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(i) the science of climate change and
its impacts;
(ii) energy and environmental econom-
ics;
(iii) technology transfer and diffusion;
(iv) the social dimensions of climate
change;
(v) climate change adaptation strate-
gies;
(vi) fossil, nuclear, and renewable en-
ergy technology;
(vii) energy efficiency and energy con-
servation;
(viii) energy systems integration;
(ix) engineered and terrestrial carbon
sequestration;
(x) transportation, industrial, and
building sector concerns;
(xi) 
regulatory 
and 
market-based
mechanisms for addressing climate change;
(xii) risk and decision analysis;
(xiii) strategic planning; and
(xiv) the international implications of
climate change strategies.
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(12) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of Energy.
(13) STABILIZATION OF GREENHOUSE GAS CON-
CENTRATIONS.—The term ‘‘stabilization of greenhouse
gas concentrations’’ means the stabilization of green-
house gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level
that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic inter-
ference with the climate system, recognizing that such
a level should be achieved within a time frame suffi-
cient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to cli-
mate change, to ensure that food production is not
threatened and to enable economic development to
proceed in a sustainable manner, as contemplated by
the United Nations Framework Convention on Cli-
mate Change, done at New York on May 9, 1992.
(14) STRATEGY.—The term ‘‘Strategy’’ means
the National Climate Change Strategy developed
under section 1013.
(15) WHITE HOUSE OFFICE.—The term ‘‘White
House Office’’ means the Office of National Climate
Change Policy established by section 1014(a).
SEC. 1013. NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President, through the director
of the White House Office and in consultation with the
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Interagency Task Force, shall develop a National Climate
Change Strategy, which shall—
(1) have the long-term goal of stabilization of
greenhouse gas concentrations through actions taken
by the United States and other nations;
(2) recognize that accomplishing the long-term
goal of the Strategy will take from many decades to
more than a century, but acknowledging that signifi-
cant actions must begin in the near term;
(3) incorporate the four key elements;
(4) be developed on the basis of an examination
of a broad range of emissions levels and dates for
achievement of those levels (including those evaluated
by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
and those consistent with United States treaty com-
mitments) that, after taking into account actions by
other nations, would achieve the long-term goal of the
Strategy;
(5) consider the broad range of activities and ac-
tions that can be taken by United States entities to
reduce, avoid, or sequester greenhouse gas emissions
both within the United States and in other nations
through the use of market mechanisms, which may in-
clude, but not be limited to, mitigation activities, ter-
restrial sequestration, earning offsets through carbon
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capture or project-based activities, trading of emis-
sions credits in domestic and international markets,
and the application of the resulting credits from any
of the above within the United States;
(6) minimize any adverse short-term and long-
term social, economic, national security, and environ-
mental impacts, including ensuring that the strategy
is developed in an economically and environmentally
sound manner;
(7) incorporate mitigation approaches leading to
the development and deployment of advanced tech-
nologies and practices that will reduce, avoid, or se-
quester greenhouse gas emissions;
(8) be consistent with the goals of energy, trans-
portation, industrial, agricultural, forestry, environ-
mental, economic, and other relevant policies of the
United States;
(9) take into account—
(A) the diversity of energy sources and tech-
nologies;
(B) supply-side and demand-side solutions;
and
(C) national infrastructure, energy distribu-
tion, and transportation systems;
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(10) be based on an evaluation of a wide range
of approaches for achieving the long-term goal of the
Strategy, including evaluation of—
(A) a variety of cost-effective Federal and
State policies, programs, standards, and incen-
tives;
(B) policies that integrate and promote in-
novative, market-based solutions in the United
States and in foreign countries; and
(C) participation in other international in-
stitutions, or in the support of international ac-
tivities, that are established or conducted to
achieve the long-term goal of the Strategy;
(11) in the final recommendations of the
Strategy—
(A) emphasize policies and actions that
achieve the long-term goal of the Strategy; and
(B) 
provide 
specific 
recommendations
concerning—
(i) measures determined to be appro-
priate for short-term implementation, giv-
ing preference to cost-effective and techno-
logically feasible measures that will—
(I) produce measurable net reduc-
tions in United States emissions, com-
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pared to expected trends, that lead to-
ward achievement of the long-term goal
of the Strategy; and
(II) minimize any adverse short-
term and long-term economic, environ-
mental, national security, and social
impacts on the United States;
(ii) the development of technologies
that have the potential for long-term
implementation—
(I) giving preference to tech-
nologies that have the potential to re-
duce significantly the overall cost of
achieving the long-term goal of the
Strategy; and
(II) considering a full range of
energy sources, energy conversion and
use technologies, and efficiency options;
(iii) such changes in institutional and
technology systems are necessary to adapt to
climate change in the short-term and the
long-term;
(iv) such review, modification, and en-
hancement of the scientific, technical, and
economic research efforts of the United
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States, and improvements to the data re-
sulting from research, as are appropriate to
improve the accuracy of predictions con-
cerning climate change and the economic
and social costs and opportunities relating
to climate change; and
(v) changes that should be made to
project and grant evaluation criteria under
other Federal research and development pro-
grams so that those criteria do not inhibit
development of climate-friendly technologies;
(12) recognize that the Strategy is intended to
guide the Nation’s effort to address climate change,
but it shall not create a legal obligation on the part
of any person or entity other than the duties of the
Director of the White House Office and Interagency
Task Force in the development of the Strategy;
(13) have a scope that considers the totality of
United States public, private, and public-private sec-
tor actions that bear on the long-term goal;
(14) be developed in a manner that provides for
meaningful 
participation 
by, 
and 
consultation
among, Federal, State, tribal, and local government
agencies, nongovernmental organizations, academia,
scientific bodies, industry, the public, and other inter-
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ested 
parties 
in 
accordance 
with 
subsections
(b)(3)(C)(iv)(II) and (e)(3)(B)(ii) of section 1014;
(15) address how the United States should en-
gage State, tribal, and local governments in devel-
oping and carrying out a response to climate change;
(16) promote, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, public awareness, outreach, and information-
sharing to further the understanding of the full range
of climate change-related issues;
(17) provide a detailed explanation of how the
measures recommended by the Strategy will ensure
that they do not result in serious harm to the econ-
omy of the United States;
(18) provide a detailed explanation of how the
measures recommended by the Strategy will achieve
its long-term goal;
(19) include any recommendations for legislative
and administrative actions necessary to implement
the Strategy;
(20) serve as a framework for climate change ac-
tions by all Federal agencies;
(21) recommend which Federal agencies are, or
should be, responsible for the various aspects of imple-
mentation of the Strategy and any budgetary impli-
cations;
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(22) address how the United States should en-
gage foreign governments in developing an inter-
national response to climate change; and
(23) incorporate initiatives to open markets and
promote the deployment of a range of climate-friendly
technologies developed in the United States and
abroad.
(b) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year
after the date of enactment of this section, the President,
through the Interagency Task Force and the Director, shall
submit to Congress the Strategy, in the form of a report
that includes—
(1) a description of the Strategy and its goals,
including how the Strategy addresses each of the 4
key elements;
(2) an inventory and evaluation of Federal pro-
grams and activities intended to carry out the Strat-
egy;
(3) a description of how the Strategy will serve
as a framework of climate change response actions by
all Federal agencies, including a description of co-
ordination mechanisms and interagency activities;
(4) evidence that the Strategy is consistent with
other energy, transportation, industrial, agricultural,
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forestry, environmental, economic, and other relevant
policies of the United States;
(5) a description of provisions in the Strategy
that ensure that it minimizes any adverse short-term
and long-term social, economic, national security,
and environmental impacts, including ensuring that
the Strategy is developed in an economically and en-
vironmentally sound manner;
(6) evidence that the Strategy has been developed
in a manner that provides for participation by, and
consultation among, Federal, State, tribal, and local
government agencies, nongovernmental organizations,
academia, scientific bodies, industry, the public, and
other interested parties;
(7) a description of Federal activities that pro-
mote, to the maximum extent practicable, public
awareness, outreach, and information-sharing to fur-
ther the understanding of the full range of climate
change-related issues; and
(8) recommendations for legislative or adminis-
trative changes to Federal programs or activities im-
plemented to carry out this Strategy, in light of new
knowledge of climate change and its impacts and
costs or benefits, or technological capacity to improve
mitigation or adaption activities.
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(c) UPDATES.—Not later than 4 years after the date
of submission of the Strategy to Congress under subsection
(b), and at the end of each 4-year period thereafter, the
President shall submit to Congress an updated version of
the Strategy.
(d) PROGRESS REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after
the date of submission of the Strategy to Congress under
subsection (b), and annually thereafter at the time that the
President submits to the Congress the budget of the United
States Government under section 1105 of title 31, United
States Code, the President shall submit to Congress a report
that—
(1) describes the Strategy, its goals, and the Fed-
eral programs and activities intended to carry out the
Strategy through technological, scientific, mitigation,
and adaptation activities;
(2) evaluates the Federal programs and activities
implemented as part of this Strategy against the
goals and implementation dates outlined in the Strat-
egy;
(3) assesses the progress in implementation of the
Strategy;
(4) incorporates the technology program reports
required pursuant to section 1015(a)(3) and sub-
sections (d) and (e) of section 1321;
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(5) describes any changes to Federal programs or
activities implemented to carry out this Strategy, in
light of new knowledge of climate change and its im-
pacts and costs or benefits, or technological capacity
to improve mitigation or adaptation activities;
(6) describes all Federal spending on climate
change for the current fiscal year and each of the 5
years previous; categorized by Federal agency and
program function (including scientific research, en-
ergy research and development, regulation, education,
and other activities);
(7) estimates the budgetary impact for the cur-
rent fiscal year and each of the 5 years previous of
any Federal tax credits, tax deductions or other in-
centives claimed by taxpayers that are directly or in-
directly attributable to greenhouse gas emissions re-
duction activities;
(8) estimates the amount, in metric tons, of net
greenhouse gas emissions reduced, avoided, or seques-
tered directly or indirectly as a result of the imple-
mentation of the Strategy;
(9) evaluates international research and develop-
ment and market-based activities and the mitigation
actions taken by the United States and other nations
to achieve the long-term goal of the Strategy; and