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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6171 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to publish a national strategic 
action plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation 
sector, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 10, 2020 
Mr. LIPINSKI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to publish a na-
tional strategic action plan to reduce greenhouse gas 
emissions in the transportation sector, 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 ‘‘Moving Towards A 
Safe Climate Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) In 2018, the United Nations Intergovern-
mental Panel on Climate Change released a report 
that found that global warming could reach 1.5 de-
grees Celsius above average temperature levels by 
the year 2030. 
(2) The report outlined the potential impacts 
and associated risks of a temperature increase of 1.5 
degrees Celsius, including increasing— 
(A) intensity and frequency of droughts; 
(B) frequency and amount of heavy pre-
cipitation; and 
(C) other extreme weather events. 
(3) The report found that in order to avoid the 
impacts of a temperature increase of 1.5 degrees 
Celsius, greenhouse gas emissions must be re-
duced— 
(A) between 40 to 60 percent below the 
level of greenhouse gas emissions recorded in 
the year 2010 by the year 2030; and 
(B) to net zero emissions by the year 
2050. 
(4) According to a report by the Environmental 
Protection Agency entitled ‘‘Inventory of U.S. 
Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks’’, transpor-
tation activities accounted for the largest portion 
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(approximately 29.9 percent) of total greenhouse gas 
emissions in the United States in 2017. 
(5) The Secretary of Transportation has a lead-
ing role in reducing United States greenhouse gas 
emissions since transportation activities continue to 
account for a large portion of total greenhouse gas 
emissions in the United States. 
(6) Reducing greenhouse gas emissions will 
demonstrate adherence to the commitments of the 
United States under the Paris Agreement, and any 
other similar international climate change agree-
ments. 
SEC. 3. NATIONAL STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN TO REDUCE 
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, using the 
best available science and in collaboration with the Admin-
istrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall 
publish an action plan known as the ‘‘National Strategic 
Action Plan’’ (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘action plan’’) 
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation 
sector to the emissions target by the year 2040. 
(b) CONTENT.—The action plan may include— 
(1) The implementation of strategies that in-
crease the usage of passenger rail, public transpor-
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