[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. Res. 212 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 212

  To express the sense of the Senate relating to legislation to curb 
                            global warming.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 21, 2007

  Mr. Coleman (for himself and Mr. Lieberman) submitted the following 
  resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Environment and 
                              Public Works

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  To express the sense of the Senate relating to legislation to curb 
                            global warming.

    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that any 
comprehensive, mandatory greenhouse gas emissions reduction program 
enacted by Congress should include--
            (1) periodic determinations of the extent to which other 
        countries that are major contributors of atmospheric greenhouse 
        gas concentrations have established for those countries 
        emissions reduction programs that are comparable in 
        effectiveness to the program established by the United States;
            (2) in the event of an authoritative determination that the 
        emissions reduction programs established by other countries 
        that are major contributors of atmospheric greenhouse gas 
        concentrations are substantially less effective than the 
        program established by the United States, consequences in the 
        form of--
                    (A) a review of provisions of the emissions 
                reduction program established by the United States; or
                    (B) 1 or more changes to other policies of the 
                United States;
            (3) periodic determinations relating to whether the 
        emissions reduction program established by the United States is 
        increasing the rate of poverty or unemployment in the United 
        States;
            (4) in the event of an authoritative determination that the 
        emissions reduction program established by the United States is 
        increasing the rate of poverty or unemployment in the United 
        States, a process of review of provisions of the emissions 
        reduction program established by the United States; and
            (5) in addition to the imposition of limits relating to the 
        emission of greenhouse gases, effective incentives for private 
        entities that sell electricity to increase the percentage of 
        sales by the entities of electricity that is generated by clean 
        energy sources.
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