I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4572 
To amend the Clean Air Act relating to greenhouse gases, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 2, 2010 
Mr. SKELTON (for himself, Mr. PETERSON, and Mrs. EMERSON) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Clean Air Act relating to greenhouse gases, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. GREENHOUSE GAS REGULATION UNDER CLEAN 
AIR ACT. 
Section 302(g) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7602(g)) is amended by adding the following at the end 
thereof: ‘‘The term ‘air pollutant’ shall not include any 
of the following solely on the basis of its effect on global 
climate change: 
‘‘(1) Carbon dioxide. 
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‘‘(2) Methane. 
‘‘(3) Nitrous oxide. 
‘‘(4) Hydrofluorocarbons. 
‘‘(5) Perfluorocarbons. 
‘‘(6) Sulfur hexafluoride.’’. 
SEC. 2. RENEWABLE FUEL STANDARD. 
(a) EXCLUSION OF ACTIVITIES RELATING TO INTER-
NATIONAL INDIRECT LAND USE CHANGE.—The Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall not 
carry out any activities relating to the inclusion of inter-
national indirect land use change in the implementation 
of the renewable fuel program established under section 
211(o) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)). 
(b) EXCLUSION
OF INDIRECT EMISSIONS FROM 
INTERNATIONAL LAND USE CHANGES IN CALCULATION 
OF LIFECYCLE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.—Para-
graph (1)(H) of section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act (42 
U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)(H)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(including direct emissions and 
significant indirect emissions such as significant 
emissions from land use changes)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(excluding indirect emissions from international 
land use changes)’’; and 
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(2) by striking ‘‘the Administrator’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the Administrator and the Secretary of Agri-
culture’’. 
(c) RENEWABLE BIOMASS.—Paragraph (1)(I) of sec-
tion 211(o) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)(I)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(I) RENEWABLE BIOMASS.—The term ‘re-
newable biomass’ means— 
‘‘(i) 
materials, 
pre-commercial 
thinnings, or invasive species from Na-
tional Forest System land and public lands 
(as defined in section 103 of the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(43 U.S.C. 1702)) that— 
‘‘(I) are byproducts of preventive 
treatments that are removed— 
‘‘(aa) to reduce hazardous 
fuels; 
‘‘(bb) to reduce or contain 
disease or insect infestation; or 
‘‘(cc) to restore ecosystem 
health; 
‘‘(II) would not otherwise be used 
for higher-value products; and 
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‘‘(III) are harvested in accord-
ance with— 
‘‘(aa) applicable law and 
land management plans; and 
‘‘(bb) 
the 
requirements 
for— 
‘‘(AA) old-growth main-
tenance, 
restoration, 
and 
management 
direction 
of 
paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) 
of subsection (e) of section 
102 of the Healthy Forests 
Restoration Act of 2003 (16 
U.S.C. 6512); and 
‘‘(BB) large-tree reten-
tion of subsection (f) of that 
section; or 
‘‘(ii) any organic matter that is avail-
able on a renewable or recurring basis 
from non-Federal land or land belonging to 
an Indian or Indian tribe that is held in 
trust by the United States or subject to a 
restriction against alienation imposed by 
the United States, including— 
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