SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF 
CERTAIN 
ENVIRONMENTAL 
PROTECTION 
AGENCY RULES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Before a final rule or guidance is 
issued by the Environmental Protection Agency under the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) that may reduce 
the level of energy output in a specified sector may take 
effect, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency shall submit a copy of the proposed rule or guid-
ance to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 
(in this Act referred to as ‘‘OIRA’’) for analysis. 
(b) OIRA ANALYSIS.—Not later than 90 days after 
receiving the proposed rule or guidance from the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Ad-
ministrator of OIRA shall conduct an analysis to deter-
mine if such rule or guidance, individually or when com-
bined with another final rule or guidance issued by the 
Environmental Protection Agency, will reduce the level of 
energy output in a specified sector below the level of the 
prior calendar year. Such analysis shall include the poten-
tial impact of the rule or guidance on energy output in 
a specified sector and any potential job losses over a period 
of 10 years. 
SEC. 3. PROCESS FOR APPROVAL OF CONGRESS. 
(a) REPORT TO CONGRESS FROM OIRA.—If the Ad-
ministrator of OIRA determines that a proposed rule or 
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guidance reduces the level of energy output under section 
2(b), the Administrator shall, not later than 90 days after 
making the determination, submit a report to Congress 
that includes— 
(1) a copy of the rule or guidance; 
(2) the proposed effective date of the rule or 
guidance; and 
(3) the analysis conducted under section 2(b). 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL ACTION.—No rule or guidance 
that is the subject of a report submitted pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall take effect unless Congress enacts a joint 
resolution approving such rule or guidance. 
(c) JOINT RESOLUTION DEFINED.—For purposes of 
this section, the term ‘‘joint resolution’’ means only a joint 
resolution addressing a rule or guidance that is the subject 
of a report submitted pursuant to subsection (a) that— 
(1) bears no preamble; 
(2) bears the following title: ‘‘Approving the 
llll submitted in the report from the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs on llll re-
lating to llll’’ with— 
(A) the first blank filled with ‘‘rule’’ or 
‘‘guidance’’; 
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(B) the second blank filled with the date of 
the report submitted pursuant to subsection 
(a); and 
(C) the third blank filled as appropriate; 
(3) includes after its resolving clause only the 
following: ‘‘That Congress approves the llll 
submitted in the report from the Office of Informa-
tion and Regulatory Affairs on llll relating to 
llll’’, with— 
(A) the first blank filled with ‘‘rule’’ or 
‘‘guidance’’; 
(B) the second blank filled with the date of 
the report submitted pursuant to subsection 
(a); and 
(C) the third blank filled as appropriate; 
and 
(4) is introduced pursuant to subsection (d). 
(d) INTRODUCTION.—After a House of Congress re-
ceives a report submitted pursuant to subsection (a), the 
majority leader of that House (or his or her respective des-
ignee) shall introduce (by request, if appropriate) a joint 
resolution described in subsection (c) within 3 session days 
or legislative days, as applicable. 
(e) RULES OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.—This section is enacted by Congress— 
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(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the Senate and House of Representatives, respec-
tively, and as such is deemed to be part of the rules 
of each House, respectively, but applicable only with 
respect to the procedure to be followed in that 
House in the case of a joint resolution described in 
subsection (c) and superseding other rules only 
where explicitly so; and 
(2) with full recognition of the Constitutional 
right of either House to change the rules (so far as 
they relate to the procedure of that House) at any 
time, in the same manner and to the same extent as 
in the case of any other rule of that House. 
SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY TO EXISTING LAW. 
Chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 809. Exemption for certain Clean Air Act rules. 
‘‘Nothing in this chapter shall apply to rules promul-
gated by the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant 
to the Domestic Energy Production Act of 2013, unless 
such rule is not subject to the process described in section 
3 of such Act.’’. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) RULE.—The term ‘‘rule’’ has the meaning 
given to such term in section 551 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(2) ENERGY OUTPUT.—The term ‘‘energy out-
put’’ means the level of production for a year, meas-
ured in quadrillion Btu, as calculated and included 
in table A1 of the document entitled ‘‘Annual En-
ergy Outlook 2013: With Projections to 2040’’, pub-
lished by the United States Energy Information Ad-
ministration in April 2013. 
(3) SPECIFIED SECTOR.—The term ‘‘specified 
sector’’ means one of the nine sectors of energy pro-
duction listed in table A1 of the document entitled 
‘‘Annual Energy Outlook 2013: With Projections to 
2040’’, published by the United States Energy In-
formation Administration in April 2013. 
Æ 
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