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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3702 
To delay the effective date of certain rules of the Environmental Protection 
Agency until a report is submitted and a law is enacted setting the 
rule’s effective date. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2013 
Mr. KINGSTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To delay the effective date of certain rules of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency until a report is submitted 
and a law is enacted setting the rule’s effective date. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Refinery Regulatory 
Reduction Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. DELAY IN EFFECTIVE DATE OF CERTAIN EPA 
RULES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A rule described in subsection (b) 
shall not take effect until— 
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(1) a report on the rule is submitted in accord-
ance with subsection (c); and 
(2) a law is enacted setting the rule’s effective 
date. 
(b) COVERED RULES.—Subsection (a) applies to a 
rule of the Environmental Protection Agency that is final-
ized on or after the date of enactment of this Act and— 
(1) requires a reduction in the sulfur content of 
gasoline; 
(2) establishes or revises a standard of perform-
ance under section 111 of the Clean Air Act (42 
U.S.C. 7411) that is applicable to the emission of 
any air pollutant from a petroleum refinery; or 
(3) concerns, takes action relating to, or takes 
into consideration the emission of a greenhouse gas 
from a petroleum refinery. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) SUBMISSION.—Upon finalizing any rule de-
scribed in subsection (b), the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 
Commerce, the Secretary of Energy, the Adminis-
trator of the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, and the Commissioner of the Bureau of 
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Labor Statistics, shall submit a report on the rule 
to the Congress. 
(2) CONTENTS.—A report required by para-
graph (1) shall include each of the following: 
(A) Estimates of the impacts of the rule 
on— 
(i) the global economic competitive-
ness of businesses and industries in the 
United States in international markets, 
particularly focusing on energy-intensive 
and trade-sensitive industries; 
(ii) national, State, and regional en-
ergy prices; 
(iii) national, State, and regional fuel 
prices; 
(iv) agricultural and food prices; and 
(v) national, State, and regional em-
ployment, including secondary impacts as-
sociated with increased energy and fuel 
prices or facility closures. 
(B) Estimates of the cumulative costs and 
benefits of the rule. 
(C) An assessment of the cumulative im-
pacts of the rule on— 
(i) consumers; 
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(ii) small businesses; 
(iii) regional economies, including 
local and industry-specific labor markets; 
(iv) agriculture; and 
(v) oil refinery production. 
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