendment to H.927 to require that not all appointees to the Joint Carbon Emissions Reduction Committee come from the same political party; committee members supported the change and the amendment was recorded as approved by a favorable thumbs tally of 7-0-3.

Representative Kathleen James introduced an amendment to H.927 on March 17 that would require that not all appointees to the Joint Carbon Emissions Reduction Committee be from the same political party, adding a statutory guarantee of partisan balance to committee membership.

James said her committee had discussed similar language and that the amendment would write…

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