Jackson Lee (D-TX): Amendment No. 1— Strikes the prohibition on regulating greenhouse gases (GHG) under the Clean Air Act and requires an EPA study to determine the long term impact of a complete ban on its authority to regulate greenhouse gases.
Jackson Lee (D-TX): Amendment No. 2—Strikes the prohibition on regulating greenhouse gases (GHG) under the Clean Air Act and requires that the EPA provide considerations and procedures in finalizing greenhouse gas regulations.
McNerney (D-CA): Amendment No. 3—Clarifies that voluntary programs addressing climate change classify as exceptions to the bill’s prohibitions.
Cuellar (D-TX): Amendment No. 4—Changes the definition of greenhouse gas by removing “water vapor.” The amendment would also change the Act by striking the removal of existing EPA findings and rules, and would exempt all auto standards from the legislation.
Murphy (D-CT): Amendment No. 5—Clarifies that the EPA can continue to provide technical assistance to states taking action to limit greenhouse gas emissions.
Waxman (D-CA): Amendment No. 6—States that “Congress accepts the scientific findings of the EPA that climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for public health and welfare.”
Quigley (D-IL): Amendment No. 7—Requires the Government Accountability Office to report to Congress the results of a study of health care costs in the U.S. as affected by the elimination of EPA regulation under this Act, as compared to health care costs in the U.S. as would be affected by the EPA “proceeding with regulation in its role as determined in Massachusetts v. EPA.”
Polis (D-CO): Amendment No. 8—Allows the EPA Administrator to issue a rule to temporarily suspend provisions of the Act if a “detailed analysis and review by the Administrator of the latest credible and peer-reviewed science shows ground level ozone will pose significant dangers to public health, extreme weather events pose significant danger to public health, an increase in food and waterborne pathogens pose significant danger to public health, or there are other significant threats to public health.”
Markey (D-MA): Amendment No. 9— Ensures that any prohibition on or limitation to EPA’s Clean Air Act authority contained in the bill would not apply to any action EPA could take to reduce demand for oil.
Rush (D-IL): Amendment No. 10—Prevents the provisions of this Act from going into effect until the EPA Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, certifies that the consequences of not regulating greenhouse gas emissions, and its subsequent impact on climate change do not jeopardize security interests of the U.S.
Doyle (D-PA): Amendment No. 11—Requires the Administrator of the EPA to conduct a study to determine how the EPA regulations repealed by this Act would “cause greenhouse gas leakage, and reduce the international competitiveness of the U.S. producers of energy-intensive products.” Also defines “energy-intensive product” and “greenhouse gas leakage.”
Kind (D-WI): Amendment No. 12—Codifies the Environmental Protection Agency’s Tailoring Rule to exclude from the effects of greenhouse gas regulations farms, small businesses, and small- and medium-sized stationary sources. The amendment would also remove water vapor from the definition of greenhouse gas.
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