H7408

	2018 -- H 7408
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	STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018
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	H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N
	AMENDING THE MEMBERSHIP AND EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND
	EXPIRATION DATES OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE
	ESTABLISHMENT OF PROCEDURES TO REGULATE AND LICENSE THE
	INTENTIONAL MANIPULATION OF THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT THROUGH
	GEOENGINEERING

	Introduced By: Representative Justin Price
	Date Introduced: February 01, 2018
	Referred To: House Environment and Natural Resources
1	RESOLVED, That the special legislative commission created by resolution No. 374
2	passed by the House of Representatives at its January session, A.D. 2017, and approved
3	September 19, 2017, entitled "House Resolution Creating a Special Legislative Commission to
4	Study the Establishment of Procedures to Regulate and License the Intentional Manipulation of
5	the Global Environment Through Geoengineering" is hereby authorized to continue its study and
6	make a report to the House of Representatives on or before February 7, 2019, and said
7	commission shall expire on May 7, 2019; and be it further
8	RESOLVED, That the time for reporting authorized by resolution No. 374 passed by the
9	House of Representatives at its January session, A.D. 2017, and approved September 19, 2017, be
10	and the same is hereby rescinded; and be it further
11	RESOLVED, That the composition of said house commission is hereby amended to
12	consist of seven (7) members: three (3) of whom shall be members of the Rhode Island House of
13	Representatives, two (2) of whom shall be members of the minority party, and one of whom shall
14	be a member of the majority party, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House; one of whom
15	shall be the Commissioner of the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources, or designee; one of
16	whom shall be a member of the general public with an interest in geoengineering, to be appointed
17	by the Speaker of the House; one of whom shall be a member of the general public who is a
18	former employee of a defense contractor that provided services or supplies to the United States

1	Department of Defense, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House; and one of whom shall be a
2	member with a Master's degree or higher, in the field of Ecological Science.
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