Disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units".

Bill: 114-hjres-68
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Ratcliffe, John [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2015-09-29
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Air quality

Climate change and greenhouse gases

Congressional oversight

Electric power generation and transmission

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental regulatory procedures
Latest action: action_date: 2015-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-09-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency's rule published on October 23, 2015, that establishes new source performance standards under the Clean Air Act for carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (EGUs) if the EGUs are newly constructed, modified, or reconstructed. (Those EGUs convert fossil fuel energy to electric energy.)</p>

tv_txt: IA 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 68 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 29, 2015 Mr. Ratcliffe (for himself, Mr. Babin , Mr. Franks of Arizona , Mr. Sessions , Mr. Loudermilk , Mr. McKinley , Mr. Murphy of Pennsylvania , Mr. Barr , Mr. Cramer , Mr. Gosar , Mr. Barletta , Mr. Rokita , Mr. Hensarling , Mr. Bridenstine , Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania , Mr. Rothfus , Mr. Messer , Mr. Rouzer , Mr. Palmer , Mr. Knight , Mr. Pearce , Mr. Massie , Mr. Huelskamp , Mr. Zinke , Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas , and Mr. Brady of Texas ) introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce JOINT RESOLUTION Disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units .

That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units , and contained in the dockets numbered EPA–HQ–OAR–2013–0495 and EPA–HQ–OAR–2013–0603, and such rule shall have no force or effect.