S.Amdt. 1503
What it does: Adds SEC. 97____. REPORT ON COSTS TO HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT OF EXTRACTION, PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION, AND USE OF PRIMARY ENERGY RESOURCES on page 372, between lines 4 and 5
Sen. James M. Jeffords (I-VT)What it changes
1 change to S. 14
Adds SEC. 97____. REPORT ON COSTS TO HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT OF EXTRACTION, PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION, AND USE OF PRIMARY ENERGY RESOURCES on page 372, between lines 4 and 5
Adds a sectionPrinted pageInserted: SEC. 97____. REPORT ON COSTS TO HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT OF EXTRACTION, PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION, AND USE OF PRIMARY ENERGY RESOURCES.
Inserted: (a) Definitions.--In this section:
Inserted: (1) Costs to human health and the environment.--The term "costs to human health and the environment" includes costs of air pollution, global warming, water pollution, toxic contamination, morbidity, and transgenerational effects.
Inserted: (2) Primary energy resource.--The term "primary energy resource" includes a fossil fuel, nuclear energy, a renewable energy source, and electricity.
Inserted: (b) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, after consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences under which the Academy shall complete and submit to Congress, not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, a report that describes and, to the maximum extent practicable, quantifies, the costs to human health and the environment in the United States of the extraction, production, consumption, and use of primary energy resources that, as of the date of enactment of this Act, are not reflected in retail prices paid by consumers for the primary energy resources.
Original wording
On page 372, between lines 4 and 5, insert the following:
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As printed
SA 1503. Mr. JEFFORDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 14, to enhance the energy security of the United States, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 372, between lines 4 and 5, insert the following:
SEC. 97____. REPORT ON COSTS TO HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT OF EXTRACTION, PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION, AND USE OF PRIMARY ENERGY RESOURCES.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Costs to human health and the environment.--The term “costs to human health and the environment” includes costs of air pollution, global warming, water pollution, toxic contamination, morbidity, and transgenerational effects.
(2) Primary energy resource.--The term “primary energy resource” includes a fossil fuel, nuclear energy, a renewable energy source, and electricity.
(b) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, after consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences under which the Academy shall complete and submit to Congress, not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, a report that describes and, to the maximum extent practicable, quantifies, the costs to human health and the environment in the United States of the extraction, production, consumption, and use of primary energy resources that, as of the date of enactment of this Act, are not reflected in retail prices paid by consumers for the primary energy resources.
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Senate amendment submitted
July 31, 2003