Fighting Against Imbalanced Regulatory Burdens Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4169
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rothfus, Keith J. [R-PA-12]
Introduced: 2015-12-03
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Air quality

Climate change and greenhouse gases

Coal

Electric power generation and transmission

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental regulatory procedures

Oil and gas
Latest action: action_date: 2015-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-12-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Fighting Against Imbalanced Regulatory Burdens Act of 2015</b></p> <p> This bill amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit a regulation concerning emissions of carbon dioxide from a fossil fuel-fired electric generating unit from taking effect until the Environmental Protection Agency certifies that a sufficient number of countries have adopted climate change regulations for carbon dioxide that are at least as stringent.</p> <p>A &quot;sufficient number&quot; is a number of countries that account for at least 80% of global carbon dioxide emissions in the last year, excluding those in the United States.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4169 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 3, 2015 Mr. Rothfus (for himself, Mr. McKinley , Mr. Barr , Mrs. Noem , Mr. Mooney of West Virginia , Mr. Zinke , Mr. Cramer , Mr. Stutzman , Mr. Pittenger , Mr. Weber of Texas , and Mr. Rouzer ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit any regulation under such Act concerning the emissions of carbon dioxide from a fossil fuel-fired electric generating unit from taking effect until the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency makes certain certifications, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fighting Against Imbalanced Regulatory Burdens Act of 2015 . 2. No unilateral regulation of emissions of carbon dioxide The Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 329 the following: 330. No unilateral regulation of emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel-fired electric generating units (a) Prohibition on regulations concerning emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel-Fired electric generating units taking effect (1) Prohibition A regulation under this Act concerning emissions of carbon dioxide from a fossil fuel-fired electric generating unit to address climate change may not take effect until the Administrator certifies that a sufficient number of countries have put into effect regulations concerning emissions of carbon dioxide which are at least as stringent as the regulation under this Act. (2) Countries For the purposes of paragraph (1), the term sufficient number means a sufficient number of countries so that, in the aggregate, such countries account for not less than 80 percent of the global carbon dioxide emissions, excluding such emissions in the United States, in the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which the regulation under this Act would be enforced. (3) Stringency considerations For the purposes of paragraph (1), a country’s regulation concerning carbon dioxide emissions may only be considered to be as stringent as the regulation under this Act if such country’s regulation limits carbon dioxide emissions to a numeric standard that is equal to or less than such a standard under the regulation under this Act in a timeframe that is equal to or less than the timeframe under the regulation under this Act. (b) Rule of Construction Nothing in this section shall be construed as providing the Administrator with any authority to promulgate any regulation concerning, take action relating to, or take into consideration the emissions of carbon dioxide. .