# Plain Language Summary: Cut the Climate Czar's Carbon Act

This bill would stop the federal government from paying the salary of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate—a position created to handle international climate negotiations and policy. Right now, this official and their staff are paid with taxpayer money. Under this bill, that would no longer happen. The position itself wouldn't be eliminated, but whoever holds it would have to find another way to be compensated, whether through private funding, another government agency, or some other arrangement.

The bill also adds a restriction on travel expenses for this official and their employees. If they travel for work, they can still use federal funds to pay for the trip, but only if they personally pay out of their own pocket for carbon offsets to make up for the emissions from that travel. Carbon offsets are essentially payments to environmental projects designed to reduce greenhouse gases elsewhere to balance out the pollution from the flight or trip. So if the climate envoy flies to an international conference, they'd need to buy carbon offsets with their personal money to cover the environmental impact of that flight.

The practical effect is that this bill makes the climate envoy position more expensive to maintain and adds a personal financial burden to whoever holds the job if they need to travel. It's a way of expressing skepticism about the position itself—the bill's name "Cut the Climate Czar's Carbon Act" suggests the sponsors view the role as unnecessary or wasteful. Whether this bill passes would depend on whether Congress votes to approve it.

Cut the Climate Czar’s Carbon Act

Mace, Nancy

Cut the Climate Czar's Carbon ActThis bill prohibits the use of federal funds for the salary of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate or an employee working on behalf of the special envoy. The bill also specifies that no federal funds may be used for travel by the special envoy or any such employee unless the special envoy or employee personally pays for carbon offsets (i.e., offsetting emissions reductions) for such travel.