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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 117

Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should develop,

promote, and implement policies to reduce emissions of fossil fuel generated carbon dioxide with the goal of achieving stabilization of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States at the 1990 level by the

year 2010.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 4, 2001

Ms. LEE (for herself, Mr. WAXMAN, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. FRANK, Ms. RIVERS,

Ms. DELAURO, Mr. OLVER, Mr. NADLER, Mr. BALDACCI, Mr. SMITH of

Washington, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. FILNER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms.

CARSON of Indiana, Ms. MCKINNEY, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mr. HONDA, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. RUSH, Ms.

WOOLSEY, Mr. BERMAN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Ms.

BALDWIN, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. OWENS, Mr. STARK, Ms. SOLIS, Mr.

PALLONE, Mr. FARR of California, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. ESHOO, and

Mrs. THURMAN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred

to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States

should develop, promote, and implement policies to reduce emissions of fossil fuel generated carbon dioxide

with the goal of achieving stabilization of greenhouse

gas emissions in the United States at the 1990 level

by the year 2010.
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Whereas global climate change appears to be a significant

threat to national security, the American economy, and

the global environment;

Whereas global average surface temperatures have risen since

1861;

Whereas atmospheric temperatures and global average sea

level have risen while snow cover has decreased in the

last forty years;

Whereas the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has

found that most of the observed warming over the last

fifty years is attributable to human activities, including

fossil-fuel generated carbon dioxide emissions;

Whereas the United States is the largest producer today of

fossil-fuel generated carbon dioxide emissions;

Whereas action by the United States to reduce emissions will

promote action by other nations to follow suit;

Whereas the United States Senate has ratified the United

Nations Framework on Climate Change which states, in

part, the Parties to this Convention are ‘‘to implement

policies with the aim of returning . . . to their 1990 levels anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide and other

greenhouse gases’’;

Whereas United States agriculture and forestry sectors have

the potential to play a significant role in mitigating global climate change;

Whereas shifting to more efficient technologies and renewable

energy sources that will mitigate global warming will create hundreds of thousands of jobs for Americans;
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Whereas there is a growing need for American businesses to

know their regulatory future and to be able to plan accordingly; and

Whereas reducing air pollution from burning fossil fuels

would benefit human health, especially that of children,

as well as benefitting ecosystems across the globe: Now,

therefore, be it

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the Congress that

2 the United States should develop, promote, and imple3 ment, at the earliest possible time, policies to reduce do4 mestic emissions of fossil fuel generated carbon dioxide

5 and other greenhouse gases, with the goal of achieving sta6 bilization of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States

7 at the 1990 level by the year 2010.

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