1
Comparison of House and Senate Bills
The House and Senate versions of legislation phasing down HFCs are substantively equivalent,
with some differences in structure, organization, and style.
There are several minor differences that are mostly technical in nature, which are summarized
below. But these differences are not likely to be material in terms of the type of program EPA
would implement and administer under both versions of the bill.
House
Senate
Section 1. Short Title
• The American Innovation and
Manufacturing Leadership Act (H.R.
5544)
Section 1. Short Title
• The American Innovation and
Manufacturing Act (S. 2754)
Section 2. Definitions
• The House bill does not include any
findings. The Sense of Congress is
found in Section 6 on the
Management of Regulated
Substances.
• The House bill adds definitions of the
terms destroy, export, person, and
United States. The definitions are
consistent with the terms' usage in
both bills.
Section 2. Findings; Sense of Congress
• The findings recite the economic
benefits of an HFC phase down, which
are not included in the House bill.
• The Sense of Congress refers to
servicing and training issues; this
Sense of Congress is found in Section
6 of the House bill.
Section 3. Listing of Regulated Substances
• This section is effectively the same as
Section 4 of the Senate bill, listing the
exact same HFCs.
Section 3. Definitions
• This section is effectively the same as
the House bill, save for the House
bill’s addition of several definitions, as
noted above.
Section 4. Monitoring and Reporting
Requirements
• The House bill contains several
additional reporting requirements for
the baseline period of 2011 to 2013
but is otherwise effectively the same
as the Senate bill.
Section 4. Listing of Regulated Substances
• This section is effectively the same as
Section 3 of the House bill.
