[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 391 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 391

  To amend the Clean Air Act to provide that greenhouse gases are not 
              subject to the Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2009

   Mrs. Blackburn (for herself, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Burton of 
 Indiana, Mr. Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Shimkus, 
    Mr. Terry, Mr. Nunes, Mr. Gohmert, and Mr. Gingrey of Georgia) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Clean Air Act to provide that greenhouse gases are not 
              subject to the Act, 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. GREENHOUSE GAS REGULATION UNDER CLEAN AIR ACT.

    Section 302(g) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7602(g)) is amended 
by adding the following at the end thereof: ``The term `air pollutant' 
shall not include carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide, 
hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, or sulfur hexafluoride.''.

SEC. 2. CLIMATE CHANGE NOT REGULATED BY CLEAN AIR ACT.

    Nothing in the Clean Air Act shall be treated as authorizing or 
requiring the regulation of climate change or global warming.
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