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Union Calendar No. 24 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 910 
[Report No. 112–50] 
To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency from promulgating any regulation concerning, 
taking action relating to, or taking into consideration the emission of 
a greenhouse gas to address climate change, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2011 
Mr. UPTON (for himself, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. 
BOREN, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. WALDEN, 
Mr. SULLIVAN, and Mr. MCKINLEY) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
APRIL 1, 2011 
Additional sponsors: Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. HALL, Mr. LUCAS, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. 
OLSON, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. POMPEO, Mr. 
TERRY, Mrs. BONO MACK, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. LATTA, Mrs. 
MYRICK, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. GRIFFITH of Vir-
ginia, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. BENISHEK, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. JOHNSON 
of Ohio, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan, Mr. RIBBLE, Mrs. 
NOEM, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of 
Texas, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. CAMP, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. 
FLORES, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. RENACCI, Mr. AUSTRIA, Mrs. 
LUMMIS, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. 
RUNYAN, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. HARPER, Mr. MURPHY of Penn-
sylvania, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. 
TIBERI, Mr. REHBERG, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. 
CANSECO, Mr. KLINE, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. BUCSHON, 
Mr. LANDRY, Mr. PENCE, Mr. CARTER, Mr. POSEY, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. 
POE of Texas, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. TURNER, Ms. JENKINS, Mr. 
SIMPSON, Mr. KELLY, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. CALVERT, 
Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. REED, Mr. HURT, Mr. 
ROONEY, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. BERG, Mr. YOUNG of Indiana, Mr. GOSAR, 
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Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. PITTS, Mr. GARY G. MILLER 
of California, Mrs. EMERSON, and Mr. THORNBERRY 
APRIL 1, 2011 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 3, 2011] 
A BILL 
To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency from promul-
gating any regulation concerning, taking action relating 
to, or taking into consideration the emission of a green-
house gas to address climate change, and for other pur-
poses. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy Tax Prevention 
Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. NO REGULATION OF EMISSIONS OF GREENHOUSE 
GASES. 
Title III of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 330. NO REGULATION OF EMISSIONS OF GREEN-
HOUSE GASES. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘green-
house gas’ means any of the following: 
‘‘(1) Water vapor. 
‘‘(2) Carbon dioxide. 
‘‘(3) Methane. 
‘‘(4) Nitrous oxide. 
‘‘(5) Sulfur hexafluoride. 
‘‘(6) Hydrofluorocarbons. 
‘‘(7) Perfluorocarbons. 
‘‘(8) Any other substance subject to, or proposed 
to be subject to, regulation, action, or consideration 
under this Act to address climate change. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON AGENCY ACTION.— 
‘‘(1) LIMITATION.— 
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator 
may not, under this Act, promulgate any regula-
tion concerning, take action relating to, or take 
into consideration the emission of a greenhouse 
gas to address climate change. 
‘‘(B) AIR
POLLUTANT
DEFINITION.—The 
definition of the term ‘air pollutant’ in section 
302(g) does not include a greenhouse gas. Not-
withstanding the previous sentence, such defini-
tion may include a greenhouse gas for purposes 
of addressing concerns other than climate change. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Paragraph (1) does not pro-
hibit the following: 
‘‘(A) Notwithstanding paragraph (4)(B), 
implementation and enforcement of the rule enti-
tled ‘Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emis-
sion Standards and Corporate Average Fuel 
Economy Standards’ (as published at 75 Fed. 
Reg. 25324 (May 7, 2010) and without further 
revision) and finalization, implementation, en-
forcement, and revision of the proposed rule enti-
tled ‘Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and 
Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and 
Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles’ published at 
75 Fed. Reg. 74152 (November 30, 2010). 
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‘‘(B) Implementation and enforcement of 
section 211(o). 
‘‘(C) Statutorily authorized Federal re-
search, development, and demonstration pro-
grams addressing climate change. 
‘‘(D) Implementation and enforcement of 
title VI to the extent such implementation or en-
forcement only involves one or more class I sub-
stances or class II substances (as such terms are 
defined in section 601). 
‘‘(E) Implementation and enforcement of 
section 821 (42 U.S.C. 7651k note) of Public 
Law 101–549 (commonly referred to as the 
‘Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990’). 
‘‘(3) INAPPLICABILITY OF PROVISIONS.—Nothing 
listed in paragraph (2) shall cause a greenhouse gas 
to be subject to part C of title I (relating to preven-
tion of significant deterioration of air quality) or 
considered an air pollutant for purposes of title V (re-
lating to permits). 
‘‘(4) CERTAIN PRIOR AGENCY ACTIONS.—The fol-
lowing rules and actions (including any supplement 
or revision to such rules and actions) are repealed 
and shall have no legal effect: 
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‘‘(A) ‘Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse 
Gases’, published at 74 Fed. Reg. 56260 (October 
30, 2009). 
‘‘(B) ‘Endangerment and Cause or Con-
tribute Findings for Greenhouse Gases Under 
Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act’, published 
at 74 Fed. Reg. 66496 (December 15, 2009). 
‘‘(C) ‘Reconsideration of Interpretation of 
Regulations That Determine Pollutants Covered 
by Clean Air Act Permitting Programs’, pub-
lished at 75 Fed. Reg. 17004 (April 2, 2010) and 
the memorandum from Stephen L. Johnson, En-
vironmental Protection Agency (EPA) Adminis-
trator, to EPA Regional Administrators, con-
cerning ‘EPA’s Interpretation of Regulations 
that Determine Pollutants Covered by Federal 
Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) 
Permit Program’ (December 18, 2008). 
‘‘(D) ‘Prevention of Significant Deteriora-
tion and Title V Greenhouse Gas Tailoring 
Rule’, published at 75 Fed. Reg. 31514 (June 3, 
2010). 
‘‘(E) ‘Action To Ensure Authority To Issue 
Permits Under the Prevention of Significant De-
terioration Program to Sources of Greenhouse 
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rioration Program’, published at 75 Fed. Reg. 
82430 (December 30, 2010). 
‘‘(J) ‘Limitation of Approval of Prevention 
of Significant Deterioration Provisions Con-
cerning Greenhouse Gas Emitting-Sources in 
State Implementation Plans’, published at 75 
Fed. Reg. 82536 (December 30, 2010). 
‘‘(K) ‘Determinations Concerning Need for 
Error Correction, Partial Approval and Partial 
Disapproval, and Federal Implementation Plan 
Regarding Texas Prevention of Significant Dete-
rioration Program; Proposed Rule’, published at 
75 Fed. Reg. 82365 (December 30, 2010). 
‘‘(L) Except for actions listed in paragraph 
(2), any other Federal action under this Act oc-
curring before the date of enactment of this sec-
tion that applies a stationary source permitting 
requirement or an emissions standard for a 
greenhouse gas to address climate change. 
‘‘(5) STATE ACTION.— 
‘‘(A) NO LIMITATION.—This section does not 
limit or otherwise affect the authority of a State 
to adopt, amend, enforce, or repeal State laws 
and regulations pertaining to the emission of a 
greenhouse gas. 
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‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.— 
‘‘(i) RULE.—Notwithstanding subpara-
graph (A), any provision described in 
clause (ii)— 
‘‘(I) is not federally enforceable; 
‘‘(II) is not deemed to be a part 
of Federal law; and 
‘‘(III) is deemed to be stricken 
from the plan described in clause 
(ii)(I) or the program or permit de-
scribed in clause (ii)(II), as applicable. 
‘‘(ii) PROVISION DEFINED.—For pur-
poses of clause (i), the term ‘provision’ 
means any provision that— 
‘‘(I) is contained in a State im-
plementation plan under section 110 
and authorizes or requires a limitation 
on, or imposes a permit requirement 
for, the emission of a greenhouse gas to 
address climate change; or 
‘‘(II) is part of an operating per-
mit program under title V, or a permit 
issued pursuant to title V, and author-
izes or requires a limitation on the 
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emission of a greenhouse gas to address 
climate change. 
‘‘(C) ACTION BY ADMINISTRATOR.—The Ad-
ministrator may not approve or make federally 
enforceable any provision described in subpara-
graph (B)(ii).’’. 
SEC. 3. PRESERVING ONE NATIONAL STANDARD FOR AUTO-
MOBILES. 
Section 209(b) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7543) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) With respect to standards for emissions of green-
house gases (as defined in section 330) for model year 2017 
or any subsequent model year new motor vehicles and new 
motor vehicle engines— 
‘‘(A) the Administrator may not waive applica-
tion of subsection (a); and 
‘‘(B) no waiver granted prior to the date of en-
actment of this paragraph may be construed to waive 
the application of subsection (a).’’. 
SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of the Congress that— 
(1) there is established scientific concern over 
warming of the climate system based upon evidence 
from observations of increases in global average air 
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and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow 
and ice, and rising global average sea level; 
(2) addressing climate change is an inter-
national issue, involving complex scientific and eco-
nomic considerations; 
(3) the United States has a role to play in re-
solving global climate change matters on an inter-
national basis; and 
(4) Congress should fulfill that role by developing 
policies that do not adversely affect the American 
economy, energy supplies, and employment. 
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Union Calendar No. 24 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 910 
[Report No. 112–50] 
A BILL 
To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Admin-
istrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
from promulgating any regulation concerning, 
taking action relating to, or taking into consider-
ation the emission of a greenhouse gas to address 
climate change, and for other purposes. 
APRIL 1, 2011 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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