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§13381 Report

Title 42 › Chapter 134— ENERGY POLICY › Subchapter VII— GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE › § 13381

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Within two years after October 24, 1992, the Secretary must send a report to Congress. The report must say whether it is possible to limit or reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2005 and what the economic, energy, social, environmental, and market effects would be, including effects on jobs. It must review chapter 9 of the 1991 National Academy of Sciences report "Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming" and give costs and benefits for each recommendation, compare U.S. action with other countries, evaluate cutting greenhouse gases in general, assess a 20% cut in carbon dioxide from 1988 levels by 2005, and describe effects of policies needed to meet U.S. obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change or later international deals.

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Title 42, §13381

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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)

(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.

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42 U.S.C. § 13381

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

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Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60