[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 754 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 754

 Expressing that the House of Representatives opposes punitive natural 
     gas taxes on United States businesses, families, and workers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 28, 2021

  Mr. Pfluger (for himself, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. 
Taylor, Mr. Babin, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Budd, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Balderson, Mr. 
Gohmert, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Williams 
    of Texas, Mr. Jackson, Ms. Cheney, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Brady, Mr. 
 Moolenaar, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Mann, Mr. 
Timmons, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Pence, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. Keller, 
 Mr. Bost, Mr. Clyde, Mr. Womack, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Emmer, Ms. Tenney, 
Mr. Fallon, Mr. Cline, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Hill, 
 Mr. LaTurner, Mr. Mullin, Mrs. Lesko, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Austin Scott of 
  Georgia, Mr. Latta, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Allen, Mr. Cole, Mr. Weber of 
Texas, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Jacobs of New 
York, Mrs. Bice of Oklahoma, Mr. Hagedorn, Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas, 
 Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Arrington, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Crawford, Mrs. Boebert, 
  Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Griffith, Mr. Gooden of 
Texas, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Owens, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. Bishop of 
    North Carolina, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. 
  Obernolte, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Newhouse, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. 
    Norman, Ms. Herrell, Mr. Cawthorn, and Mr. Bentz) submitted the 
 following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and 
                                 Means

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing that the House of Representatives opposes punitive natural 
     gas taxes on United States businesses, families, and workers.

Whereas House and Senate Democrats have introduced numerous proposals that 
        implement a punitive fee on methane emissions from oil and gas 
        operations that is tantamount to a tax on natural gas;
Whereas a proposed natural gas tax would increase the average United States 
        family's energy bill by 17 percent;
Whereas a proposed natural gas tax would reduce the United States gross domestic 
        product by $9,000,000,000 and result in 90,000 lost jobs;
Whereas raising consumers' energy bills would violate President Biden's pledge 
        to not raise taxes on those making less than $400,000 annually;
Whereas a natural gas tax will increase the costs of thousands of manufactured 
        products, including personal protective equipment and critical 
        medicines;
Whereas a natural gas tax will disproportionally harm low-income families;
Whereas a natural gas tax on energy producers will negatively impact United 
        States farmers and ranchers by increasing the costs of supplies needed 
        for agricultural production;
Whereas a natural gas tax on United States agriculture will inhibit domestic 
        food production, significantly raise costs for consumers, and make 
        United States farmers less competitive globally;
Whereas farm and ranch production systems play a key role in strengthening 
        United States national security and food security;
Whereas Europe and Asia are experiencing an energy crisis due to a shortage of 
        natural gas, resulting in record-high energy prices and further reliance 
        on Russian natural gas and coal;
Whereas handicapping United States domestic energy production through burdensome 
        taxes would empower foreign adversaries and weaken United States 
        national security;
Whereas a nation that can feed and power itself is inherently safer and more 
        secure than one that cannot;
Whereas energy security is national security;
Whereas natural gas is fundamental to allowing the United States to lead the 
        world in reducing greenhouse gas emissions;
Whereas the United States has established a long-term supply of natural gas to 
        affordably and reliably power our economy for decades to come;
Whereas United States natural gas exports are increasingly critical to 
        establishing clean, affordable power and raising prosperity elsewhere 
        around the world, and reducing global greenhouse gas emissions;
Whereas, between 2005 and 2019, carbon dioxide emissions from the United States 
        power sector declined by 28 percent, with the generation of power from 
        natural gas accounting for more than half of such decline;
Whereas, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, methane emissions 
        from petroleum and natural gas systems declined by 31,900,000 metric 
        tons of carbon dioxide equivalent from 1990 to 2017, and over the same 
        period, natural gas production increased by 51 percent, while oil 
        production increased by 80 percent;
Whereas Congress should promote policies that allow for increased domestic 
        energy production while simultaneously encouraging domestic producers to 
        continue to implement innovative solutions that reduce greenhouse gas 
        emissions; and
Whereas the United States is the leader in innovation and conservation and will 
        continue to lower emissions, protect the natural environment, and 
        deliver affordable, reliable energy to United States families: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives opposes punitive 
natural gas taxes on United States businesses, families, and workers.
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