III 110th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 212 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 RESOLUTION To express the sense of the Senate relating to legislation to curb global warming.

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.