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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

     Introduced By: Representative Justin Price

     Date Introduced: March 24, 2017

     Referred To: House Environment and Natural Resources

     RESOLVED, That a special legislative commission be and the same is hereby created

consisting of five (5) members: five (5) of whom shall be members of the House of

Representatives, not more than three (3) from the same political party, to be appointed by the

Speaker of the House.

     The purpose of said commission shall be to study and provide recommendations for state

regulation and licensure of all geoengineering technologies including, but not limited to:

     • Solar Radiation Management (SRM);

     • Geoengineering ground-based and/or atmosphere-based deployments;

     • Cloud cover protection and cloud whitening;

     • Space sunshades, sunshields, solar shields or atmospheric sunscreens, e.g., reflective

particulates;

     • Artificial ionosphere;

     • Ocean fertilization;

     • Aircraft geoengineering activities.

     Forthwith upon passage of this resolution, the members of the commission shall meet at

the call of the Speaker of the House and organize and shall select, from among the legislators, a

chairperson. Vacancies in said commission shall be filed in like manner as the original

appointment.

     Vacancies in said commission shall be filled in like manner as the original appointment.

     The membership of said commission shall receive no compensation for their services.

     All departments and agencies of the state shall furnish such advice and information,

documentary and otherwise, to said commission and its agents as is deemed necessary or

desirable by the commission to facilitate the purposes of this resolution.

     The Speaker of the House is hereby authorized and directed to provide suitable quarters

for said commission; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the commission shall report its findings and recommendations to the

Speaker of the House and the Chairman of the House Committee on Environment and Natural

Resources no later than April 2, 2018, and said commission shall expire on June 2, 2018.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

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     This resolution would create a five (5) member special legislative commission whose

purpose it would be to make a comprehensive study and provide recommendations on the

regulation and licensure of geoengineering, and who would report back to the Speaker of the

House and the Chairman of the House Committee on Environment and Natural Resources no later

than April 2, 2018, and whose life would expire on June 2, 2018.

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