[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 6 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                  S. 6

To enhance the security of the United States by reducing the dependence 
 of the United States on foreign and unsustainable energy sources and 
          the risks of global warming, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 4, 2007

   Mr. Reid (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
 Lieberman, Mr. Lautenberg, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Leahy, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. 
  Webb, Mr. Salazar, and Mr. Menendez) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To enhance the security of the United States by reducing the dependence 
 of the United States on foreign and unsustainable energy sources and 
          the risks of global warming, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Energy and Environmental 
Security Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that Congress should enact, and the 
President should sign, legislation to enhance the security of the 
United States by reducing the dependence of the United States on 
foreign and unsustainable energy sources and the risks of global 
warming by--
            (1) requiring reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases;
            (2) diversifying and expanding the use of secure, 
        efficient, and environmentally-friendly energy supplies and 
        technologies;
            (3) reducing the burdens on consumers of rising energy 
        prices;
            (4) eliminating tax giveaways to large energy companies; 
        and
            (5) preventing energy price gouging, profiteering, and 
        market manipulation.
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