American Clean Energy and Security Act

American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009
Long title	A bill to create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution and transition to a clean energy economy.
Acronyms (colloquial)	ACES, Waxman-Markey Bill
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House of Representatives as H.R. 2454 by Henry Waxman (D-CA) on May 15, 2009; Committee consideration by Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, Education and Labor, Science and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Ways and Means; Passed the House on June 26, 2009 (219-212);

The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES) was an energy bill in the 111th United States Congress (H.R. 2454) that would have established a variant of an emissions trading plan similar to the European Union Emission Trading Scheme. The bill was approved by the House of Representatives on June 26, 2009, by a vote of 219–212. With no prospect of overcoming a threatened Republican filibuster, the bill was never brought to the floor of the Senate for discussion or a vote.^[1]^[2] The House passage of the bill was the "first time either house of Congress had approved a bill meant to curb the heat-trapping gases scientists have linked to climate change."^[3]

The bill was also known as the Waxman-Markey Bill, after its authors, Representatives Henry A. Waxman of California and Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts, both Democrats. Waxman was at the time the chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, and Markey was the chairman of that committee's Energy and Power Subcommittee.

^ Kate Sheppard (2010-03-09). "Was Waxman-Markey A Waste of Energy?". Mother Jones. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
^ Speth, James G. (2021). They Knew: The US Federal Government's Fifty-year Role in Causing the Climate Crisis. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. p. Chapter 7.
^ Broder, John (2009-06-26). "House Passes Bill to Address Threat of Climate Change". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 1, 2012. Retrieved 2009-06-27.

[:0-1] Kate Sheppard (2010-03-09). "Was Waxman-Markey A Waste of Energy?". Mother Jones. Retrieved 2016-09-14.

[:1-2] Speth, James G. (2021). They Knew: The US Federal Government's Fifty-year Role in Causing the Climate Crisis. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. p. Chapter 7.

[nyt-3] Broder, John (2009-06-26). "House Passes Bill to Address Threat of Climate Change". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 1, 2012. Retrieved 2009-06-27.

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