Greenhouse Gas Legislation: Summary and Analysis of H.R. 2454 as Reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce

Holt, Mark ; Whitney, Gene

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Greenhouse gases;    Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric -- U.S.;    Environmental law and legislation;    Environmental policy;   

RP-ID  :  R40643
RP-ID  :  R40643_2009Jun17

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report contains a section-by-section summary of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (H.R. 2454) and interpretive or informative commentary for some sections, when appropriate. H.R. 2454 would establish a cap-and-trade system designed to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions; the market-based approach would establish an absolute cap on the emissions from covered entities and would allow trading of emissions permits ("allowances").