fects of black carbon and organic carbon emis-
sions, which might be used to compare the cli-
mate benefits of different mitigation strategies; 
and 
(D) the health benefits associated with ad-
ditional controls for black carbon emissions. 
(2) Recommendations of the Administrator re-
garding— 
(A) areas of focus for additional research 
for technologies, operations, and strategies with 
the highest potential to reduce emissions of 
black carbon; and 
(B) actions the Federal Government could 
carry out to encourage or require black carbon 
emission reductions that may be additional to 
those identified under section 6. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit 
to Congress a report describing the results of the study. 
SEC. 6. BLACK CARBON REDUCTIONS IN THE UNITED 
STATES. 
(a) REGULATIONS.—By 270 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall propose 
regulations under the existing authorities of the Clean Air 
Act to reduce emissions of black carbon. The Adminis-
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trator shall promulgate final regulations under those au-
thorities within 635 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. In developing such regulations, the Adminis-
trator shall take into account the full range of health and 
environmental harms of black carbon emissions, including 
the effects on global warming and the Arctic. 
(b) CLEAN AIR ACT PROVISIONS.—The obligations of 
the Administrator under subsection (a) shall be considered 
a nondiscretionary duty for purposes of sections 304 of 
the Clean Air Act. 
SEC. 7. UNITED STATES FOREIGN AID AND ASSISTANCE. 
(a) REPORT.—Within 9 months after enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with other 
appropriate Federal agencies such as the Agency for Inter-
national Development, the Secretary of the Treasury, and 
the Administrator, shall issue a report to Congress on the 
amount, type, and direction of all present and potential 
United States financial and related assistance to foreign 
nations that will reduce, mitigate, and otherwise abate 
black carbon pollution. 
(b) OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.—The report required 
under subsection (a) shall also identify opportunities for 
foreign assistance and direction in order to— 
(1) promote sustainable solutions to bring 
clean, efficient, and affordable stoves to residents of 
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developing countries that are reliant on upon solid 
fuels such as wood, dung, charcoal, coal, or crop res-
idues for home cooking and heating, so as to help 
reduce public health and environmentally harmful 
impacts of black carbon pollution; 
(2) make technological improvements to diesel 
engines and provide greater access to fuels that emit 
less or no black carbon; 
(3) reduce unnecessary agricultural or other 
biomass burning where feasible alternatives exist; 
(4) reduce unnecessary fossil fuel burning that 
produces black carbon where feasible alternatives 
exist; or 
(5) reduce other sources of black carbon pollu-
tion. 
SEC. 8. INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS. 
(a) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States— 
(1) to engage in the processes of the United 
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 
and the Convention on Long Range Transboundary 
Air Pollution to explore the potential to accelerate 
reductions in black carbon emissions, and to improve 
our understanding of the climatic effects of black 
carbon, as well as the mitigation potential in dif-
ferent sectors and regions around the world; 
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(2) to work with affected and interested nations 
and the Arctic Council on an agreement to protect 
the Arctic environment, consistent with the prin-
ciples of the Convention on the Conservation of Ant-
arctic Marine Living Resources; 
(3) to further the goals of the Agreement on 
the Conservation of Polar Bears ratified by the Gov-
ernments of Canada, Denmark, Norway, Russia, and 
the United States, to explicitly take into account the 
threat to polar bears posed by global warming; 
(4) to abide by the American Declaration of the 
Rights and Duties of Man with regard to human 
rights; 
(5) to work with parties to the North American 
Free Trade Agreement and other related agreements 
in the Americas share information and coordinate on 
approaches to reduce black carbon pollution; and 
(6) to further reduce shipping pollution through 
domestic means and through MARPOL. 
(b) REPORT.—By January 1, 2010, the Secretary of 
State shall issue a report to the Congress on the advance-
ment of the policies and goals enunciated in this section 
with regard to black carbon. 
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SEC. 9. EFFECT ON OTHER LAW. 
Nothing in this Act precludes or abrogates the right 
of any State to adopt or enforce any standard, cap, limita-
tion, prohibition, requirement, or effort to reduce the 
emissions of any greenhouse gas. States may elect to enact 
standards that are more stringent than those required 
under this Act. 
SEC. 10. APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as are necessary to carry out this Act. 
SEC. 11. SEPARABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act or the application of any 
provision of this Act to any person or circumstance is held 
invalid, the application of such provision to other persons 
or circumstances, and the remainder of the Act, shall not 
be affected thereby. 
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