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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 288 

Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green Real 

Deal. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 3, 2019 

Mr. GAETZ (for himself and Mr. ROONEY of Florida) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Ways 

and Means, the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, Armed 

Services, and Oversight and Reform, 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 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create 

a Green Real Deal. 

Whereas United States greenhouse gas emissions have decreased approximately 10 percent since 2005; 

Whereas the United States leads the world in gross emissions 

reductions; 

Whereas a clean energy economy is driven by a national commitment to innovation, competitive markets, and the deployment of advanced energy technologies, and the success of this approach is visible in the United States 

where— 


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(1) energy productivity has grown 14 percent since 

2009; 

(2) the total production of natural gas has increased 

by 56 percent since 2009; and 

(3) the installed wind and solar power capacity has 

quadrupled since 2009; 

Whereas energy prices in the United States are historically 

low, and energy costs make up less than 5 percent of 

total United States personal consumption expenses; 

Whereas, in 2018, United States businesses set records by— 

(1) tripling corporate procurement of clean energy; 

(2) increasing liquified natural gas exports by 135 

percent; and 

(3) increasing sales of electric vehicles by 80 percent; 

Whereas the Department of Defense, on an ongoing basis 

and at the direction of Congress, has identified risks to 

military assets, bases, and national security from climate 

change, and has developed opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve national security; 

Whereas 13 Federal agencies, at the direction of Congress 

through the Global Change Research Act of 1990, have 

found that— 

(1) climate change creates new risks and exacerbates 

existing vulnerabilities in communities across the United 

States, and that climate change threatens human health 

and safety, quality of life, and the rate of economic 

growth; 

(2) communities, governments, and businesses are 

working to reduce risks from, and costs associated with, 

climate change, by taking action to lower greenhouse gas 

emissions and implement adaptation strategies; and 


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(3) while climate change mitigation and adaptation 

efforts have expanded substantially in the last 4 years, 

such efforts do not yet approach the scale considered necessary to avoid substantial damages to the economy, environment, and human health over the coming decades; and 

Whereas the House of Representatives recognizes unprecedented demand for job-creating, American-made, clean 

energy, and the need to empower individuals and businesses to come together in the marketplace, as a historic 

opportunity to— 

(1) create millions of good, high-wage jobs in the 

United States; 

(2) enable equal opportunity to achieve unprecedented levels of prosperity and economic security for all 

people of the United States; and 

(3) secure the position of the United States as a 

global environmental leader: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep2 resentatives that— 

3 (1) it is the duty of the Federal Government to 

4 create a Green Real Deal— 

5 (A) to achieve robust, economy-wide green6 house gas emissions reductions; 

7 (B) to create more clean energy options 

8 through a commitment to innovation; 

9 (C) to position the United States as a 

10 global leader in clean energy, driving global in11 vestment in American-made clean energy tech12 nologies; 


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1 (D) to reduce and modernize regulations to 

2 speed deployment of clean energy technologies 

3 nationwide and worldwide, and to affirm that 

4 the Government should not pick winners and 

5 losers; 

6 (E) to empower individuals, States, and 

7 the marketplace to invest in and implement 

8 clean energy technologies; and 

9 (F) to ensure that the infrastructure, com10 munities, and military of the United States are 

11 resilient and adapting to long-term environ12 mental, climate, and social change; and 

13 (2) the goals described in subparagraphs (A) 

14 through (F) of paragraph (1) (referred to in this 

15 resolution as the ‘‘Green Real Deal goals’’) should 

16 be accomplished by— 

17 (A) investing in carbon capture storage 

18 and carbon capture and use, and otherwise re19 ducing emissions or achieving net-zero emis20 sions from energy produced from fossil fuels; 

21 (B) investing in next-generation low- and 

22 zero-emission energy sources, including renew23 able energy and nuclear energy, especially small 

24 modular reactors; 


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1 (C) promoting the widespread use and de2 ployment of next-generation recycling and waste 

3 management technology, such as plastics-to-fuel 

4 initiatives, and transforming postconsumer re5 cycled plastic into new materials such as as6 phalt; 

7 (D) modernizing the electric grid through 

8 strategic investments in transmission, distribu9 tion, and storage; 

10 (E) allowing fair and equal access to en11 ergy development on Federal lands; 

12 (F) modernizing the implementation of the 

13 National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

14 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) to drive investment in 

15 clean energy infrastructure, especially 

16 multistate transmission and offshore wind; 

17 (G) eliminating regulations that hinder or 

18 slow the deployment of advanced energy, and 

19 creating a regulatory climate to encourage the 

20 use of clean, renewable, and innovative energy 

21 and recycling technologies; 

22 (H) modernizing regulations governing hy23 dropower development; 

24 (I) establishing a voluntary framework for 

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1 able energy procurement, and energy efficiency 

2 investment, to increase investment in clean en3 ergy technology and improve transparency and 

4 accountability for the benefit of customers, in5 vestors, and shareholders; 

6 (J) establishing robust homeowner tax in7 centives for energy efficiency upgrades, includ8 ing HVAC upgrades; 

9 (K) expanding tax incentives for commer10 cial building energy efficiency upgrades; 

11 (L) establishing challenge grants for uni12 versities to develop actionable plans for increas13 ing resiliency and building adaptive capacity to 

14 climate change in urban and rural areas, as 

15 well as in national parks and other Federal 

16 lands; 

17 (M) working with utility companies and de18 velopers to enhance consumers’ ability to access 

19 clean and renewable energy in their homes and 

20 businesses, including solar, wind, and geo21 thermal energy; and 

22 (N) protecting the intellectual property of 

23 American innovators. 

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