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(5) 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) and maintain the likelihood of avoiding cat-
astrophic global warming will require reductions of 
greenhouse gas emissions of 50 percent to 85 per-
cent globally. 
(6) 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. 
(7) 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. 
(8) 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. 
(9) A reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 
Federal agencies would slow the increase of global 
emissions, thereby slowing the increase of global 
warming and the exacerbation of the risks associated 
with global warming. In addition, Federal action 
would accelerate the pace of development and adop-
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tion of technologies that will be critical to addressing 
global warming in the United States and worldwide. 
(10) A failure by any Federal agency to comply 
with the provisions of this title requiring reductions 
in its greenhouse gas emissions would exacerbate the 
pace, extent, and risks of global warming, causing 
harms beyond what would otherwise occur. The in-
cremental emissions from a Federal agency’s failure 
to comply with this title create a harm, which is the 
incremental exacerbation of the adverse effects and 
risks of global warming. Although the emissions in-
crements involved could be relatively small, such a 
failure allowing incrementally greater emissions 
would injure all United States citizens. 
(11) 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. 
(12) 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. 
Subtitle 
A—Federal 
Government 
Inventory and Management of 
Greenhouse Gas Emissions 
SEC. 6101. 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 
emissions and indirect emissions associated with 
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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 6102. 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. 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 6 months 
after an agency submits an initial inventory under 
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