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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4169 

To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit any regulation under such Act 

concerning the emissions of carbon dioxide from a fossil fuel-fired electric 

generating unit from taking effect until the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency makes certain certifications, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 3, 2015 

Mr. ROTHFUS (for himself, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. BARR, Mrs. NOEM, Mr. 

MOONEY of West Virginia, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. STUTZMAN, Mr. 

PITTENGER, Mr. WEBER of Texas, and Mr. ROUZER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit any regulation 

under such Act concerning the emissions of carbon dioxide from a fossil fuel-fired electric generating unit from 

taking effect until the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency makes certain certifications, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fighting Against Im3 balanced Regulatory Burdens Act of 2015’’. 

4 SEC. 2. NO UNILATERAL REGULATION OF EMISSIONS OF 

5 CARBON DIOXIDE. 

6 The Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) is amend7 ed by inserting after section 329 the following: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 330. NO UNILATERAL REGULATION OF EMISSIONS OF 

9 CARBON DIOXIDE FROM FOSSIL FUEL-FIRED 

10 ELECTRIC GENERATING UNITS. 

11 ‘‘(a) PROHIBITION ON REGULATIONS CONCERNING

12 EMISSIONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE FROM FOSSIL FUEL13 FIRED ELECTRIC GENERATING UNITS TAKING EF14 FECT.— 

15 ‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.—A regulation under this 

16 Act concerning emissions of carbon dioxide from a 

17 fossil fuel-fired electric generating unit to address 

18 climate change may not take effect until the Admin19 istrator certifies that a sufficient number of coun20 tries have put into effect regulations concerning 

21 emissions of carbon dioxide which are at least as 

22 stringent as the regulation under this Act. 

23 ‘‘(2) COUNTRIES.—For the purposes of para24 graph (1), the term ‘sufficient number’ means a suf25 ficient number of countries so that, in the aggregate, 

26 such countries account for not less than 80 percent 


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1 of the global carbon dioxide emissions, excluding 

2 such emissions in the United States, in the calendar 

3 year immediately preceding the year in which the 

4 regulation under this Act would be enforced. 

5 ‘‘(3) STRINGENCY CONSIDERATIONS.—For the 

6 purposes of paragraph (1), a country’s regulation 

7 concerning carbon dioxide emissions may only be 

8 considered to be as stringent as the regulation under 

9 this Act if such country’s regulation limits carbon 

10 dioxide emissions to a numeric standard that is 

11 equal to or less than such a standard under the reg12 ulation under this Act in a timeframe that is equal 

13 to or less than the timeframe under the regulation 

14 under this Act. 

15 ‘‘(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec16 tion shall be construed as providing the Administrator 

17 with any authority to promulgate any regulation con18 cerning, take action relating to, or take into consideration 

19 the emissions of carbon dioxide.’’. 

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