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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3626 

To prohibit funding for the Environmental Protection Agency to be used 

to implement or enforce a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 

Mr. POE of Texas (for himself, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. JONES, 

Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. OLSON, Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. GOHMERT, and Mr. 

LATTA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To prohibit funding for the Environmental Protection Agency 

to be used to implement or enforce a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ensuring Affordable 

5 Energy Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF FUNDING FOR CAP-AND-TRADE 

2 PROGRAM, AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS, FOR 

3 GREENHOUSE GASES. 

4 (a) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any other provi5 sion of law, no funds appropriated or otherwise available 

6 for the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 

7 Agency may be used to implement or enforce— 

8 (1) a cap-and-trade program; or 

9 (2) any statutory or regulatory requirement 

10 pertaining to emissions of one or more greenhouse 

11 gases from stationary sources that is issued or be12 comes applicable or effective after the date of enact13 ment of this Act, including— 

14 (A) any such requirement under section 

15 111 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411) or 

16 part C of title I of such Act (42 U.S.C. 7470 

17 et seq.), including the final rule entitled ‘‘Car18 bon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing 

19 Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating 

20 Units’’ signed by the Administrator of the En21 vironmental Protection Agency on August 3, 

22 2015, and any requirement for a State to adopt 

23 or submit a plan, or for a State or entity within 

24 a State to become subject to a Federal plan, 

25 pursuant to such final rule; and 


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1 (B) any such permitting requirement 

2 under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et 

3 seq.). 

4 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

5 (1) The term ‘‘cap-and-trade program’’ means 

6 any regulatory program established after the date of 

7 enactment of this Act that provides for the sale, auc8 tion, or other distribution of a limited amount of al9 lowances that permit the emission of one or more 

10 greenhouse gases. 

11 (2) The term ‘‘greenhouse gas’’ includes, with 

12 respect to a cap-and-trade program under subsection 

13 (a)(1) or a requirement under subsection (a)(2), any 

14 of the following: 

15 (A) Carbon dioxide. 

16 (B) Methane. 

17 (C) Nitrous oxide. 

18 (D) Sulfur hexafluoride. 

19 (E) Hydrofluorocarbons. 

20 (F) Perfluorocarbons. 

21 (G) Any other anthropogenic gas des22 ignated as a greenhouse gas for purposes of 

23 such cap-and-trade program or such require24 ment. 


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1 (3) The term ‘‘stationary source’’ has the 

2 meaning given such term in section 111(a)(3) of the 

3 Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411(a)(3)). 

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