A bill to prohibit the regulation of carbon dioxide emissions in the United States until China, India, and Russia implement similar reductions.

Bill: 113-s-107
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2013-01-23
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Air quality

Asia

China

Climate change and greenhouse gases

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental regulatory procedures

India

Russia
Latest action: action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-01-23
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or the head of any other federal agency from regulating carbon dioxide emissions until the Secretary of Commerce certifies that China, India, and Russia have initiated measures that require carbon dioxide emission reductions that are substantially similar to those proposed for the United States.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 107 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 23 (legislative day, January 3), 2013 Mr. Vitter introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To prohibit the regulation of carbon dioxide emissions in the United States until China, India, and Russia implement similar reductions.

1. Carbon dioxide reductions in China, India, and Russia Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency or the head of any other Federal agency shall not regulate carbon dioxide emissions until the date on which the Secretary of Commerce certifies in writing that each of the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of India, and Russia have initiated measures that require carbon dioxide emission reductions that are substantially similar to the carbon dioxide emission reductions proposed for the United States.