S.Amdt. 4958

SA 4958. Mr. VOINOVICH (for himself, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. Chambliss) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3036, to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 423, after line 25, insert the following:

SEC. 1308. CERTIFICATION OF INTERNATIONAL COMPLIANCE.

The emission limitations required by this Act for calendar year 2012 shall not take effect until such date as the Senate ratifies an international climate change agreement pursuant to the Convention that--

(1) covers, at a minimum, all economies as identified by the Major Economies Process on Energy Security and Climate Change who initially convened in Washington, DC, on September 27, 2007;

(2) requires the enactment into law by each participating country of a national program that requires and demonstrates greenhouse gas emission reduction and enforcement mechanisms comparable to the reduction requirements and enforcement mechanisms of the United States;

(3) requires each participating country to enforce a program consistent with article 5 of the North American agreement on environmental cooperation (with annexes), done at Mexico, Washington, and Ottawa September 8, 9, 12, and 14, 1993, and entered into force on January 1, 1994;

(4) establishes globally agreed-upon standards for the measurement of greenhouse gas emissions and sinks; and

(5) requires annual reporting of greenhouse gas emissions based on the established standards.