[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5294 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5294

 To prevent Federal agencies from regulating greenhouse gas emissions 
for purposes of addressing climate change without express and specific 
              statutory authority, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 13, 2010

   Mr. Rehberg (for himself and Ms. Herseth Sandlin) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prevent Federal agencies from regulating greenhouse gas emissions 
for purposes of addressing climate change without express and specific 
              statutory authority, 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 ``Limit Executive Actions Suspending 
Energy Act of 2010'' or the ``LEASE Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) Several well-funded special interest groups filed suit 
        against the Bureau of Land Management to protest 2008 
        competitive oil and gas lease sales in Montana, North Dakota, 
        and South Dakota.
            (2) The plaintiffs alleged that the Bureau of Land 
        Management should have analyzed the potential climate change 
        effects of leasing the parcels pursuant to Interior Order 3226.
            (3) The Bureau of Land Management, in its settlement, 
        agreed to suspend 61 leases issued in 2008 while it conducts 
        further environmental analyses.
            (4) The Bureau of Land Management postponed scheduled 2010 
        oil and gas lease sales in Montana, North Dakota, and South 
        Dakota in order to complete additional environmental reviews 
        under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
        4321 et seq.).

SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL MANDATE REQUIRED.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the head of any Federal 
agency may not take any administrative action to regulate greenhouse 
gas emissions (including by issuing orders, promulgating regulations, 
or otherwise regulating, monitoring, mitigating, predicting, or 
documenting such emissions) for purposes of addressing climate change 
unless a Federal statute expressly and specifically authorizes such 
action.
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