US Congress House Bill 2637 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on June 3 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-06-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy and Power Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Coal Country Protection Act Protecting Jobs, Families, and the Economy From EPA Overreach Act This bill amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from promulgating any regulation or guidance that limits or prohibits new carbon dioxide emissions from a fossil fuel-fired power plant until it is certified: by the Department of Labor that the regulation or guidance will not generate a loss of employment, by the Congressional Budget Office that it will not result in a loss in the gross domestic product, by the Energy Information Administration that it will not generate an increase in electricity rates, and by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation that it will not effect the reliability of electricity delivery.

Coal Country Protection Act Protecting Jobs, Families, and the Economy From EPA Overreach Act

Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]

Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]

Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-06-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
2015-06-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2015-06-03	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2637/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2637/BILLS-114hr2637ih.pdf