HR 2757 IHCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To require the return to the American people of all proceeds raised under any Federal climate change legislation.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

June 8, 2009CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Mr. KIND (for himself, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. LIPINSKI, and Mr. INGLIS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and MeansCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To require the return to the American people of all proceeds raised under any Federal climate change legislation.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘Consumer Assistance Rebate for Energy Act’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) It has been well documented that the Earth’s temperature has steadily increased in recent decades and that human activity has contributed to a large degree to this increase.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) Changes in climate will have wide ranging effects on sea level, precipitation, wildfire, agriculture, ecosystem health and viability, wildlife habitat, and more.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) Congressional action to reduce national emissions of greenhouse gasses contributing to climate change is necessary and urgent.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) Such legislation will have impacts on consumers in the form of high prices for energy, transportation, and consumer goods.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(5) These impacts will fall most heavily on low-income and middle-income families who are least able to absorb price increases.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(6) A national program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions should not impose a tax on the American people in order to fund other priorities.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 3. RETURN OF PROCEEDS.

Any Federal climate change legislation that is signed into law shall return to the American people all proceeds from the sale of allowances or credits, a tax or fee imposed on greenhouse gas emissions, or other means, through reductions in individual taxes, increases in social security or unemployment benefits, and other direct means.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink