Listen to Americans First Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3684
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2013-12-10
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Air quality

Climate change and greenhouse gases

Coal

Colorado

Congressional oversight

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental regulatory procedures

Executive agency funding and structure

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

New Mexico

North Dakota

Ohio

Public participation and lobbying

Public utilities and utility rates

Transportation costs

Utah

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming
Latest action: action_date: 2014-01-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-12-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Listen to Americans First Act of 2013 - Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of federal funds for travel outside the United States or its territories by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) until: (1) EPA conducts public listening sessions on rulemaking targeting carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants in each of the 15 states with the highest percentage of electricity generated by coal in 2012 (West Virginia, Kentucky, Wyoming, Indiana, Missouri, North Dakota, Utah, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Colorado, Kansas, Iowa, Montana, and Wisconsin); and (2) the Administrator certifies to Congress that such sessions have taken place.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3684 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 10, 2013 Mrs. Capito (for herself, Mr. McKinley , Mr. Cramer , and Mr. Luetkemeyer ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure , Agriculture , and Science, Space, and Technology , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To prohibit Federal funding of foreign travel by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency until the Agency conducts public listening sessions on rulemaking targeting carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants in each of the 15 States with the highest percentage of electricity generated by coal in 2012.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Listen to Americans First Act of 2013 . 2. No foreign travel until public listening sessions are conducted in States that rely on coal Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be obligated or expended for any travel outside of the United States or its territories by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency until— (1) the Environmental Protection Agency conducts public listening sessions on rulemaking targeting carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants in each of the 15 States with the highest percentage of electricity generated by coal in 2012 (West Virginia, Kentucky, Wyoming, Indiana, Missouri, North Dakota, Utah, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Colorado, Kansas, Iowa, Montana, and Wisconsin); and (2) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency certifies to the chairman and ranking member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the chairman and ranking member of the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate that the 15 public listening sessions described in paragraph (1) have taken place.