"The European Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act of 2011..."
Although hilariously funny to read, it actually is a testimony to the sorry state of current EU-US relations.
EASA Part FCL is another recent example, and before that we had the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act (H.R. 915).
What is new is that US legislation is now being named directly after the EU legislation it is aimed at. Why not the
"Yankee Tourist Visa Harassment Directive 2012/119"
followed by the inevitable
"Limey Compulsory Butt Examination Section Amendment to the Patriot Act"
Clearly leadership is lacking on both sides of the atlantic. We simply cannot afford 1930's style protectionism augmented by a combined civil servant and legislator stupidity on a scale never witnessed before.