Bill Text: IL SR0434 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges Congress to adopt legislation prohibiting the EPA, by any means necessary, from regulating greenhouse gas emissions, including if necessary defunding the EPA greenhouse gas regulatory activities, to impose a moratorium on the promulgation of any new air quality regulations by the EPA, except to directly address an imminent health or environmental emergency, for a period of at least two years, and requires the present Presidential administration to sign an Executive Order prohibiting the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions, to undertake a comprehensive study identifying all regulatory activity that the EPA intends to undertake in furtherance of its goal of "taking action on climate change and improving air quality", and to specify the cumulative effect of all of these regulations on the economy, jobs, and American economic competitiveness.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SR0434 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SR0434-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Energy policy and regulation are vital to | ||||||
3 | Illinois' economy and have a direct impact on Illinois | ||||||
4 | families, businesses, farmers, and employees; and
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5 | WHEREAS,
The United States Environmental Protection Agency | ||||||
6 | (EPA) has proposed or is proposing numerous new regulations, | ||||||
7 | particularly in the area of air quality and regulation of | ||||||
8 | greenhouse gases, that are likely to have major effect on the | ||||||
9 | economy, jobs, and U.S. competitiveness in worldwide markets; | ||||||
10 | and
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11 | WHEREAS, The EPA's regulatory activity as to air quality | ||||||
12 | and greenhouse gases has become known as the "train wreck" | ||||||
13 | because of the numerous and overlapping requirements and the | ||||||
14 | potentially devastating consequences this activity may have on | ||||||
15 | the economy; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Concern is growing that, with cap-and-trade | ||||||
17 | legislation having failed in Congress, the EPA is attempting to | ||||||
18 | obtain the same results through the adoption of regulations; | ||||||
19 | and
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20 | WHEREAS, Neither the EPA nor the present Presidential | ||||||
21 | administration has undertaken any comprehensive study of what |
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1 | the cumulative effect of all of this new regulatory activity | ||||||
2 | will have on the economy, jobs, and competitiveness; moreover, | ||||||
3 | the EPA has not performed any comprehensive study of what the | ||||||
4 | environmental benefits of its greenhouse regulation will be in | ||||||
5 | terms of impacts on global climate; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Illinois State agencies are routinely required to | ||||||
7 | identify the costs of their regulations and to justify those | ||||||
8 | costs in light of the benefits; and
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9 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Senate supports continuing | ||||||
10 | improvements in the quality of the nation's air and believes | ||||||
11 | that such improvements can be made in a sensible fashion | ||||||
12 | without damaging the economy so long as there is a full | ||||||
13 | understanding of the cost of the regulations at issue; and
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14 | WHEREAS, The primary goal of government at the present time | ||||||
15 | must be to promote economic recovery and to foster a stable and | ||||||
16 | predictable business environment that will lead to the creation | ||||||
17 | of jobs; therefore, be it
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18 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | ||||||
19 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge President Obama | ||||||
20 | to sign an Executive Order prohibiting the Environmental | ||||||
21 | Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions; | ||||||
22 | and be it further
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1 | RESOLVED, That we urge Congress to adopt legislation | ||||||
2 | prohibiting the EPA, by any means necessary, from regulating | ||||||
3 | greenhouse gas emissions, including if necessary defunding the | ||||||
4 | EPA greenhouse gas regulatory activities; and be it further
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5 | RESOLVED, That we also urge Congress to impose a moratorium | ||||||
6 | on the promulgation of any new air quality regulations by the | ||||||
7 | EPA, except to directly address an imminent health or | ||||||
8 | environmental emergency, for a period of at least 2 years; and | ||||||
9 | be it further
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10 | RESOLVED, That Congress require the Administration to | ||||||
11 | undertake a comprehensive study identifying all regulatory | ||||||
12 | activity that the EPA intends to undertake in furtherance of | ||||||
13 | its goal of "taking action on climate change and improving air | ||||||
14 | quality" and specifying the cumulative effect of all of these | ||||||
15 | regulations on the economy, jobs, and American economic | ||||||
16 | competitiveness; and be it further
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17 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be sent | ||||||
18 | to President Barack Obama, the President pro tempore of the | ||||||
19 | United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of | ||||||
20 | Representatives, the Administrator of the Environmental | ||||||
21 | Protection Agency, and each member of the Illinois | ||||||
22 | congressional delegation.
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