HM 1375

1	House Memorial
2	A memorial to the Congress of the United States, urging
3	Congress to take additional action to clarify and specify
4	the Environmental Protection Agency's legal and regulatory
5	obligations with respect to greenhouse gases.
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7	WHEREAS, the Environmental Protection Agency has released
8	an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that describes a
9	nationwide plan to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air
10	Act, and
11	WHEREAS, the Environmental Protection Agency's plan to
12	regulate greenhouse gases is very expansive in scope,
13	envisioning a nationwide cap and trade program for greenhouse
14	gases, additional motor vehicle regulations, and economy-wide
15	restrictions impacting a wide range of industries, including
16	dairy and beef operations, office buildings, hospitals, schools,
17	large homes, and houses of worship, and even regulating the
18	greenhouse gas emissions from lawnmowers, and
19	WHEREAS, the United States Court of Appeals for the
20	District of Columbia Circuit has recently ruled that the
21	Environmental Protection Agency does not have authority to carry
22	out a cap and trade plan under the Clean Air Act, and
23	WHEREAS, the Environmental Protection Agency's plan
24	represents policymaking that is the prerogative of the
25	legislative branch, and
26	WHEREAS, even committed proponents of ambitious greenhouse
27	gas regulation have expressed doubts about the Advance Notice of
28	Proposed Rulemaking approach, and
29	WHEREAS, climate change is a global issue, not a local or
30	regional pollution issue, which the Clean Air Act was designed
31	to address, and
32	WHEREAS, the Environmental Protection Agency's plan would
33	impose a massive economic burden on America without appreciably
34	reducing worldwide concentrations of greenhouse gases, NOW,
35	THEREFORE,
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37	Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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39	That the Congress of the United States is urged to take
40	additional action to clarify and specify the Environmental
41	Protection Agency's legal and regulatory obligations with
42	respect to greenhouse gases.
43	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
44	dispatched to the President of the United States, to the
45	President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of the
46	United States House of Representatives, and to each member of
47	the Florida delegation to the United States Congress.

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