42 U.S.C. § 13381 — Report

submitted 34 years ago by Pub. L. 102-486 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 214 words · no verdicts yet

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Within two years, the Secretary of Energy must report to Congress on stabilizing and cutting greenhouse gas emissions. The report must assess the costs, benefits, and feasibility of emissions targets. It must also compare U.S. efforts with other countries and international agreements.

Within two years of October 24, 1992, the Secretary must send Congress a report assessing: (1) whether it is possible, and what the economic, energy, social, environmental, and job effects would be, of stabilizing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2005; (2) the recommendations in chapter 9 of the 1991 National Academy of Sciences report "Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming," including each recommendation's costs and benefits; (3) how the U.S. response to those recommendations compares with other countries' responses; (4) whether it is possible to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; (5) whether it is possible, and what the economic, energy, social, environmental, and job effects would be, of cutting carbon dioxide emissions 20 percent below 1988 levels by 2005, as the 1988 Toronto Scientific World Conference on the Changing Atmosphere recommended; and (6) the possible economic, energy, social, environmental, and job effects of the policies needed for the U.S. to meet any obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change or later international agreements.

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Not later than 2 years after October 24, 1992, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress that includes an assessment of—

(1)

the feasibility and economic, energy, social, environmental, and competitive implications, including implications for jobs, of stabilizing the generation of greenhouse gases in the United States by the year 2005;

(2)

the recommendations made in chapter 9 of the 1991 National Academy of Sciences report entitled “Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming”, including an analysis of the benefits and costs of each recommendation;

(3)

the extent to which the United States is responding, compared with other countries, to the recommendations made in chapter 9 of the 1991 National Academy of Sciences report;

(4)

the feasibility of reducing the generation of greenhouse gases;

(5)

the feasibility and economic, energy, social, environmental, and competitive implications, including implications for jobs, of achieving a 20 percent reduction from 1988 levels in the generation of carbon dioxide by the year 2005 as recommended by the 1988 Toronto Scientific World Conference on the Changing Atmosphere;

(6)

the potential economic, energy, social, environmental, and competitive implications, including implications for jobs, of implementing the policies necessary to enable the United States to comply with any obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change or subsequent international agreements.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 102–486, title XVI, § 1601, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2999.)

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1992Enacted · Pub. L. 102-486 · 106 Stat. 2999

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