Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§13384 Assessment of alternative policy mechanisms for addressing greenhouse gas emissions

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 134— - ENERGY POLICY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VII— - GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE › § 13384

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must send a report to Congress not later than 18 months after October 24, 1992. The report must compare ways to reduce greenhouse‑gas generation, analyze short‑ and long‑term costs and benefits for society, economy, energy, environment, competition, agriculture, and jobs, and assess practicality of three approaches: caps and emissions trading; federal energy‑efficiency and methane standards (power plants, industry, cars, appliances, buildings); and federal and voluntary incentives.

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Title 42, §13384

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Not later than 18 months after October 24, 1992, the Secretary shall transmit a report to Congress containing a comparative assessment of alternative policy mechanisms for reducing the generation of greenhouse gases. Such assessment shall include a short-run and long-run analysis of the social, economic, energy, environmental, competitive, and agricultural costs and benefits, including costs and benefits for jobs and competition, and the practicality of each of the following policy mechanisms:

(1)Various systems for controlling the generation of greenhouse gases, including caps for the generation of greenhouse gases from major sources and emissions trading programs.

(2)Federal standards for energy efficiency for major sources of greenhouse gases, including efficiency standards for power plants, industrial processes, automobile fuel economy, appliances, and buildings, and for emissions of methane.

(3)Various Federal and voluntary incentives programs.

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42 U.S.C. § 13384

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73