CENTER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE LAW

Climate Legislation Resource Center

Legislative Action on Climate Change in the 111th Congress of the United States

AGENCY MANDATES

The Center for Climate Change Law has prepared a database of all federal agency mandates contained in the House bill, ACES/Waxman-Markey:
The database is sorted by primary agency, but it is an Excel spreadsheet that can also be sorted by type of action (e.g. regulations, reports, convening task forces), by subject matter (e.g. adaptation, appliances, transmission planning), by section number, or by page number. Users can also perform word searches.

UPCOMING HEARINGS

POSTPONED: The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will meet to discuss Policy Options for GHG Emission Reductions

NEWS

November 11: Sens. Lieberman, Graham, Kerry working to create "tripartisan" "framework" for Copenhagen (Bloomberg)
November 11: Sen. Baucus, other key Democrats believe further committee action on Senate bills unlikely in 2009 (WSJ)
November 9: Senate climate battle shifts to new committees, behind-the-scenes discussions (Climate Wire via NY Times)
November 6: Updated Senate Vote Projections and Analysis from Environment & Energy Daily
November 5: Senators call for financial system reform before cap and trade (NY Times)
November 5: EPW approves CEJAPA without debate or consideration of amendments due to Republican boycott (NY Times)
November 4: Sen. Stabenow and co-sponsors introduce Clean Energy Partnerships Act, which focuses on agricultural and manufacturing offsets (press release)
October 23: EPA releases economic analysis of newest markup (epa.gov)
October 23: Boxer releases chairman's mark of CEJAPA (senate.gov)
October 12: Seven reasons for cautious optimism about the Senate climate bill (Grist.org)
October 10: Sens. Kerry and Graham: Yes, We Can [Pass Climate Change Legislation] (Op-Ed, NY Times)
October 7: Climate Bill Breakdown (Comparing ACES and CEJAPA) (Grist.org)
September 30: Sens. Kerry, Boxer release Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (press release) - read bill below
September 18: CBO releases updated Waxman-Markey analysis (CBO Blog) - read analysis below

SENATE DELIBERATIONS

Bills:

In contrast to the House, where Waxman-Markey was the sole climate change bill to receive full consideration, the Senate is debating several bills, which may be combined in some way if all reach the floor. The largest and most comprehensive bill is S. 1733 ("Kerry-Boxer" or "CEJAPA"), but each of the other bills contain important provisions. Additionally, because of partisan circumstances in the Committee on Environment and Public Works, the Committee reported Kerry-Boxer to the floor without consideration of amendments by the Senators on the Committee.

S. 1733, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, introduced by Senators Kerry (D-MA) and Boxer (D-CA)

Blog Links

Bill Text and Amendments

"Chairman's Mark" Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute offered by Chairman Boxer and Reported by EPW on Nov. 5
Original Text of Bill, as Introduced on September 30, 2009

Sponsors' Summaries

Committee Hearings

Day 1 Hearing on CEJAPA - Committee on Environment and Public Works ("EPW") - October 27, 2009
EPW Day 2 Hearing on CEJAPA - October 28, 2009
EPW Day 3 Hearing on CEJAPA - October 29, 2009
EPW Business Meeting on CEJAPA - November 3, 2009
EPW Business Meeting on CEJAPA - November 4, 2009
EPW Business Meeting on CEJAPA - November 5, 2009
Climate Change Legislation and Jobs - Committee on Finance - November 10, 2009

S. 2729, Clean Energy Partnerships Act, introduced by Senator Stabenow, with 7 co-sponsors

Blog Links

Text of Bill not yet available from the Library of Congress

S. 1462, American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009 ("ACELA"), introduced by Senator Bingaman (D-NM)

Blog Links

Reported by Committee on Energy and Natural Resources - July 16, 2009
Original Text of Bill

Hearings on General Climate Change Discussion Issues (Prior to Introduction of Bills):

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Hearings are not yet publicly available

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Hearing on The Role of Agriculture and Forestry in Global Warming Legislation - July 22, 2009

Committee on Environment and Public Works Hearings:
Legislative Tools for Clean Energy Economy and Reducing Global Warming Pollution - July 7, 2009
Global Warming and Agriculture, Forestry Communities, and Others - July 14, 2009
Climate Change and Transportation - July 14, 2009
Clean Energy Economy and American Competitiveness - July 16, 2009
State and Local Views on Clean Energy Jobs and Economic Growth - July 21, 2009
Climate Change and National Security - July 30, 2009
Climate Change and Ensuring That America Leads the Clean Energy Transformation - August 6, 2009

Key Senate Correspondence

Letter to Senator Boxer from Coal Working Group Senators
Attachment to Coal Working Group Letter - Requested Language
Letter to Senator Boxer from Senators Regarding Natural Gas
Letters of Support for S. 1462, ACELA

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DELIBERATIONS

American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009
H.R. 2454 ("ACES" or "Waxman-Markey")

Blog Links

ACES As Passed By the House (GPO version), (Library of Congress XML version with linked table of contents), 219-212 (roll call) - June 26, 2009

Committee on Energy & Commerce Section by Section Summary - July 14, 2009

Previous Versions:

Discussion Draft - March 31, 2009
ACES As Introduced - May 15, 2009
Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute - May 18, 2009
Committee on Energy & Commerce Report on ACES, Including Amended Text - June 5, 2009
ACES As Filed With the Committee on Rules - June 19, 2009
Summary of Manager's Amendment to ACES - June 26, 2009
Substitute Text Proposed by Amendment Offered by Rep. Forbes (R-VA), failed 172-256 (roll call) - June 26, 2009

House Floor Debate:

House of Representatives Debate on ACES and Forbes (R-VA) Amendment - June 26, 2009
C-Span Video and Transcript of House Floor Debate

House Committee Markups:

Committee on Energy & Commerce ACES Markup - May 18, 2009
Committee on Energy & Commerce ACES Markup - May 19, 2009
Committee on Energy & Commerce ACES Markup - May 20, 2009
Committee on Energy & Commerce ACES Markup - May 21, 2009

House Committee Hearings:

Key House Correspondence:

Letters of Support for Committee Passage - May/June 2009
Letters of Support for House Passage - June 2009
Statement of White House Policy from Office of Management and Budget - June 26, 2009

ANALYSES OF WAXMAN-MARKEY

Governmental Analyses:

Congressional Budget Office - June 19, 2009
Congressional Budget Office - June 26, 2009 Update for Amended Bill
Congressional Budget Office - September 2009 Update
Department of Agriculture - July 22, 2009
Energy Information Administration of the Department of Energy - August 2009
Environmental Protection Agency - June 23, 2009

Industry and Trade Association Analyses:

Alliance to Save Energy - July 21, 2009
American Petroleum Institute (Prepared by EnSys Energy) - August 21, 2009
Business Roundtable - June 2009
Edison Electric Institute
National Association of Manufacturers and American Council for Capital Formation
National Black Chamber of Commerce (Prepared by CRA International) - May 2009

Environmental and Other NGO Analyses:

1 Sky - August 6, 2009
Center for American Progress - August 2009
Environmental Defense Fund - August 12, 2009
Environmental Defense Fund - October 2009 Update
Natural Resources Defense Council
Pew Center on Global Climate Change - June 2009

Academic and Think Tank Analyses:

American Enterprise Institute - July 2009
Breakthrough Institute - June/July 2009
Brookings Institution - July 24, 2009
Economic Policy Institute - October 1, 2009
Heritage Foundation - August 6, 2009
World Resources Institute - June 25, 2009

OTHER RESOURCES

Waxman-Markey Bill Debate at Columbia VIDEO
Chart of US Climate Change Litigation
The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Columbia Climate Center

Compiled by Bradford McCormick, Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School. Please send updates or corrections to bmccor1@law.columbia.edu.