AndyH
Well-known member
HR910
The bill is entitled “The Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011” and, according to its
sponsors, has a primary purpose of stopping the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from
“imposing a backdoor cap-and-trade tax.”
Position Paper:
http://democrats.energycommerce.hou...EPAGHGBilandOpenInternetStatement 3.14.11.pdf
Amendments and voting record here:
http://democrats.energycommerce.hou...kup/full-committee-markup-on-hr-910-continued
An example amendment:
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The bill is entitled “The Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011” and, according to its
sponsors, has a primary purpose of stopping the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from
“imposing a backdoor cap-and-trade tax.”
The Upton-Inhofe bill would broadly eliminate EPA’s authority to address emissions of
greenhouse gases and the danger of climate change. It would:
• Overturn the Supreme Court’s opinion finding that EPA has the authority to regulate
greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.
• Overturn EPA’s scientific determination that greenhouse gases endanger human health
and the environment.
• Prohibit EPA from requiring stationary sources to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
• Prohibit EPA from requiring additional reductions of greenhouse gas emissions from
motor vehicles and repeal California’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions
from motor vehicles.
• Prohibit EPA from requiring reductions of greenhouse gas emissions from other mobile
sources, such as planes, trains, boats, and large construction equipment.
• Prohibit EPA from enforcing existing greenhouse gas reporting requirements.
• Interfere with EPA’s implementation of Title VI of the Clean Air Act, which addresses
ozone-depleting chemicals and substitutes for such chemicals, as well as undermine
Administration negotiating positions under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that
Deplete the Ozone Layer.
• Create legal uncertainty about the status of the recent motor vehicle standards adopted by
EPA.
• Call into question EPA’s authority to implement voluntary programs to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions.
• Create new litigation opportunities for opponents of regulation of conventional
pollutants.
Position Paper:
http://democrats.energycommerce.hou...EPAGHGBilandOpenInternetStatement 3.14.11.pdf
Amendments and voting record here:
http://democrats.energycommerce.hou...kup/full-committee-markup-on-hr-910-continued
The Committee on Energy and Commerce conducted markup on Monday, March 14, 2011, at 3:00 p.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building and re-convened on Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building to consider "H.R. 910"
An example amendment:
Amendment - Rep. Inslee (1) - Not agreed to by a recorded vote.
Roll Call Vote, Defeated 21 - 31
- States that Congress accepts the scientific finding of the Environmental Protection Agency that ‘‘the public health of current generations is endangered and that the threat to public health for both current and future generations will likely mount over time as greenhouse gases continue to accumulate in the atmosphere and result in ever greater rates of climate change’’.
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