I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6511 
To prohibit funding for the Environmental Protection Agency to be used 
to implement or enforce a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 9, 2010 
Mr. POE of Texas (for himself, Mr. AKIN, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. 
MCKEON, Mr. PITTS, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. HARPER, Mr. 
LAMBORN, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. SAM
JOHNSON
of Texas, Mrs. 
BLACKBURN, Mr. COLE, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. 
SHADEGG, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. OLSON, Mr. POSEY, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. 
WILSON of South Carolina, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. HERGER, 
and Ms. FOXX) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To prohibit funding for the Environmental Protection Agency 
to be used to implement or enforce a cap-and-trade pro-
gram for greenhouse gases, 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 ‘‘Ensuring Affordable 
Energy Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF FUNDING FOR CAP-AND-TRADE 
PROGRAM FOR GREENHOUSE GASES. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, no funds appropriated or otherwise available 
for the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency may be used to implement or enforce— 
(1) a cap-and-trade program; or 
(2) any statutory or regulatory requirement 
pertaining to emissions of one or more greenhouse 
gases from stationary sources that is issued or be-
comes applicable or effective after January 1, 2011, 
including— 
(A) any such requirement under section 
111 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411) or 
part C of title I of such Act (42 U.S.C. 7470 
et seq.); and 
(B) any such permitting requirement 
under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et 
seq.). 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘cap-and-trade program’’ means 
any regulatory program established after the date of 
enactment of this Act that provides for the sale, auc-
tion, or other distribution of a limited amount of al-
lowances that permit the emission of one or more 
greenhouse gases. 
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(2) The term ‘‘greenhouse gas’’ includes, with 
respect to a cap-and-trade program under subsection 
(a)(1) or a requirement under subsection (a)(2), any 
of the following: 
(A) Carbon dioxide. 
(B) Methane. 
(C) Nitrous oxide. 
(D) Sulfur hexafluoride. 
(E) Hydrofluorocarbons. 
(F) Perfluorocarbons. 
(G) Any other anthropogenic gas des-
ignated as a greenhouse gas for purposes of 
such cap-and-trade program or such require-
ment. 
(3) The term ‘‘stationary source’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 111(a)(3) of the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411(a)(3)). 
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