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HR 5294 111th Congress House

LEASE Act of 2010

Official title: To prevent Federal agencies from regulating greenhouse gas emissions for purposes of addressing climate change without express and specific statutory authority, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 13, 2010 See on congress.gov
Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAir qualityClimate change and greenhouse gasesCongressional-executive branch relations
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May 13, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 13, 2010
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 Latest action May 13, 2010

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Limit Executive Actions Suspending Energy Act of 2010 or the LEASE Act of 2010 - Prohibits the head of any federal agency from taking any administrative action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions (including by issuing orders, promulgating regulations, or otherwise regulating, monitoring, mitigating, predicting, or documenting such emissions) for purposes of addressing climate change unless a federal statute expressly and specifically authorizes such action.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
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Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · May 20, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5294: LEASE Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5294/
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"H.R. 5294: LEASE Act of 2010." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5294/.
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H.R. 5294, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5294/.
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[H.R. 5294: LEASE Act of 2010](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5294/)
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