[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4396 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4396

  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

                           December 16, 2009

 Mr. Pomeroy 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 ``Save Our Energy Jobs Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDING AND SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    (a) Finding.--Congress finds that on April 2, 2007, the United 
States Supreme Court, in Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 549 U.S. 497 (2007), found that the Environmental Protection 
Agency has authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gas 
emissions.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that:
            (1) When Congress passed the Clean Air Act, it did not 
        intend to regulate greenhouse gases under such Act.
            (2) The Environmental Protection Agency should not have the 
        authority to promulgate rules to regulate greenhouse gas 
        emissions without being provided explicit authority to do so by 
        Congress.
            (3) Should the Environmental Protection Agency promulgate 
        rules that regulate greenhouse gas emissions, such regulations 
        will have a significant impact on nearly all aspects of the 
        economy of the United States. Regulations that have the 
        potential to impact such a large portion of the economy should 
        not be left to administrative rulemaking in the absence of 
        congressional action.
            (4) Comprehensive regulations to address global climate 
        change must only be enacted--
                    (A) at the direction of Congress; and
                    (B) if Congress specifically intends such 
                regulations to be implemented.

SEC. 3. 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.''.
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