House Passes EU Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act
On October 24, 2011 the House passed H.R. 2594, to prohibit operators of civil aircraft of the U.S. from participating in the European Union's emissions trading scheme. According to a Congressional Research Service summary, H.R. 2594 would direct the Secretary…
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of Transportation to prohibit an operator of a U.S. civil aircraft from participating in any emissions trading scheme unilaterally established by the European Union. It would also direct the Secretary, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, and other appropriate U.S. government officials to use their authority to conduct international negotiations and take other actions necessary to ensure that operators of U.S. civil aircraft are held harmless from any such scheme.