[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 6, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S45]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. Levin, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Harkin, Mr. 
        Kennedy, Mr. Begich, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
        Bingaman, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Casey, Ms. Stabenow, Mrs. 
        McCaskill, Mr. Dodd, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Akaka, 
        Mr. Schumer, and Ms. Mikulski):
  S. 5. A bill to improve the economy and security of the United States 
by reducing the dependence of the United States on foreign and 
unsustainable energy sources and the risks of global warming, and for 
other purposes; read the first time.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the 
bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                  S. 5

       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 ``Cleaner, Greener, and 
     Smarter Act of 2009''.

     SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

       It is the sense of Congress that Congress should enact, and 
     the President should sign, legislation to improve the economy 
     and the security of the United States by reducing the 
     dependence of the United States on foreign and unsustainable 
     energy sources and the risks of global warming by--
       (1) making and encouraging significant investments in green 
     job creation and clean energy across the economy;
       (2) diversifying and rapidly expanding the use of secure, 
     efficient, and environmentally-friendly energy supplies and 
     technologies;
       (3) transforming the infrastructure of the United States to 
     make the infrastructure sustainable and the United States 
     more competitive globally, including transmission grid 
     modernization and transportation sector electrification;
       (4) requiring reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases 
     in the United States and achieving reductions in emissions of 
     greenhouse gases abroad;
       (5) protecting consumers from volatile energy prices 
     through better market oversight and enhanced energy 
     efficiency standards and incentives; and
       (6) eliminating wasteful and unnecessary tax breaks and 
     giveaways that fail to move the United States toward a more 
     competitive and cleaner energy future.
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