CLIMATE Act

Bill: 115-hr-1812
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2017-03-30
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

Executive agency funding and structure

Nuclear power

Oil and gas

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Latest action: action_date: 2017-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Congressional Leadership In Mitigating Administration Threats to the Earth Act or the CLIMATE Act</b></p> <p>This bill nullifies the Executive Order entitled "Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth" that was released on March 28, 2017. No federal funds may be used to implement or enforce the order. The&nbsp;bill takes effect on March 28, 2017.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1812 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 30, 2017 Mr. Schneider (for himself, Mr. Tonko , Ms. Matsui , Mr. Crist , Mr. Beyer , Ms. Castor of Florida , Mr. Cohen , Mr. Connolly , Mr. Delaney , Mr. Garamendi , Mr. Grijalva , Ms. Hanabusa , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Ms. Lee , Mr. Lipinski , Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York , Mr. McNerney , Mrs. Murphy of Florida , Mr. Nadler , Mr. Peters , Mr. Pocan , Mr. Polis , Mr. Perlmutter , Mr. Quigley , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Scott of Virginia , Mr. Suozzi , Ms. Tsongas , Mr. Huffman , Mr. Raskin , Mr. Blumenauer , Mr. Clay , Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico , Mr. Price of North Carolina , Mr. Hastings , and Mr. Cartwright ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform , the Judiciary , and Natural Resources , 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 provide that the Executive order entitled Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth (March 28, 2017), shall have no force or effect, to prohibit the use of Federal funds to enforce the Executive order, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Congressional Leadership In Mitigating Administration Threats to the Earth Act or the CLIMATE Act . 2. Executive order to have no force or effect Beginning on March 28, 2017, the Executive order entitled Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth (March 28, 2017), is null and void, shall have no force or effect, and may not be implemented, administered, or enforced. 3. No funds available No Federal funds may be used to implement, administer, or enforce (including through the issuance of any regulations) the Executive order entitled Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth (March 28, 2017). 4. Effective date This Act shall take effect on March 28, 2017.