[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 96 Introduced in House (IH)]

110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 96

  Expressing the sense of the Congress that there should be enacted a 
   mandatory national program to slow, stop and reverse emissions of 
                           greenhouse gases.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 21, 2007

 Mr. Dicks (for himself, Mr. Inslee, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Higgins, Mrs. 
 Maloney of New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Farr, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, 
 Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Chandler, Mr. Engel, Mr. Patrick J. Murphy 
 of Pennsylvania, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Thompson of 
 California, Mr. Honda, Mr. Olver, Mr. Holt, Mr. Stark, Mr. Gilchrest, 
    Mr. Wexler, and Mr. Filner) submitted the following concurrent 
 resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of the Congress that there should be enacted a 
   mandatory national program to slow, stop and reverse emissions of 
                           greenhouse gases.

Whereas greenhouse gases accumulating in the atmosphere are causing average 
        temperatures to rise at a rate outside the range of natural variability 
        and are posing a substantial risk of rising sea-levels, altered patterns 
        of atmospheric and oceanic circulation, and increased frequency and 
        severity of floods and droughts;
Whereas there is a growing scientific consensus that human activity is a 
        substantial cause of greenhouse gas accumulation in the atmosphere, and 
        in February 2007, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate 
        Change (IPCC) issued its fourth assessment report, which concluded that 
        warming of the climate system is unequivocal and that it is more than 90 
        percent probable that human activity, led by burning fossil fuels, 
        caused most of the warming in the past 50 years; and
Whereas mandatory steps will be required to slow or stop the growth of 
        greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),  
That it is the sense of the Congress that there should be enacted a 
comprehensive and effective national program of mandatory, market-based 
limits and incentives on emissions of greenhouse gases that slow, stop, 
and reverse the growth of such emissions at a rate and in a manner 
that--
            (1) will not significantly harm the United States economy; 
        and
            (2) will encourage comparable action by other nations that 
        are major trading partners and key contributors to global 
        emissions.
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