IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1526 
Expressing support for the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas 
and its goal to encourage collaboration and cooperation among countries 
to address the energy and climate change challenges facing the Western 
Hemisphere. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 15, 2010 
Mr. ENGEL submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the Energy and Climate Partnership 
of the Americas and its goal to encourage collaboration 
and cooperation among countries to address the energy 
and climate change challenges facing the Western Hemi-
sphere. 
Whereas President Obama invited Western Hemisphere coun-
tries to join in an Energy and Climate Partnership of the 
Americas (ECPA) during the Fifth Summit of the Amer-
icas held on April 2009 in Trinidad and Tobago; 
Whereas the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Amer-
icas is voluntary, allowing governments, Inter-American 
organizations, private industry, and civil society to lead 
or participate in initiatives that reflect their priorities; 
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Whereas more than 30 energy ministers and delegations from 
across the Western Hemisphere met on April 15, 2010, 
through April 16, 2010, in Washington, DC, to deepen 
cooperation on energy security and on alternative energy 
resources; 
Whereas ECPA initiatives focus on areas of cooperation such 
as renewable energy, energy efficiency, energy poverty, 
infrastructure, cleaner fossil fuels, as well as sustainable 
landscapes and adaptation; 
Whereas the Western Hemisphere supplies one-fourth of the 
world’s crude oil, one-third of the world’s natural gas, 
nearly one-fourth of its coal, over a third of global elec-
tricity, and almost three-quarters of worldwide bio-fuel 
production; 
Whereas ECPA is a partnership of Western Hemisphere na-
tions focused on creating energy independence and pro-
moting sustainable, clean energy practices and tech-
nologies, and not a fossil fuel subsidy program to in-
crease energy dependency; 
Whereas Chile, Peru, Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil, El Sal-
vador, and Trinidad and Tobago will create Clean Energy 
Technology Centers to serve as clearinghouses of infor-
mation and as sources of expertise on various renewable 
energy technologies and practices; 
Whereas Brazil will lead an initiative to promote sustainable 
urban development and energy efficiency among low-in-
come residents; 
Whereas Colombia will lead an initiative to strengthen elec-
trical interconnections in the Andean Region, Chile, and 
Panama; 
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Whereas Canada will lead a working group to discuss meth-
ods to reduce the carbon and environmental footprint of 
heavy oil; 
Whereas Mexico will lead an initiative to promote and in-
crease energy efficiency; 
Whereas the United States Department of Energy will assist 
governments in Costa Rica, Dominica, Peru, Colombia, 
and the Caribbean in developing transformative energy 
programs through the Low Carbon Communities of the 
Americas Program; 
Whereas the United States Department of State will also 
support Central American countries in their effort to in-
tegrate the regional power market as well as activities 
that promote greater efficiency and the region’s clean en-
ergy development; and 
Whereas the United States Department of Agriculture and 
the United States Department of State will work with in-
terested countries to collaborate on scientific exchanges 
to advance renewable and sustainable biomass energy: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) strongly supports the goals of the Energy 
and Climate Partnership of the Americas; 
(2) encourages the efforts of the United States 
Government to expand collaboration and cooperation 
among countries in the Western Hemisphere on the 
issues of energy security, low carbon economic 
growth, and reducing energy poverty; and 
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(3) promotes the active participation by coun-
tries, businesses, and civil societies in the Western 
Hemisphere in this voluntary partnership. 
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