IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 515 
Of inquiry requesting the President of the United States to provide to the 
House of Representatives certain documents in his possession relating 
to the anticipated effects of climate change on the coastal regions of 
the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 26, 2005 
Mr. KUCINICH (for himself, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. GORDON, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. 
GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. 
HOYER, Mr. HOLT, Mr. CLAY, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. 
ACKERMAN, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. BACA, Mr. BAIRD, Ms. 
BALDWIN, Mr. BECERRA, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. BERMAN, Ms. EDDIE BER-
NICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. BERRY, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. 
BLUMENAUER, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of 
Florida, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. 
CAPUANO, Mr. CARDOZA, Ms. CARSON, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. CLEAV-
ER, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. 
DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DEGETTE, 
Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DICKS, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. 
ETHERIDGE, Mr. EVANS, Mr. FARR, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. FILNER, Mr. 
FORD, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. 
HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. HERSETH, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. 
HONDA, Ms. HOOLEY, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, 
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. KANJORSKI, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KEN-
NEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Mr. 
KIND, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. LARSON of Con-
necticut, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mrs. LOWEY, Mrs. 
MALONEY, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. MCCARTHY, Ms. MCCOLLUM 
of Minnesota, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. 
MCNULTY, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Mr. MEEKS of New 
York, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. 
MOORE of Kansas, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, 
Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. 
OLVER, Mr. OWENS, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. 
PAYNE, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. 
ROTHMAN, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. 
SABO, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of 
California, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF,
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Ms. SCHWARTZ of Pennsylvania, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. 
SMITH of Washington, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. STARK, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mrs. 
TAUSCHER, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, 
Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. TOWNS, Mrs. JONES of 
Ohio, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. VAN 
HOLLEN, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, 
Ms. WATERS, Ms. WATSON, Mr. WATT, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. WEINER, Ms. 
WOOLSEY, Mr. WU, and Mr. WYNN) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Science 
RESOLUTION 
Of inquiry requesting the President of the United States 
to provide to the House of Representatives certain docu-
ments in his possession relating to the anticipated effects 
of climate change on the coastal regions of the United 
States. 
Resolved, That the President of the United States is 
requested to provide to the House of Representatives, not 
later than 14 days after the date of adoption of this reso-
lution, all documents (including minutes and memos) in 
his possession relating to the effects of climate change on 
the coastal regions of the United States produced by the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Na-
tional Weather Service, the National Science Foundation, 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
the National Assessment Synthesis Team, and the US Ge-
ological Survey. 
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