[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 571 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 571
Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green Real
Deal.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 29, 2021
Mr. Gaetz submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on
Natural Resources, Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Transportation and
Infrastructure, Armed Services, and Oversight and Reform, for a period
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
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RESOLUTION
Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green Real
Deal.
Whereas United States greenhouse gas emissions have decreased approximately 10
percent since 2005;
Whereas the United States leads the world in gross emissions reductions;
Whereas a clean energy economy is driven by a national commitment to innovation,
competitive markets, and the deployment of advanced energy technologies,
and the success of this approach is visible in the United States where--
(1) energy productivity has grown 14 percent since 2009;
(2) the total production of natural gas has increased by 56 percent
since 2009; and
(3) the installed wind and solar power capacity has quadrupled since
2009;
Whereas, in 2018, United States businesses set records by--
(1) increasing liquified natural gas exports by 65 percent; and
(2) increasing sales of electric vehicles by 77.6 percent since 2010;
Whereas the Department of Defense, on an ongoing basis and at the direction of
Congress, has identified risks to military assets, bases, and national
security from climate change, and has developed opportunities to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions and improve national security;
Whereas 13 Federal agencies, at the direction of Congress through the Global
Change Research Act of 1990, have found that--
(1) climate change creates new risks and exacerbates existing
vulnerabilities in communities across the United States, and that climate
change threatens human health and safety, quality of life, and the rate of
economic growth;
(2) communities, governments, and businesses are working to reduce
risks from, and costs associated with, climate change, by taking action to
lower greenhouse gas emissions and implement adaptation strategies; and
(3) while climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts have
expanded substantially in the last 4 years, such efforts do not yet
approach the scale considered necessary to avoid substantial damages to the
economy, environment, and human health over the coming decades; and
Whereas the House of Representatives recognizes unprecedented demand for job-
creating, American-made, clean energy, and the need to empower
individuals and businesses to come together in the marketplace, as a
historic opportunity to--
(1) create millions of good, high-wage jobs in the United States;
(2) enable equal opportunity to achieve unprecedented levels of
prosperity and economic security for all people of the United States; and
(3) secure the position of the United States as a global environmental
leader: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives
that--
(1) it is the duty of the Federal Government to create a
Green Real Deal--
(A) to achieve robust, economy-wide greenhouse gas
emissions reductions;
(B) to create more clean energy options through a
commitment to innovation;
(C) to position the United States as a global
leader in clean energy, driving global investment in
American-made clean energy technologies;
(D) to reduce and modernize regulations to speed
deployment of clean energy technologies nationwide and
worldwide, and to affirm that the Government should not
pick winners and losers;
(E) to empower individuals, States, and the
marketplace to invest in and implement clean energy
technologies; and
(F) to ensure that the infrastructure, communities,
and military of the United States are resilient and
adapting to long-term environmental, climate, and
social change; and
(2) the goals described in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of
paragraph (1) (referred to in this resolution as the ``Green
Real Deal goals'') should be accomplished by--
(A) investing in carbon capture storage and carbon
capture and use, and otherwise reducing emissions or
achieving net-zero emissions from energy produced from
fossil fuels;
(B) investing in next-generation low- and zero-
emission energy sources, including renewable energy and
nuclear energy, especially small modular reactors;
(C) promoting the widespread use and deployment of
next-generation recycling and waste management
technology, such as plastics-to-fuel initiatives, and
transforming postconsumer recycled plastic into new
materials such as asphalt;
(D) modernizing the electric grid through strategic
investments in transmission, distribution, and storage;
(E) allowing fair and equal access to energy
development on Federal lands;
(F) modernizing the implementation of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.) to drive investment in clean energy
infrastructure, especially multistate transmission and
offshore wind;
(G) eliminating regulations that hinder or slow the
deployment of advanced energy, and creating a
regulatory climate to encourage the use of clean,
renewable, and innovative energy and recycling
technologies;
(H) modernizing regulations governing hydropower
development;
(I) establishing a voluntary framework for
reporting and tracking carbon emissions, renewable
energy procurement, and energy efficiency investment,
to increase investment in clean energy technology and
improve transparency and accountability for the benefit
of customers, investors, and shareholders;
(J) establishing robust homeowner tax incentives
for energy efficiency upgrades, including HVAC
upgrades;
(K) expanding tax incentives for commercial
building energy efficiency upgrades;
(L) establishing challenge grants for universities
to develop actionable plans for increasing resiliency
and building adaptive capacity to climate change in
urban and rural areas, as well as in national parks and
other Federal lands;
(M) working with utility companies and developers
to enhance consumers' ability to access clean and
renewable energy in their homes and businesses,
including solar, wind, and geothermal energy; and
(N) protecting the intellectual property of
American innovators.
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