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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1411 

To amend the Clean Air Act to establish within the Environmental Protection 

Agency an office to measure and report on greenhouse gas emissions 

of Federal agencies. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 16, 2007 

Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself and Ms. SNOWE) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 

Public Works 

A BILL 

To amend the Clean Air Act to establish within the Environmental Protection Agency an office to measure and report on greenhouse gas emissions of Federal agencies. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Government 

5 Greenhouse Gas Registry Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FEDERAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. 

7 The Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) is amend8 ed by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘TITLE VII—FEDERAL 

2 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS 

3 ‘‘SEC. 701. DEFINITIONS. 

4 ‘‘In this title: 

5 ‘‘(1) AGENCY EMISSION BASELINE.—The term 

6 ‘agency emission baseline’, with respect to a Federal 

7 agency, means such quantity of the aggregate quan8 tity of direct emissions, energy indirect emissions, 

9 and indirect emissions used to calculate the emission 

10 baseline as is attributable to the Federal agency. 

11 ‘‘(2) DIRECT EMISSION.—The term ‘direct 

12 emission’ means an emission of a greenhouse gas di13 rectly from a source owned or controlled by the Fed14 eral Government, such as from a fleet of motor vehi15 cles. 

16 ‘‘(3) EMISSION ALLOWANCE.—The term ‘emis17 sion allowance’ means an authorization to emit, for 

18 any fiscal year, 1 ton of carbon dioxide (or the 

19 equivalent quantity of any other greenhouse gas, as 

20 determined by the Administrator). 

21 ‘‘(4) EMISSION BASELINE.—The term ‘emission 

22 baseline’ means a quantity of greenhouse gas emis23 sions equal to the aggregate quantity of direct emis24 sions, energy indirect emissions, and indirect emisVerDate Aug 31 2005 01:41 May 18, 2007 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1411.IS S1411

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1 sions for fiscal year 2005, as determined by the Of2 fice in accordance with section 702(b)(3). 

3 ‘‘(5) ENERGY INDIRECT EMISSION.—The term 

4 ‘energy indirect emission’ means an emission of a 

5 greenhouse gas resulting from the production of 

6 electricity purchased and used by the Federal Gov7 ernment. 

8 ‘‘(6) GREENHOUSE GAS.—The term ‘greenhouse 

9 gas’ means any of— 

10 ‘‘(A) carbon dioxide; 

11 ‘‘(B) methane; 

12 ‘‘(C) nitrous oxide; 

13 ‘‘(D) hydrofluorocarbons; 

14 ‘‘(E) perfluorocarbons; and 

15 ‘‘(F) sulfur hexafluoride. 

16 ‘‘(7) INDIRECT EMISSION.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘indirect 

18 emission’ means an emission of greenhouse 

19 gases resulting from the conduct of a project or 

20 activity (including outsourcing of a project or 

21 activity) by the Federal Government (or any 

22 Federal officer or employee acting in an official 

23 capacity). 


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1 ‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘indirect 

2 emission’ includes an emission of a greenhouse 

3 gas resulting from— 

4 ‘‘(i) employee travel; or 

5 ‘‘(ii) the use of an energy-intensive 

6 material, such as paper. 

7 ‘‘(C) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘indirect 

8 emission’ does not include an energy indirect 

9 emission. 

10 ‘‘(8) OFFICE.—The term ‘Office’ means the 

11 Federal Emissions Inventory Office established by 

12 section 702(a). 

13 ‘‘(9) PROTOCOL.—The term ‘protocol’ means 

14 the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Accounting 

15 and Reporting Standard developed by the World Re16 sources Institute and World Business Council on 

17 Sustainable Development. 

18 ‘‘SEC. 702. FEDERAL EMISSIONS INVENTORY OFFICE. 

19 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 

20 the Environmental Protection Agency an office to be 

21 known as the ‘Federal Emissions Inventory Office’. 

22 ‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The Office shall— 

23 ‘‘(1) as soon as practicable after the date of en24 actment of this title, develop an emission inventory 

25 or other appropriate system to measure and verify 


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1 direct emissions, energy indirect emissions, indirect 

2 emissions, and offsets of those emissions; 

3 ‘‘(2) ensure that the process of data collection 

4 for the inventory or system is reliable, transparent, 

5 and accessible; 

6 ‘‘(3)(A)(i) not later than 1 year after the date 

7 of enactment of this title, establish an emission base8 line for the Federal Government; or 

9 ‘‘(ii) not later than 180 days after the date of 

10 enactment of this title, if the Office determines that 

11 Federal agencies have not collected enough informa12 tion, or sufficient data are otherwise unavailable, to 

13 establish an emission baseline, submit to Congress 

14 and the Administrator a report describing the type 

15 and quantity of data that are unavailable; and 

16 ‘‘(B) after establishment of an emission base17 line under subparagraph (A), periodically review 

18 and, if new information relating to the base year be19 comes available, revise the emission baseline, as ap20 propriate; 

21 ‘‘(4) upon development of the inventory or sys22 tem under paragraph (1), use the inventory or sys23 tem to begin accounting for direct emissions, energy 

24 indirect emissions, and indirect emissions in accord25 ance with the protocol; 


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1 ‘‘(5) ensure that the inventory or other appro2 priate system developed under paragraph (1) is peri3 odically audited to ensure that data reported in ac4 cordance with the inventory or system are relevant, 

5 complete, and transparent; 

6 ‘‘(6) not later than 1 year after the date of en7 actment of this title— 

8 ‘‘(A) develop such additional procedures as 

9 are necessary to account for emissions described 

10 in paragraph (3), particularly indirect emis11 sions; and 

12 ‘‘(B) submit to Congress and the Adminis13 trator a report that describes any additional 

14 data necessary to calculate indirect emissions; 

15 ‘‘(7) coordinate with climate change and green16 house gas registries being developed by States and 

17 Indian tribes; and 

18 ‘‘(8) not later than October 1 of the year after 

19 the date of enactment of this title, and annually 

20 thereafter, submit to Congress and the Adminis21 trator a report that, for the preceding fiscal year, for 

22 the Federal Government and each Federal agency— 

23 ‘‘(A) describes the aggregate quantity of 

24 emissions (including direct emissions, energy in25 direct emissions, and indirect emissions); and 


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1 ‘‘(B) specifies separately the quantities of 

2 direct emissions, energy indirect emissions, and 

3 indirect emissions comprising that aggregate 

4 quantity. 

5 ‘‘SEC. 703. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

6 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 

7 as are necessary to carry out this title.’’. 

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