The American Clean Energy and Security Act (Waxman-Markey Bill)

Focus on the House

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES Act), H.R. 2454, on June 26 by a vote of 219 to 212. This comprehensive national climate and energy legislation would establish an economy-wide, greenhouse gas (GHG) cap-and-trade system and critical complementary measures to help address climate change and build a clean energy economy. The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 33-25 to approve the ACES Act on May 21. Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA), chairman of a key subcommittee, introduced the bill on May 15, after floating a discussion draft in March.

C2ES Resources

• Short Summary of the ACES Act
• Detailed Summary of the ACES Act as passed by the House
• Graph: Distribution of Allowances under the ACES Act
• Graph: GDP Impacts of U.S. Energy-Climate Legislation
• Comparison Chart: Clean Energy Standard Provisions in Climate and Energy Legislation for the 111th Congress (July 7, 2010)
• Comparison Chart: Energy Efficiency provisions in Energy and Climate Legislation for the 111th Congress
• Comparison Chart: Plug-In Electric Vehicles in Climate-Energy Legislation for the 111th Congress
• The Center's Statement on Passage of the ACES Act
• In Brief: Economic Insights from Modeling Analyses of H.R. 2454
• In Brief: What Pending Climate Legislation Does for Nuclear Power
• In Brief: What the ACES Act Does for Coal
• In Brief: Agriculture Under the ACES Act
• Policy Memo: Cost Containment and Offset Use
• Policy Memo: Addressing Competitiveness Issues in Climate Legislation
• Policy Memo: Distribution of Allowances under the ACES Act
• Policy Memo: Cost of the ACES Act of 2009 Found to Be Small According to Government Analyses
• Policy Memo: Eight Myths about the ACES Act

USCAP Resources:

• Statement on Costs of Climate Legislation
• Statement on Committee's Passage of the ACES Act
• Legislative Recommendations

Committee Documents and other External Resources

• President Obama's statements of support
• Summary of Manager’s Amendment to H. R. 2454
• H.R. 2454 By the Numbers
• H.R. 2454 Bill Text as Passed by the House
• H.R. 2454 Committee Summary
• EPA Analysis of H.R. 2454
• EPA Analysis Summary
• CBO Cost Estimate
• House Energy and Commerce Committee – ACES Act Resources