Clean Air, Healthy Kids Act

Bill: 116-s-2505
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2019-09-18
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Air quality

California

Climate change and greenhouse gases

Coal

Congressional oversight

Department of Energy

Department of Transportation

Department of the Interior

Electric power generation and transmission

Energy efficiency and conservation

Energy revenues and royalties

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental regulatory procedures

Executive Office of the President

Executive agency funding and structure

Intergovernmental relations

Lighting, heating, cooling

Motor vehicles

Nuclear power

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Oil and gas

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Solid waste and recycling

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-09-18
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Clean Air, Healthy Kids Act</b></p> <p>This bill reinstates a variety of rules regarding climate change that were repealed, suspended, delayed, withdrawn, or replaced and prohibits the implementation of certain policies and proposed rules.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill nullifies Executive Order 13783 titled <i>Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth</i>.</p> <p>In addition, the bill nullifies the following rules:</p> <ul> <li>the <i>Repeal of the Clean Power Plan; Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Existing Electric Utility Generating Units; Revisions to Emission Guidelines Implementing Regulations </i>rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA);</li> <li>the<i> Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation; Delay and Suspension of Certain Requirements</i> rule issued by the Bureau of Land Management;</li> <li>the <i>Energy Conservation Program: Definition for General Service Lamps</i> rule issued by the Department of Energy (DOE); and</li> <li>the <i>Adopting Requirements in Emission Guidelines for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills</i> rule issued by the EPA.</li> </ul> <p>The bill prohibits agencies from finalizing the following proposed rules:</p> <ul> <li>the <i>Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources Review </i>proposed rule issued by the EPA; </li> <li>the <i>Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicle Rules for Model Years 2021-2026 Passenger Cars and Light Trucks </i>proposed rule issued by the EPA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; and</li> <li>the <i>Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for General Service Incandescent Lamps </i>proposed determination issued by DOE. </li> </ul> <p>Finally, the bill nullifies a rescission of a waiver granted to California to enforce standards, which are more stringent than federal standards, for air pollution emissions from vehicles.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2505 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 18, 2019 Mr. Bennet (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse , Mr. Booker , Mr. Udall , Ms. Klobuchar , Ms. Hirono , Mr. Wyden , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Reed , Mr. Durbin , Ms. Cortez Masto , Mr. Sanders , Mrs. Feinstein , Mr. Markey , Mr. Heinrich , Mr. Van Hollen , Mrs. Gillibrand , Ms. Harris , Ms. Warren , Mr. Menendez , and Mr. Leahy ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To provide that Executive Order 13783 and certain rules shall have no force or effect, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Clean Air, Healthy Kids Act . 2. Executive order, final rules, and proposed rules to have no force or effect (a) Executive order Executive Order 13783 ( 42 U.S.C. 13201 note; relating to promoting energy independence and economic growth)— (1) is null and void; (2) shall have no force or effect; and (3) may not be implemented, administered, enforced, or carried out by any Federal agency, including— (A) the Office of Management and Budget; (B) the Council of Economic Advisers; (C) the Council on Environmental Quality; (D) the Environmental Protection Agency; (E) the Department of the Interior; and (F) any other agency directed to implement the Executive order. (b) Federal rules (1) Final rules (A) In general On and after the date of enactment of this Act, the following rules are null and void: (i) The final rule issued by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency entitled Repeal of the Clean Power Plan; Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Existing Electric Utility Generating Units; Revisions to Emission Guidelines Implementing Regulations (84 Fed. Reg. 32520 (July 8, 2019)). (ii) The final rule issued by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management entitled Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation; Delay and Suspension of Certain Requirements (82 Fed. Reg. 58050 (December 8, 2017)). (iii) The final rule of the Secretary of Energy entitled Energy Conservation Program: Definition for General Service Lamps (84 Fed. Reg. 46661 (September 5, 2019)). (iv) The final rule of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency entitled Adopting Requirements in Emission Guidelines for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (84 Fed. Reg. 44547 (August 26, 2019)). (B) Effect On and after the date of enactment of this Act, the portions of the Code of Federal Regulations amended by the rules described in subparagraph (A) shall be in effect as if the amendments made by those rules had not been made. (2) Proposed rules The applicable agency may not finalize the following rules: (A) The proposed rule issued by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency entitled Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources Review (August 28, 2019). (B) The proposed rule issued by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration entitled The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicle Rules for Model Years 2021–2026 Passenger Cars and Light Trucks (83 Fed. Reg. 42986 (August 24, 2018)). (C) The proposed determination of the Secretary of Energy entitled Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for General Service Incandescent Lamps (84 Fed. Reg. 46830 (September 5, 2019)). (c) Clean Air Act waivers Notwithstanding any other provision of law— (1) any rescission of a waiver granted to the State of California to enforce emissions standards under the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.)— (A) is null and void; and (B) shall have no force or effect; and (2) on and after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may not rescind a waiver granted to the State of California to enforce emissions standards under the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.). 3. No Federal funds available No Federal funds made available for any fiscal year may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out— (1) the Executive order described in section 2(a); (2) a final rule or direct final rule described in section 2(b)(1)(A); (3) a proposed rule or a proposed determination described in section 2(b)(2); or (4) a rescission of a waiver described in section 2(c). 4. Savings provision Nothing in this Act shall be construed to impair any authority granted to the President.