Of inquiry requesting the President to provide certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to plans to declare a "climate emergency" in order to invoke emergency authorities to impose regulations on industrial activity, or the supply and delivery of energy or electric power, in the United States.

This resolution requests the President to provide the House of Representatives documents and information about any plans to declare climate change a public health emergency or national emergency in order to regulate aspects of industrial activity or supply and delivery of energy or electric power.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1272 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1272

Of inquiry requesting the President to provide certain documents to the 
   House of Representatives relating to plans to declare a ``climate 
    emergency'' in order to invoke emergency authorities to impose 
   regulations on industrial activity, or the supply and delivery of 
            energy or electric power, in the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2022

   Mr. Johnson of Ohio submitted the following resolution; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Of inquiry requesting the President to provide certain documents to the 
   House of Representatives relating to plans to declare a ``climate 
    emergency'' in order to invoke emergency authorities to impose 
   regulations on industrial activity, or the supply and delivery of 
            energy or electric power, in the United States.

    Resolved, That the President is requested to transmit to the House 
of Representatives, not later than 14 days after the date of adoption 
of this resolution, copies of all documents, memoranda, and advisory 
legal opinions, including notes from meetings, memos, and telephone and 
electronic mail records, to the extent that any such one or more items 
are within the possession of the President and refer or relate to the 
following:
            (1) A strategy or plan to declare climate change a public 
        health emergency or a national emergency in order to invoke 
        emergency powers to regulate or control any aspect of current 
        or future industrial activity, or the supply and delivery of 
        energy or electric power, in the United States.
            (2) Statutory authorities to be used by the President to 
        respond to a declared climate emergency in order to regulate or 
        control any aspect of current or future industrial activity, or 
        the supply and delivery of energy or electric power, in the 
        United States.
            (3) Interagency comments concerning the use of available 
        authorities or emergency powers to respond to a climate 
        emergency.
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