[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1292 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1292

  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

                             March 31, 2011

 Mr. Cuellar 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Energy Production Freedom Act''.

SEC. 2. 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, methane, nitrous oxide, 
hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, or sulfur hexafluoride.''.

SEC. 3. 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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