I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2635 
To reduce the Federal Government’s contribution to global warming through 
measures that promote efficiency in the Federal Government’s manage-
ment and operations, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 7, 2007 
Mr. WAXMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
Committees on Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, Transportation 
and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To reduce the Federal Government’s contribution to global 
warming through measures that promote efficiency in 
the Federal Government’s management and operations, 
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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Carbon-Neutral Gov-
ernment Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The harms associated with global warming 
are serious and well recognized. These include the 
global retreat of mountain glaciers, reduction in 
snow cover extent, the earlier spring melting of riv-
ers and lakes, the accelerated rate of rise of sea lev-
els during the 20th century relative to the past few 
thousand years, and increased intensity of hurri-
canes and typhoons. 
(2) The risks associated with a global mean 
surface temperature increase above 2 °C (3.6 °F) 
above preindustrial temperature are grave. Accord-
ing to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate 
Change, such temperature increases would increase 
the severity of ongoing alterations of terrestrial and 
marine environments, with potentially catastrophic 
results. Ongoing and projected effects include more 
prevalent droughts in dry regions, an increase in the 
spread of disease, a significant reduction in water 
storage in winter snowpack in mountainous regions 
with direct and important economic consequences, a 
precipitous rise in sea levels by the end of the cen-
tury, the potential devastation of coastal commu-
nities, severe and irreversible changes to natural eco-
systems such as the bleaching and destruction of 
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much of the world’s coral, and the potential extinc-
tion of 30 percent of all living species. 
(3) That these climate change risks are widely 
shared does not minimize the adverse affects indi-
vidual persons have suffered and will suffer because 
of global warming. 
(4) To preserve the ability to stabilize atmos-
pheric greenhouse gas concentrations at levels likely 
to protect against a temperature rise above 2 °C 
(3.6 °F) will require reductions of greenhouse gas 
emissions of 50 percent to 85 percent globally. 
(5) Achieving such reductions will require a 
multitude of actions across the global economy that 
may each address a relatively minute quantity of 
emissions, but will be cumulatively significant. 
(6) With only 5 percent of the world population, 
the United States emits approximately 20 percent of 
the world’s total greenhouse gas emissions, and must 
be a leader in addressing global warming. 
(7) The United States Government is the larg-
est energy consumer in the United States and is re-
sponsible for roughly 100,000,000 metric tons of 
CO2-equivalent emissions annually. 
(8) A reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 
Federal agencies would slow the increase of global 
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emissions and hence of global warming. In addition, 
Federal action would accelerate the pace of develop-
ment and adoption of technologies that will be crit-
ical to addressing global warming in the United 
States and worldwide. 
(9) A failure by any Federal agency to comply 
with the provisions of this Act requiring reductions 
in its greenhouse gas emissions would exacerbate the 
pace and extent of global warming and the harms 
caused by the agency beyond what would otherwise 
occur. Although the emissions increments involved 
could be relatively small, such a failure allowing in-
crementally greater emissions would injure all 
United States citizens. 
(10) Improved management of Government op-
erations, including acquisitions and procurement and 
operation of Government facilities, can maximize the 
use of existing energy efficiency and renewable en-
ergy technologies to reduce global warming pollution, 
while saving taxpayers’ money, reducing our depend-
ence on oil, enhancing national security, cleaning the 
air, and protecting pristine places from drilling and 
mining. 
(11) Enhancing the accountability and trans-
parency of Government operations through setting 
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milestones for agency activities, planning, measuring 
results, tracking results over time, and public report-
ing can improve Government management and make 
Government operations more efficient and cost effec-
tive. 
TITLE 
I—FEDERAL 
GOVERN-
MENT INVENTORY AND MAN-
AGEMENT OF GREENHOUSE 
GAS EMISSIONS 
SEC. 101. INVENTORY OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GREEN-
HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Each agency shall, in accordance 
with the guidance issued under subsection (b), annually 
inventory and report its greenhouse gas emissions for the 
preceding fiscal year. Each such inventory and report shall 
indicate as discrete categories— 
(1) any direct emission of greenhouse gas as a 
result of an activity of the agency; 
(2) the quantity of indirect emissions of green-
house gases attributable to the generation of elec-
tricity used by the agency and commercial air travel 
by agency personnel; and 
(3) the quantity of emissions of greenhouse 
gases associated with the work performed for the 
agency by Federal contractors, comprising direct 
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emissions and indirect emissions associated with 
electricity used by, and commercial air travel by, 
such contractors. 
(b) GUIDANCE; ASSISTANCE.—Not later than 3 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator shall issue guidance for agencies for con-
ducting inventories under this section and reporting under 
section 102. Such guidance shall establish inventory and 
reporting procedures that are at least as rigorous as the 
inventory procedures established under the Environmental 
Protection Agency’s Climate Leaders program and shall 
define the scope of the inventories of direct emissions de-
scribed in subsection (a)(1) to be complete and consistent 
with the national obligation for reporting inventories 
under the United Nations Framework Convention on Cli-
mate Change. The Administrator shall provide assistance 
to agencies in preparing their inventories. 
(c) INITIAL INVENTORY BY AGENCIES.— 
(1) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, each agency 
shall submit to the Administrator and make publicly 
available on the agency’s website an initial inventory 
of the agency’s greenhouse gas emissions for the 
preceding fiscal year. 
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(2) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 6 months 
after an agency submits an initial inventory under 
paragraph (1), the Administrator shall review the in-
ventory for compliance with the guidance issued 
under subsection (b) and— 
(A) certify that the inventory is technically 
valid; or 
(B) decline to certify the inventory and 
provide an explanation of the actions or revi-
sions that are necessary for the inventory to be 
certified under subparagraph (A). 
(3) REVISION.—If the Administrator declines to 
certify the inventory of an agency under paragraph 
(2)(B), the agency shall submit to the Administrator 
and make publicly available on the agency’s website 
a revised inventory not later than 6 months after the 
date on which the Administrator provides the agency 
with the explanation required by such paragraph. 
(d) FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT.—Beginning not 
later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri-
culture shall include as a discrete category in any inven-
tory under this section any emission of greenhouse gas and 
any biological sequestration of greenhouse gases associ-
ated with land managed by the Bureau of Land Manage-
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ment or the Forest Service. Such emissions and biological 
sequestration of greenhouse gases shall not be considered 
for the purposes of setting or measuring progress toward 
targets under section 102. 
SEC. 
102. 
MANAGEMENT 
OF 
FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT 
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. 
(a) EMISSION REDUCTION TARGETS.—Not later than 
18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Administrator shall promulgate annual reduction tar-
gets for the total quantity of greenhouse gas emissions de-
scribed in section 101(a), expressed as carbon dioxide 
equivalents, of all agencies, taken collectively, for each of 
fiscal years 2010 through 2050. 
(b) GOALS.—The targets promulgated under sub-
section (a) shall be calculated so as— 
(1) to prevent the total quantity of greenhouse 
gas emissions of all agencies in fiscal year 2011 and 
each subsequent fiscal year from exceeding the total 
quantity of such emissions in fiscal year 2010; and 
(2) to reduce such greenhouse gas emissions as 
rapidly as possible, but at a minimum by a quantity 
equal to 2 percent of projected fiscal year 2010 
emissions each fiscal year, so as to achieve zero net 
annual greenhouse gas emissions from the agencies 
by fiscal year 2050. 
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(c) PROPORTIONATE SHARE.—Each agency shall 
limit the quantity of its greenhouse gas emissions de-
scribed in section 101(a) to its proportionate share so as 
to enable the agencies to achieve the targets promulgated 
under subsection (a). The Administrator shall promulgate 
annual reduction targets to be met by each agency to com-
ply with this subsection. 
(d) AGENCY PLANS FOR MANAGING EMISSIONS.— 
(1) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, each agency 
shall develop, submit to the Administrator, and 
make publicly available on the agency’s website a 
plan for achieving the annual reduction targets ap-
plicable to such agency under this section through 
fiscal year 2020. Not later than 2 years before the 
10-year period beginning in 2021 and each subse-
quent 10-year period, the agency shall develop, sub-
mit to the Administrator, and make publicly avail-
able an updated plan for achieving such targets for 
the respective period. Each plan developed under 
this paragraph shall— 
(A) identify the specific actions to be taken 
by the agency; and 
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(B) estimate the quantity of reductions of 
greenhouse gas emissions to be achieved 
through each such action. 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 6 months 
after an agency submits a plan under paragraph (1), 
the Administrator shall— 
(A) certify that the plan is technically 
sound and, if implemented, is expected to limit 
the quantity of the agency’s greenhouse gas 
emissions to its proportionate share under sub-
section (c); or 
(B) decline to certify the plan and provide 
an explanation of the revisions that are nec-
essary for the plan to be certified under sub-
paragraph (A). 
(3) REVISION.—If the Administrator declines to 
certify the plan of an agency under paragraph (2), 
the agency shall submit to the Administrator and 
make publicly available on the agency’s website a re-
vised plan not later than 6 months after the date on 
which the Administrator provides the agency with 
the explanation required by paragraph (2)(B). 
(e) EMISSIONS MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Each agency shall manage 
its greenhouse gas emissions to meet the annual re-
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