42 U.S.C. § 13384 : US Code - Section 13384: Assessment of alternative policy mechanisms for addressing greenhouse gas emissions

Search 42 U.S.C. § 13384 : US Code - Section 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.