Stopping EPA Overreach Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3880
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Palmer, Gary J. [R-AL-6]
Introduced: 2015-11-03
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Air quality

Climate change and greenhouse gases

Congressional oversight

Economic performance and conditions

Electric power generation and transmission

Endangered and threatened species

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental assessment, monitoring, research

Environmental regulatory procedures

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Solid waste and recycling

Unemployment

Water quality
Latest action: action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-11-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Stopping EPA Overreach Act of 2015</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Clean Air Act to exclude carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride pollution from the scope of that Act.</p> <p>The bill declares that current law does not authorize or require the regulation of climate change or global warming and nullifies certain proposed rules relating to greenhouse gas and carbon pollution emissions.</p> <p>Before proposing or finalizing regulations or policies, the Environmental Protection Agency must analyze the net and gross impact of those regulations and policies on employment. Regulations and policies may not take effect if they have a negative impact on employment, unless they are approved by Congress and signed by the President.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3880 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 3, 2015 Mr. Palmer (for himself, Mr. Mooney of West Virginia , Mr. Barr , Mr. Harris , Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia , Mr. Loudermilk , Mr. Flores , Mr. Farenthold , Mr. Gibbs , Mr. Wenstrup , Mr. Byrne , Mr. Babin , Mr. Westerman , Mrs. Miller of Michigan , Mr. Boustany , Mr. Hardy , Mrs. Lummis , Mr. Benishek , Mr. Newhouse , Mr. Brat , Mr. McKinley , Mr. Rouzer , Mr. Schweikert , Mr. Valadao , Mr. Ross , Mr. Nunes , Mrs. Black , Mr. Collins of Georgia , Mr. LaMalfa , Mr. Lamborn , Mr. Carter of Georgia , Mr. Jenkins of West Virginia , Mr. Lucas , Mr. Hill , Mr. Grothman , Mr. Chaffetz , Mr. Smith of Missouri , Mr. Hensarling , Mr. Duncan of South Carolina , Mr. Miller of Florida , Mr. Bridenstine , Mr. Jordan , Mr. Sensenbrenner , Mr. Duncan of Tennessee , Mr. Jody B. Hice of Georgia , Mr. Barton , Mr. Pitts , Mr. Carter of Texas , Mr. Fleming , Mr. Ratcliffe , Mr. Rothfus , Mr. Buck , Mr. Marchant , Mr. Brady of Texas , Mr. Yoder , Mr. Smith of Texas , Mr. Barletta , Mr. Gohmert , Mr. Amodei , Mr. Walker , Mr. Mullin , Mr. Stutzman , Mrs. Blackburn , Mrs. Roby , Mr. Salmon , Mrs. Love , Mr. McCaul , Mr. Mulvaney , Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania , Mr. Rogers of Alabama , Mr. Brooks of Alabama , Mr. Gosar , Mr. Olson , Mr. Sessions , Mr. Roe of Tennessee , Mr. Neugebauer , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Abraham , Mr. Labrador , Mr. Ribble , Mrs. Ellmers of North Carolina , Mr. Allen , Mr. Woodall , Mr. Aderholt , Mr. Williams , Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas , Mr. DesJarlais , Mr. Garrett , Mr. Perry , Mr. Pearce , Mr. King of Iowa , Mr. Knight , Mr. Palazzo , Mr. Poe of Texas , Mr. Yoho , Mr. Massie , Mr. Huelskamp , Mr. Walberg , Mr. Rokita , Mr. Cole , Mr. McClintock , Mr. Tom Price of Georgia , Mr. Rice of South Carolina , Mr. Franks of Arizona , Mr. Kelly of Mississippi , Mrs. Hartzler , Mr. Jones , and Mr. Hurd of Texas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources , Transportation and Infrastructure , and Agriculture , 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 prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from exceeding its statutory authority in ways that were not contemplated by the Congress.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stopping EPA Overreach Act of 2015 . 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 regulate greenhouse gases under current law; and (4) no attempt to regulate greenhouse gases should be undertaken without further Congressional action. 3. Clarification of Federal regulatory authority to exclude greenhouse gases from regulation under the Clean Air Act (a) Repeal of Federal climate change regulation (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 inserting 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, methane, 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 authorizes or requires the regulation of climate change or global warming: (A) The Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. ). (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 proposed rules of the EPA In accordance with this section, the following proposed or contemplated rules (or any similar or successor rules) of the Environmental Protection Agency shall be void and have no force or effect: (1) The proposed rule entitled Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units (published at 79 Fed. Reg. 1430 (January 8, 2014)). (2) The proposed rule entitled Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units (published at 79 Fed. Reg. 34829 (June 18, 2014)). (3) Any other contemplated or proposed rules proposed to be issued pursuant to the purported authority described in subsection (a)(2). 4. Jobs analysis for all EPA regulations (a) In general Before proposing or finalizing any regulation, rule, or policy, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall provide an analysis of the regulation, rule, or policy and describe the direct and indirect net and gross impact of the regulation, rule, or policy on employment in the United States. (b) Limitation No regulation, rule, or policy described 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.