HR 17 - AS INTRODUCED
2022 SESSION
22-2570
11/10
HOUSE RESOLUTION 17
A RESOLUTION opposing all federal and state efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation.
SPONSORS: Rep. Bernardy, Rock. 16; Rep. Notter, Hills. 21; Rep. White, Merr. 20; Rep. Cambrils, Merr. 9
COMMITTEE: State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This resolution opposes the establishment of a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation.
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22-2570
11/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
A RESOLUTION opposing all federal and state efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation.
WHEREAS, affordable and abundant electricity is a strategic resource that is essential to modern life and America’s economic competitiveness; and
WHEREAS, the application of a carbon tax to gasoline and other transportation fuels will have a dramatic, immediate impact on transportation costs; and
WHEREAS, a carbon tax, by design, will result in substantial, immediate increases in the price of electricity, making electricity less affordable for millions of Americans; and
WHEREAS, a carbon tax in the United States will have no impact on China, India, and other major sources of carbon emissions throughout the world, except to increase their competitiveness relative to the United States; and
WHEREAS, a carbon tax will put United States exporters and manufacturers at a competitive disadvantage by increasing domestic manufacturing production costs; and
WHEREAS, the sole purpose of the tax code should be to fund necessary government functions rather than to manipulate consumer decisions; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives:
That the state of New Hampshire opposes all federal and state efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation; and
That copies of this resolution, signed by the speaker of the house of representatives be forwarded to each member of the New Hampshire congressional delegation.