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[CITE: 42USC13384]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 134--ENERGY POLICY
 
                  SUBCHAPTER VII--GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
 
Sec. 13384. Assessment of alternative policy mechanisms for 
        addressing greenhouse gas emissions
        
    Not later than 18 months after October 24, 1992, the Secretary shall 
transmit a report to Congress containing a comparative assessment of 
alternative policy mechanisms for reducing the generation of greenhouse 
gases. Such assessment shall include a short-run and long-run analysis 
of the social, economic, energy, environmental, competitive, and 
agricultural costs and benefits, including costs and benefits for jobs 
and competition, and the practicality of each of the following policy 
mechanisms:
        (1) Various systems for controlling the generation of greenhouse 
    gases, including caps for the generation of greenhouse gases from 
    major sources and emissions trading programs.
        (2) Federal standards for energy efficiency for major sources of 
    greenhouse gases, including efficiency standards for power plants, 
    industrial processes, automobile fuel economy, appliances, and 
    buildings, and for emissions of methane.
        (3) Various Federal and voluntary incentives programs.

(Pub. L. 102-486, title XVI, Sec. 1604, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3002.)
