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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5300 

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 

primarily consider, and to separately report, the domestic benefits of 

any rule that addresses emissions of carbon dioxide from any existing 

source or new source that is an electric utility generating unit, in any 

such rule, and in the regulatory impact analysis for such rule, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 30, 2014 

Mrs. WAGNER (for herself, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. LONG, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. MCKINLEY, and Mr. GUTHRIE) introduced the 

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

A BILL 

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to primarily consider, and to separately report, the domestic benefits of any rule that addresses 

emissions of carbon dioxide from any existing source 

or new source that is an electric utility generating unit, 

in any such rule, and in the regulatory impact analysis 

for such rule, 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 ‘‘The EPA Regulatory 

3 Domestic Benefit Act of 2014’’. 

4 SEC. 2. RULES ADDRESSING CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS 

5 FROM ELECTRIC UTILITY GENERATING 

6 UNITS. 

7 (a) CONSIDERATION OF DOMESTIC BENEFITS.—The 

8 Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 

9 may not issue, implement, or enforce any proposed or final 

10 rule addressing emissions of carbon dioxide from any new 

11 source or existing source that is an electric utility gener12 ating unit unless the Administrator in such rule, and in 

13 the regulatory impact analysis for such rule— 

14 (1) includes an analysis and an estimate of any 

15 domestic benefits of such rule that are reported sep16 arately from any analysis or estimate of the global 

17 benefits of such rule; 

18 (2) primarily considers the domestic benefits of 

19 such rule as opposed to the global benefits of such 

20 rule; and 

21 (3) includes an estimate of the difference be22 tween monetized benefits and costs of such rule that 

23 is based on analyses and estimates of domestic bene24 fits and domestic costs. 

25 (b) NULLIFICATION OF PROPOSED RULES.—The fol26 lowing rules of the Environmental Protection Agency shall 


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1 have no force or effect and shall be treated as if such rules 

2 had never been issued: 

3 (1) The proposed rule entitled ‘‘Standards of 

4 Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From 

5 New Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating 

6 Units’’ published at 79 Fed. Reg. 1430 (January 8, 

7 2014). 

8 (2) The proposed rule entitled ‘‘Carbon Pollu9 tion Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary 

10 Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units’’ pub11 lished at 79 Fed. Reg. 34830 (June 18, 2014). 

12 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

13 (1) EXISTING SOURCE.—The term ‘‘existing 

14 source’’ has the meaning given such term in section 

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

16 (2) NEW SOURCE.—The term ‘‘new source’’ has 

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

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

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