Protecting Jobs, Families, and the Economy From EPA Overreach Act

Bill: 113-s-2414
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2014-06-03
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Air quality

Climate change and greenhouse gases

Coal

Economic performance and conditions

Electric power generation and transmission

Energy prices

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental regulatory procedures

Oil and gas

Public utilities and utility rates

Unemployment
Latest action: action_date: 2014-06-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3369)

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-06-03
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Coal Country Protection Act or the Protecting Jobs, Families, and the Economy From EPA Overreach Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from promulgating any regulation or guidance that limits or prohibits new carbon dioxide emissions from a fossil fuel-fired power plant until it is certified: (1) by the Secretary of Labor that the regulation or guidance will not generate a loss of employment, (2) by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that it will not result in a loss in the gross domestic product, (3) by the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration that it will not generate an increase in electricity rates, and (4) by the Chairperson of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the President of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation that it will not effect the reliability of electricity delivery. </p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2414 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 3, 2014 Mr. McConnell (for himself, Mr. Enzi , Mr. Thune , Mr. Paul , Mr. Blunt , Mr. Vitter , and Mrs. Fischer ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the regulation of emissions of carbon dioxide from new or existing power plants under certain circumstances.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Coal Country Protection Act or the Protecting Jobs, Families, and the Economy From EPA Overreach Act . 2. Regulation of emissions of carbon dioxide from new or existing power plants (a) Limitation on regulation The Clean Air Act is amended by inserting after section 312 ( 42 U.S.C. 7612 ) the following: 313. Limitation on regulation of emissions of carbon dioxide from new or existing power plants (a) Definition of new or existing power plant In this section, the term new or existing power plant means a fossil fuel-fired power plant that commences operation at any time. (b) Limitation Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including regulations), the Administrator may not promulgate any regulation or guidance that limits or prohibits any new carbon dioxide emissions from a new or existing power plant, and no such regulation or guidance shall have any force or effect, until the date on which— (1) the Secretary of Labor certifies to the Administrator that the regulation or guidance will not generate any loss of employment; (2) the Director of the Congressional Budget Office certifies to the Administrator that the regulation or guidance will not result in any loss in the gross domestic product of the United States; (3) the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration certifies to the Administrator that the regulation or guidance will not generate any increase in electricity rates in the United States; and (4) the Chairperson of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the President of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation certify to the Administrator the reliability of electricity delivery under the regulation or guidance. . (b) Technical correction The Clean Air Act is amended by redesignating the second section 317 ( 42 U.S.C. 7617 ) (relating to economic impact assessment) as section 318.