Bill Text: OH HCR36 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To urge the Congress of the United States to pass
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 17-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-11 - To Environment & Brownfield Development [HCR36 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2009-HCR36-Introduced.html
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Representatives Martin, Adams, J.
Cosponsors:
Representatives Adams, R., Amstutz, Blessing, Burke, Combs, Derickson, Grossman, Huffman, Jordan, Maag, Morgan, Sears, Stebelton, Zehringer, Wachtmann
To urge the Congress of the United States to pass | 1 |
Senate Joint Resolution 26, which proposes to | 2 |
invalidate regulations of the United States | 3 |
Environmental Protection Agency related to | 4 |
greenhouse gases. | 5 |
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE SENATE CONCURRING):
WHEREAS, The Administrator of the United States Environmental | 6 |
Protection Agency has formally issued an endangerment finding in | 7 |
the Federal Register under the federal Clean Air Act regarding six | 8 |
greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide; and | 9 |
WHEREAS, The Environmental Protection Agency's efforts to | 10 |
regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases under the Clean | 11 |
Air Act without Congressional input represents a clear | 12 |
contravention of the principle of separation of powers; and | 13 |
WHEREAS, The regulation of carbon dioxide and other | 14 |
greenhouse gases has serious implications with respect to the | 15 |
economy of the United States and would likely result in slower or | 16 |
negative economic growth, a loss of competitiveness in the global | 17 |
market, and a reduction of the standard of living of the citizens | 18 |
of the United States; and | 19 |
WHEREAS, At a time when the economy is in a fragile period of | 20 |
recovery from the most severe recession since the Great | 21 |
Depression, the unemployment rate exceeds ten per cent, and job | 22 |
growth has been negligible, it would be unwise to embark upon a | 23 |
new regulatory scheme that would create serious economic | 24 |
uncertainty; and | 25 |
WHEREAS, On January 21, 2010, thirty-nine United States | 26 |
Senators of both political parties introduced Senate Joint | 27 |
Resolution 26 pursuant to provisions of the Congressional Review | 28 |
Act, which authorizes Congress to review every new federal | 29 |
regulation issued by federal agencies and, by passage of a joint | 30 |
resolution, overrule a regulation. Senate Joint Resolution 26 | 31 |
provides that the Congress of the United States disapproves of the | 32 |
rules of the United States Environmental Protection Agency related | 33 |
to the endangerment finding for greenhouse gases under the Clean | 34 |
Air Act; now therefore be it | 35 |
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 128th General Assembly | 36 |
of the State of Ohio, in adopting this resolution, strongly urge | 37 |
the Congress of the United States to pass Senate Joint Resolution | 38 |
26; and be it further | 39 |
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives | 40 |
transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the | 41 |
Speaker and Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, | 42 |
the President Pro Tempore and Secretary of the United States | 43 |
Senate, the members of the Ohio Congressional delegation, and the | 44 |
news media of Ohio. | 45 |