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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 5888

Introduced

UNtaxed Act

Sponsor
RAugust Pfluger· Texas
Introduced
October 31, 2025
Policy area
Taxation
Latest action
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.October 31, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5888 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5888

To provide for limitations on the implementation and enforcement of a 
global carbon tax with respect to the United States.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 31, 2025

Mr. Pfluger (for himself, Mr. Cline, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Williams of 
Texas, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Weber of Texas, 
Mr. Balderson, Mr. Mann, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, 
and Mr. Jackson of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the 
Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined 
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To provide for limitations on the implementation and enforcement of a 
global carbon tax with respect to the United States.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``UNtaxed Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON UNITED NATIONS TAXES, TARIFFS, FEES, OR OTHER 
SUCH PENALTIES.

No tax, tariff, fee, or other such penalty may be levied upon 
United States citizens or United States companies by the United Nations 
or any organization, specialized agency, commission, or other formally 
affiliated body of the United Nations, unless such tax, tariff, fee, or 
other such penalty is imposed under an agreement that is in effect with 
respect to the United States and the Senate has provided its advice and 
consent to ratification of the agreement.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON FUNDS RELATING TO GLOBAL CARBON TAXES.

No funds are authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made 
available for--
(1) assessed or voluntary contributions of the United 
States to the United Nations or any United Nations-affiliated 
body that would be used to impose a global carbon tax; or
(2) implementation or enforcement of such a global carbon 
tax.

SEC. 4. DEFINITION.

In this Act, the term ``global carbon tax'' means a tax imposed 
under a global fuel regime that--
(1) requires owners or operators of vessels to reduce the 
level of greenhouse gases emitted by the vessel; and
(2) imposes such a tax at set costs with respect to such 
level of emission of greenhouse gases.
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