US Congress House Bill 6172 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on July 24 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-09-20 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from finalizing any rule imposing a standard of performance for carbon dioxide emissions from any existing or new source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit unless and until three of four specified officials (the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, the Comptroller General, the Director of the National Energy Technology Laboratory, and the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology) publish and submit to Congress a report finding that carbon capture and storage is technologically and economically feasible for such units.

To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing any rule imposing any standard of performance for carbon dioxide emissions from any existing or new source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit unless and until carbon capture and storage is found to be technologically and economically feasible.

Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. Jason Altmire [D-PA]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]	Rep. Dennis Cardoza [D-CA]
Rep. Jerry Costello [D-IL]	Rep. Mark Critz [D-PA]	Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]	Rep. Tim Holden [D-PA]
Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]
Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-09-20	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2012-07-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
2012-07-24	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/6172/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr6172/BILLS-112hr6172ih.pdf