Draft climate legislation developed by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) would have a modest effect on consumers if the bulk of the revenue from the sale of emissions allowances is returned to households, according to a preliminary Environmental Protection Agency analysis released April 21.rnFurthermore, the price of the allowances would be mitigated by offsets that could be used by companies and other entities covered by the emissions trading scheme established under the American Clean Energy and Security Act, EPA said.rnThe discussion draft, co-authored with Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, and unveiled March 31, is designed to reduce emissions by 83 percent by 2050 from 2005 levels, primarily through an emissions cap-and-trade program (40 ER 745, 4/3/09).
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机译：根据初步的环境保护署的说法，由房屋能源和商业委员会主席亨利·瓦克斯曼（Henry Waxman）（加利福尼亚州）制定的气候立法草案如果将出售排放配额的大部分收入返还给家庭，将对消费者产生适度影响。美国环保署说，此外，4月21日发布的分析报告还指出，配额的价格将通过根据《美国清洁能源与安全法》建立的排放权交易计划所涵盖的公司和其他实体可以使用的抵消额来减轻。由众议院能源独立与全球变暖专责委员会主席爱德华·马基（爱德华·马基）撰写，并于3月31日揭幕。该计划旨在到2050年将排放量比2005年的水平减少83％，主要是通过排放总量管制与交易计划（40 ER 745，4/3/09）。
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