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Union Calendar No. 118 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1582 

[Report No. 113–164] 

To protect consumers by prohibiting the Administrator of the Environmental 

Protection Agency from promulgating as final certain energy-related rules 

that are estimated to cost more than $1 billion and will cause significant 

adverse effects to the economy. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 16, 2013 

Mr. CASSIDY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce 

JULY 22, 2013 

Additional sponsors: Mr. WHITFIELD, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. BARR, Mr. KLINE, 

Mr. MCKINLEY, and Mr. HARPER

JULY 22, 2013 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 16, 2013] 


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A BILL 

To protect consumers by prohibiting the Administrator of 

the Environmental Protection Agency from promulgating 

as final certain energy-related rules that are estimated 

to cost more than $1 billion and will cause significant 

adverse effects to the economy. 


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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy Consumers Re5 lief Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST FINALIZING CERTAIN EN7 ERGY-RELATED RULES THAT WILL CAUSE SIG8 NIFICANT ADVERSE EFFECTS TO THE ECON9 OMY. 

10 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Ad11 ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may 

12 not promulgate as final an energy-related rule that is esti13 mated to cost more than $1 billion if the Secretary of En14 ergy determines under section 3(3) that the rule will cause 

15 significant adverse effects to the economy. 

16 SEC. 3. REPORTS AND DETERMINATIONS PRIOR TO PRO17 MULGATING AS FINAL CERTAIN ENERGY-RE18 LATED RULES. 

19 Before promulgating as final any energy-related rule 

20 that is estimated to cost more than $1 billion: 

21 (1) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Administrator 

22 of the Environmental Protection Agency shall submit 

23 to Congress a report (and transmit a copy to the Sec24 retary of Energy) containing— 

25 (A) a copy of the rule; 


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1 (B) a concise general statement relating to 

2 the rule; 

3 (C) an estimate of the total costs of the rule, 

4 including the direct costs and indirect costs of 

5 the rule; 

6 (D) an estimate of the total benefits of the 

7 rule, an estimate of when such benefits are ex8 pected to be realized, and a description of the 

9 modeling, the assumptions, and the limitations 

10 due to uncertainty, speculation, or lack of infor11 mation associated with the estimates under this 

12 subparagraph; 

13 (E) an estimate of the increases in energy 

14 prices, including potential increases in gasoline 

15 or electricity prices for consumers, that may re16 sult from implementation or enforcement of the 

17 rule; and 

18 (F) a detailed description of the employ19 ment effects, including potential job losses and 

20 shifts in employment, that may result from im21 plementation or enforcement of the rule. 

22 (2) INITIAL DETERMINATION ON INCREASES AND

23 IMPACTS.—The Secretary of Energy, in consultation 

24 with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and 

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1 istration, shall prepare an independent analysis to 

2 determine whether the rule will cause— 

3 (A) any increase in energy prices for con4 sumers, including low-income households, small 

5 businesses, and manufacturers; 

6 (B) any impact on fuel diversity of the Na7 tion’s electricity generation portfolio or on na8 tional, regional, or local electric reliability; 

9 (C) any adverse effect on energy supply, 

10 distribution, or use due to the economic or tech11 nical infeasibility of implementing the rule; or 

12 (D) any other adverse effect on energy sup13 ply, distribution, or use (including a shortfall in 

14 supply and increased use of foreign supplies). 

15 (3) SUBSEQUENT DETERMINATION ON ADVERSE

16 EFFECTS TO THE ECONOMY.—If the Secretary of En17 ergy determines, under paragraph (2), that the rule 

18 will cause an increase, impact, or effect described in 

19 such paragraph, then the Secretary, in consultation 

20 with the Administrator of the Environmental Protec21 tion Agency, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary 

22 of Labor, and the Administrator of the Small Busi23 ness Administration, shall— 


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1 (A) determine whether the rule will cause 

2 significant adverse effects to the economy, taking 

3 into consideration— 

4 (i) the costs and benefits of the rule 

5 and limitations in calculating such costs 

6 and benefits due to uncertainty, speculation, 

7 or lack of information; and 

8 (ii) the positive and negative impacts 

9 of the rule on economic indicators, includ10 ing those related to gross domestic product, 

11 unemployment, wages, consumer prices, and 

12 business and manufacturing activity; and 

13 (B) publish the results of such determina14 tion in the Federal Register. 

15 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

16 In this Act: 

17 (1) The terms ‘‘direct costs’’ and ‘‘indirect costs’’ 

18 have the meanings given such terms in chapter 8 of 

19 the Environmental Protection Agency’s ‘‘Guidelines 

20 for Preparing Economic Analyses’’ dated December 

21 17, 2010. 

22 (2) The term ‘‘energy-related rule that is esti23 mated to cost more than $1 billion’’ means a rule of 

24 the Environmental Protection Agency that— 


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1 (A) regulates any aspect of the production, 

2 supply, distribution, or use of energy or provides 

3 for such regulation by States or other govern4 mental entities; and 

5 (B) is estimated by the Administrator of the 

6 Environmental Protection Agency or the Direc7 tor of the Office of Management and Budget to 

8 impose direct costs and indirect costs, in the ag9 gregate, of more than $1,000,000,000. 

10 (3) The term ‘‘rule’’ has the meaning given to 

11 such term in section 551 of title 5, United States 

12 Code. 


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Union Calendar No. 118 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1582 

[Report No. 113–164] 

A BILL 

To protect consumers by prohibiting the Administhe economy. lion and will cause significant adverse effects to rules that are estimated to cost more than $1 bil- from promulgating as final certain energy-related trator of the Environmental Protection Agency 

JULY 22, 2013 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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