Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to provide certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the Environmental Protection Agency's April proposed finding that greenhouse gas emissions are a danger to public health and welfare.

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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Requests the President, and directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to furnish the House of Representatives all documents relating to the EPA's April proposed finding that greenhouse gas emissions are a danger to public health and welfare, including: (1) a specified untitled, undated memo; (2) any cost benefit or systematic risk analysis related to such proposed finding; and (3) scientific evidence or opinion that demonstrates health effects of greenhouse gases.

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Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5] · R–WI

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May 14, 2009
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HRES 449 · Of inquiry requesting the President to provide certain documents in his possession to the House of Representatives relating to the Environmental Protection Agency's April proposed finding that greenhouse gas emissions are a danger to public health and welfare.

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Discuss H.Res.446, 111th Congress: Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to provide certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the Environmental Protection Agency's April proposed finding that greenhouse gas emissions are a danger to public health and welfare.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-resolution/446

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Analyze H.Res.446 as objectively as possible. Explain its main provisions, who would be affected, possible benefits and harms, implementation, exceptions, and uncertainties. Present the strongest arguments for and against it, and identify evidence needed to assess its public impact.

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Discuss H.Res.446, 111th Congress: Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to provide certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the Environmental Protection Agency's April proposed finding that greenhouse gas emissions are a danger to public health and welfare.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-resolution/446

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2009-05-14.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hres446/BILLS-111hres446ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-01-02T16:19:12Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Discuss H.Res.446, 111th Congress: Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to provide certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the Environmental Protection Agency's April proposed finding that greenhouse gas emissions are a danger to public health and welfare.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-resolution/446

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2009-05-14.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hres446/BILLS-111hres446ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-01-02T16:19:12Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

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Discuss H.Res.446, 111th Congress: Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to provide certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the Environmental Protection Agency's April proposed finding that greenhouse gas emissions are a danger to public health and welfare.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-resolution/446

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2009-05-14.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hres446/BILLS-111hres446ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-01-02T16:19:12Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

Examine H.Res.446 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.