I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 637 
To prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from exceeding its statutory 
authority in ways that were not contemplated by the Congress. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 24, 2017 
Mr. PALMER (for himself, Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. 
HARRIS, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. GOODLATTE, 
Mr. LATTA, Mr. WENSTRUP, Mr. BYRNE, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. BABIN, Mr. 
WESTERMAN, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. BRAT, 
Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. 
NUNES, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. CARTER of 
Georgia, Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. GROTHMAN, 
Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. 
SMITH of Missouri, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, 
Mr. BANKS of Indiana, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia, Mr. 
BARTON, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. CARTER of Texas, Mr. 
CULBERSON, Mr. RATCLIFFE, Mr. AMASH, Mr. ROTHFUS, Mr. BUCK, 
Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. CRAMER, Mrs. NOEM, Mr. 
SMITH of Texas, Ms. CHENEY, Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. 
MESSER, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. SANFORD, Mr. WALKER, Mr. MULLIN, Mrs. 
ROBY, Mr. BISHOP of Michigan, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. ROG-
ERS of Alabama, Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California, Mr. BROOKS of Ala-
bama, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. OLSON, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. 
HULTGREN, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. LABRADOR, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. 
CRAWFORD, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. WIL-
LIAMS, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. PERRY, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. 
CHABOT, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. POE of 
Texas, Mr. YOHO, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. COLE, Mr. GARRETT, 
Mr. MARINO, Mr. THOMAS J. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. FRANKS of Ari-
zona, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. JONES, and Mr. DAVIDSON) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Trans-
portation and Infrastructure, and Agriculture, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
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A BILL 
To prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from ex-
ceeding its statutory authority in ways that were not 
contemplated by the Congress. 
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 ‘‘Stopping EPA Over-
reach Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) the Environmental Protection Agency has 
exceeded its statutory authority by promulgating 
regulations that were not contemplated by Congress 
in the authorizing language of the statutes enacted 
by Congress; 
(2) the Environmental Protection Agency was 
correct not to classify greenhouse gases as pollutants 
prior to 2009; 
(3) no Federal agency has the authority to reg-
ulate greenhouse gases under current law; and 
(4) no attempt to regulate greenhouse gases 
should be undertaken without further Congressional 
action. 
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SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF FEDERAL REGULATORY AU-
THORITY TO EXCLUDE GREENHOUSE GASES 
FROM REGULATION UNDER THE CLEAN AIR 
ACT. 
(a) REPEAL OF FEDERAL CLIMATE CHANGE REGU-
LATION.— 
(1) GREENHOUSE
GAS
REGULATION
UNDER 
CLEAN AIR ACT.—Section 302(g) of the Clean Air 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7602(g)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(g) The term’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(g) AIR POLLUTANT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘air pollutant’ 
does not include carbon dioxide, water vapor, meth-
ane, 
nitrous 
oxide, 
hydrofluorocarbons, 
perfluorocarbons, or sulfur hexafluoride.’’. 
(2) NO REGULATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, nothing 
in any of the following Acts or any other law author-
izes or requires the regulation of climate change or 
global warming: 
(A) The Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et 
seq.). 
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(B) The Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). 
(C) The National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 
(D) The Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 
(E) The Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 
U.S.C. 6901 et seq.). 
(b) EFFECT ON FINAL RULES OF THE EPA.—In ac-
cordance with this section, the following final rules (or any 
similar or successor rules) of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency shall be void and have no force or effect: 
(1) The final rule entitled ‘‘Oil and Natural 
Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Recon-
structed, and Modified Sources’’ (published at 81 
Fed. Reg. 35823 (June 3, 2016)). 
(2) The final rule entitled ‘‘Carbon Pollution 
Emission 
Guidelines 
for 
Existing 
Stationary 
Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units’’ (pub-
lished at 80 Fed. Reg. 64661 (October 23, 2015)). 
SEC. 4. JOBS ANALYSIS FOR ALL EPA REGULATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Before proposing or finalizing any 
regulation, rule, or policy, the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency shall provide an analysis of 
the regulation, rule, or policy and describe the direct and 
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indirect net and gross impact of the regulation, rule, or 
policy on employment in the United States. 
(b) LIMITATION.—No regulation, rule, or policy de-
scribed in subsection (a) shall take effect if the regulation, 
rule, or policy has a negative impact on employment in 
the United States unless the regulation, rule, or policy is 
approved by Congress and signed by the President. 
Æ 
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