[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 83 (Monday, May 21, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S6408]
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 SENATE RESOLUTION 212--TO EXPRESS THE SENSE OF THE SENATE RELATING TO 
                   LEGISLATION TO CURB GLOBAL WARMING

  Mr. COLEMAN (for himself and Mr. Lieberman) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works:

                              S. Res. 212

       Resolved, 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.

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