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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 515 

Of inquiry requesting the President of the United States to provide to the 

House of Representatives certain documents in his possession relating 

to the anticipated effects of climate change on the coastal regions of 

the United States. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 26, 2005 

Mr. KUCINICH (for himself, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. GORDON, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. 

GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. 

HOYER, Mr. HOLT, Mr. CLAY, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. 

ACKERMAN, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. BACA, Mr. BAIRD, Ms. 

BALDWIN, Mr. BECERRA, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. BERMAN, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. BERRY, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. 

BLUMENAUER, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of 

Florida, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. 

CAPUANO, Mr. CARDOZA, Ms. CARSON, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. 

DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DEGETTE, 

Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DICKS, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. 

ETHERIDGE, Mr. EVANS, Mr. FARR, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. FILNER, Mr. 

FORD, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. 

HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. HERSETH, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. 

HONDA, Ms. HOOLEY, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, 

Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. KANJORSKI, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Mr. 

KIND, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mrs. LOWEY, Mrs. 

MALONEY, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. MCCARTHY, Ms. MCCOLLUM

of Minnesota, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. 

MCNULTY, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Mr. MEEKS of New 

York, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. 

MOORE of Kansas, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, 

Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. 

OLVER, Mr. OWENS, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. 

PAYNE, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. 

ROTHMAN, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. 

SABO, Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of California, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of 

California, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, 
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Ms. SCHWARTZ of Pennsylvania, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. 

SMITH of Washington, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. STARK, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mrs. 

TAUSCHER, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, 

Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. TOWNS, Mrs. JONES of 

Ohio, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. VAN

HOLLEN, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, 

Ms. WATERS, Ms. WATSON, Mr. WATT, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. WEINER, Ms. 

WOOLSEY, Mr. WU, and Mr. WYNN) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on Science 

RESOLUTION 

Of inquiry requesting the President of the United States 

to provide to the House of Representatives certain documents in his possession relating to the anticipated effects 

of climate change on the coastal regions of the United 

States. 

1 Resolved, That the President of the United States is 

2 requested to provide to the House of Representatives, not 

3 later than 14 days after the date of adoption of this reso4 lution, all documents (including minutes and memos) in 

5 his possession relating to the effects of climate change on 

6 the coastal regions of the United States produced by the 

7 National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Na8 tional Weather Service, the National Science Foundation, 

9 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

10 the National Assessment Synthesis Team, and the US Ge11 ological Survey. 

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