In this task, you are given text for US Congressional and California state bills, your task is to generate a summary for this bill.

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Transparency and Honesty in Energy
Regulations Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following--
(1) As a tool to justify Federal actions by the Department
of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency (hereinafter
in this section referred to as the ''EPA'') addressing
greenhouse gas emissions, including those regulating or
prohibiting the exploration, mining, production, and use of
coal as well as other fossil fuels as energy sources, the
Social Cost of Carbon (hereinafter in this section referred to
as the ''SCC'') and the Social Cost of Methane (hereinafter in
this section referred to as the ''SCM'') in theory represent
the hypothetical cost of an incremental ton of carbon dioxide
(CO<INF>2</INF>) or methane emissions in a given year.
(2) Office of Management and Budget (hereinafter in this
section referred to as the ''OMB'') Circular A-4 guides Federal
agencies on the development of regulatory impact analysis
required under Executive Order 12866 as well as other
authorities, instructing agencies to include discount rates of
3 and 7 percent while also evaluating the cost and benefits
that accrue to citizens and residents of the United States.
(3) First developed in 2009 by an interagency working
group, including the Department of Energy and the EPA, the SCC
estimates fail to comply with OMB Circular A-4 prescribed
discount rates of 3 and 7 percent.
(4) While OMB Circular A-4 specifies that an evaluation of
the global effects, when undertaken, is to be reported
separately from domestic costs and benefits, the SCC instead
calculated the global benefits in lieu of and not in addition
to the domestic effects.
(5) The use of the SCC estimates in Department of Energy
and EPA rulemakings prior to any opportunity for public notice
and comment violated not only scientific peer-review
requirements but also the President's commitment to transparent
and open government as outlined in his January 21, 2009,
memorandum to the heads of executive departments and agencies.
(6) In July 2015, as part of a revision of the SCC in
response to over 150 substantive comments and in acknowledgment
of the faulty process by which the SCC estimates were
developed, the OMB requested the National Academies of Science,
Engineering and Medicine (hereinafter in this section referred
to as the ''NAS'') review and make recommendations for the
improvement of the SCC estimates.
(7) Shortly after the commencement of the NAS review, the
EPA, without appropriate peer review and an opportunity for
public notice and comment, utilized the EPA-developed SCM
estimates in justifying the costs and benefits of the September
2015 proposed and recently finalized rules under the Clean Air
Act for methane emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed
sources in the oil and gas sector.
(8) Continued use by the Department of Energy and the EPA
of the SCC and the SCM ignores sound science in order to
eliminate the exploration, mining, production, and use of our
abundant domestic sources of fossil fuel energy.
(9) The Department of Energy and EPA regulations, which are
costing American families billions of dollars per year, are
being justified in large part by SCC and SCM estimates.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON CONSIDERING THE SOCIAL COST OF CARBON AND THE
SOCIAL COST OF METHANE.

The Secretary of Energy, when acting under any authority, and the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, when acting under
the authority of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.), may not
consider the social cost of carbon or the social cost of methane as
part of any cost benefit analysis required under law or under Executive
Order 12866 or 13563, in any rulemaking, in the issuance of any
guidance, or in taking any other agency action, or as a justification
for any rulemaking, guidance document, or agency action, unless a
Federal law is enacted, after the date of enactment of this Act,
explicitly authorizing such consideration.

SEC. 4. REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE EPA.

Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in
coordination and consultation with the Secretary of Energy, the
Secretary of the Interior, and the Council on Environmental Quality
shall submit a report to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committees on
the Environment and Public Works and on Energy and Natural Resources of
the Senate, detailing the number of proposed and final rulemakings,
guidance documents, and agency actions since January 2009 that use the
social cost of carbon or the social cost of methane, including as part
of any cost benefit analysis required under Executive Order 12866 and
other relevant authorities.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) The term ''social cost of carbon'' means--
(A) the social cost of carbon as described in--
(i) the document entitled ''Technical
Support Document: Social Cost of Carbon for
Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive
Order 12866'' published by the Interagency
Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon, United
States Government, in February 2010; or
(ii) the document entitled ''Technical
Support Document: Technical Update of the
Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact
Analysis Under Executive Order 12866''
published by the Interagency Working Group on
Social Cost of Carbon, United States
Government, in May 2013, and revised in
November 2013 and July 2015, or any other
successor or substantially related document; or
(B) any other estimate of the monetized damages
associated with an incremental increase in carbon
dioxide emissions in a given year.
(2) The term ''social cost of methane'' means the estimate
of the social cost of methane--
(A) as described in--
(i) the proposed rule entitled ''Oil and
Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New
and Modified Sources'' published by the
Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal
Register on September 18, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg.
56593);
(ii) the final rule entitled ''Oil and
Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New,
Reconstructed, and Modified Sources'' published
by the Environmental Protection Agency in the
Federal Register on June 3, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg.
35824); or
(iii) the ''Regulatory Impact Analysis of
the Final Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission
Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified
Sources'' prepared by the Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation,
in May 2016, and identified by docket ID number
EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505-7630; or
(B) any other successor or substantially related
estimate.
Example Output: Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2016 This bill prohibits the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from considering the social cost of carbon or methane as part of any cost benefit analysis, unless a federal law is enacted authorizing such consideration. The EPA must report on the number of proposed and final rulemakings, guidance documents, and agency actions since January 2009 that use either of those social costs, including as part of any cost benefit analysis required under Executive Order 12866 and other relevant authorities.

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Highway Funding Equity Act of
2005''.

SEC. 2. MINIMUM GUARANTEE.

Section 105 of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (a) and subsections (c) through
(f);
(2) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (e);
(3) by inserting after the section heading the following:
''(a) Guarantee.--
''(1) In general.--For each of fiscal years 2005 through
2009, the Secretary shall allocate among the States amounts
sufficient to ensure that the percentage for each State of the
total apportionments for the fiscal year for the National
Highway System under section 103(b), the high priority projects
program under section 117, the Interstate maintenance program
under section 119, the surface transportation program under
section 133, metropolitan planning under section 134, the
highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program under
section 144, the congestion mitigation and air quality
improvement program under section 149, the recreational trails
program under section 206, the Appalachian development highway
system under subtitle IV of title 40, and the minimum guarantee
under this paragraph, equals or exceeds the percentage
determined for the State under paragraph (2).
''(2) State percentages.--
''(A) In general.--Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), the percentage for each State
referred to in paragraph (1) is the percentage that is
equal to 95 percent of the ratio that--
''(i) the estimated tax payments
attributable to highway users in the State paid
into the Highway Trust Fund (other than the
Mass Transit Account) in the most recent fiscal
year for which data are available; bears to
''(ii) the estimated tax payments
attributable to highway users in all States
paid into the Highway Trust Fund (other than
the Mass Transit Account) in the most recent
fiscal year for which data are available.
''(B) Exception.--In the case of a State having a
population density of less than 50 individuals per
square mile according to the 2000 decennial census, the
percentage referred to in paragraph (1) shall be the
greater of--
''(i) the percentage determined under
subparagraph (A); or
''(ii) the percentage specified in
subsection (e).
''(b) Treatment of Funds.--
''(1) Programmatic distribution.--The Secretary shall
apportion the amounts made available under this section that
exceed $2,800,000,000 so that the amount apportioned to each
State under this paragraph for each program referred to in
subsection (a)(1) (other than the high priority projects
program, metropolitan planning, the recreational trails
program, the Appalachian development highway system, and the
minimum guarantee under subsection (a)) is equal to the product
obtained by multiplying--
''(A) the amount to be apportioned under this
paragraph; and
''(B) the ratio that--
''(i) the amount of funds apportioned to
the State for each program referred to in
subsection (a)(1) (other than the high priority
projects program, metropolitan planning, the
recreational trails program, the Appalachian
development highway system, and the minimum
guarantee under subsection (a)) for a fiscal
year; bears to
''(ii) the total amount of funds
apportioned to the State for that program for
the fiscal year.
''(2) Remaining distribution.--
''(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the
Secretary shall apportion the remainder of funds made
available under this section to the States, and
administer those funds, in accordance with section
104(b)(3).
''(B) Inapplicable requirements.--Paragraphs (1),
(2), and (3) of section 133(d) shall not apply to
amounts apportioned in accordance with this paragraph.
''(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit
Account) such sums as are necessary to carry out this section for each
of fiscal years 2005 through 2009.
''(d) Guarantee of 95 Percent Return.--
''(1) In general.--For each of fiscal years 2005 through
2009, before making any apportionment under this title, the
Secretary shall--
''(A) determine whether the sum of the percentages
determined under subsection (a)(2) for the fiscal year
exceeds 100 percent; and
''(B) if the sum of the percentages exceeds 100
percent, proportionately adjust the percentages
specified in the table contained in subsection (e) to
ensure that the sum of the percentages determined under
subsection (a)(1)(B) for the fiscal year equals 100
percent.
''(2) Eligibility threshold for adjustment.--The Secretary
may make an adjustment under paragraph (1) for a State for a
fiscal year only if the percentage for the State in the table
contained in subsection (e) is equal to or exceeds 95 percent
of the ratio determined for the State under subsection
(a)(1)(B)(i) for the fiscal year.
''(3) Limitation on adjustments.--Adjustments of the
percentages in the table contained in subsection (e) in
accordance with this subsection shall not result in a total of
the percentages determined under subsection (a)(2) that exceeds
100 percent.''; and
(4) in subsection (e) (as redesignated by paragraph (2)),
by striking ''subsection (a)'' and inserting ''subsections
(a)(2)(B)(ii) and (d)''.
Example Output: Highway Funding Equity Act of 2005 - Amends Federal highway law to revise Federal highway minimum guarantee requirements.

Requires the Secretary of Transportation, for each of FY 2005 through 2009, to allocate among the States amounts sufficient to ensure that the percentage for each State of the total apportionments for the fiscal year for certain Federal-aid highway programs (including the basic minimum guarantee under this Act) equals or exceeds 95 percent of the ratio that the estimated gas tax payments attributable to highway users in the State paid into the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) bears to such payments attributable to highway users in all States (with a specified exception for any State having a population density of less than 50 individuals per square mile).

Provides for: (1) the programmatic distribution of funds above $2.8 billion for certain Federal-aid highway programs; (2) the apportionment of the remainder of funds to the States; and (3) required adjustments where the sum of State percentages exceeds 100 percent.

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Environmental Excellence Recognition
Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. PRESIDENT'S TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AWARD AND THE NATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND TECHNOLOGY AWARD.

(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) Award programs such as the Malcolm Baldrige National
Quality Award Program have made substantial contributions to
private enterprise by providing a framework upon which
organizations can improve their operations and by focusing on
issues important to their competitiveness.
(2) A President's Total Environmental Quality Award Program
modeled on the Malcolm Baldrige Award Program would contribute
to environmental quality and sustainable economic development
by--
(A) helping to stimulate United States companies to
develop and deploy environmental technologies;
(B) recognizing the achievements of such companies
which successfully develop and deploy environmental
technologies; and
(C) establishing guidelines and criteria that can
be used by business, industrial, governmental, and
other organizations in evaluating their own development
and deployment of environmental technologies.
(b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this section to provide for the
establishment and conduct of a President's Total Environmental Quality
Award Program and a National Environmentally Sound Technology Award
Program under which awards are given to recognize the successful
development and deployment of environmental technologies and under
which information is disseminated about such success.
(c) Establishment of Awards.--The Stevenson-Wydler Technology
Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.) is amended by inserting
after section 23 the following new sections:

''SEC. 24. PRESIDENT'S TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AWARD.

''(a) Establishment.--There is hereby established the President's
Total Environmental Quality Award (in this section referred to as the
'Award').
''(b) Design.--The Award shall be evidenced by a medal bearing the
inscription 'President's Total Environmental Quality Award'.
''(c) Award Selection Process.--The Secretary, in cooperation with
the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency, shall establish a process for the acceptance and
evaluation of Award applicants. The Secretary shall, to the maximum
extent practicable, use the same procedures and facilities provided for
the administration of the Malcolm Baldrige Award, including the
definition of award categories, the delegation of responsibilities, and
provisions for publicity, evaluation feed-back, and information
transfer.
''(d) Presentation of award.--
''(1) Recommendations by secretary.--The Secretary shall
submit to the President the recommendations of the Secretary
for the selection of Award applicants.
''(2) Selection by the president.--On the basis of
recommendations received under paragraph (1), the President
shall periodically select for receipt of the Award United
States companies and other organizations which in the judgment
of the President have substantially benefited the
environmental, economic, and social well-being of the United
States through the development and deployment of environmental
technologies, and which as a consequence are deserving of
special recognition.
''(3) Presentation ceremony.--The President or the Vice
President shall present the Award to recipients selected under
paragraph (2) with such ceremony as the President or the Vice
President considers to be appropriate.
''(e) Limitation.--The information gathered in evaluating Award
applications may be used only for the evaluation of such applications
and for publicity by winners of the Award. Such information may not be
used for regulatory or compliance purposes.
''(f) Evaluation Criteria.--Criteria for evaluating Award
applications shall include the following:
''(1) The effectiveness of the organization's development
and deployment of environmental technologies, as well as the
organization's provision for environmental technologies in its
future plans.
''(2) The effectiveness of energy and materials use from
the perspective of the life cycle of the production, use,
recycle, and disposal of a product.
''(3) The effective use of an integrated approach to
pollution prevention and control that considers all
environmental media (liquid, solid, gaseous).
''(g) Funding.--The Secretary may seek and accept gifts from public
and private sources to carry out this section. The Secretary may
provide for the imposition of a fee upon the organizations applying for
the Award.
''(h) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the President and
the Congress a report on the progress made in carrying out this
section. The report shall include any recommendations of the Secretary
for any modifications of the Award the Secretary considers necessary.

''SEC. 25. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND TECHNOLOGY AWARD.

''(a) Establishment.--There is established a National
Environmentally Sound Technology Award for the purpose of awarding
individuals who have pioneered the development and use of a highly
innovative environmental technology.
''(b) Administration.--Using the authority and procedures
established in section 24 and subject to the conditions described in
this section, the Secretary, in cooperation with the Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of Energy, shall
receive and evaluate applications for the National Environmentally
Sound Technology Award and provide for presentation of such Award.
''(c) Qualified Technologies.--Technologies that qualify for such
Award shall include following:
''(1) Manufacturing technologies.
''(2) Industrial or consumer products.
''(3) Consumer services.
''(4) Recycling technologies.
''(d) Qualified Applicants.--Any citizen or permanent resident of
the Unites States may qualify for such Award. Any such individual who
is employed by or otherwise works for a business, Federal laboratory,
or other organization may qualify for such Award only if the individual
was substantially involved in the invention or innovation for which
such Award is presented.
''(e) Limitation.--Not more than five such Awards may be presented
annually.
''(f) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term
'environmental technology' means--
''(1) a technology that is primarily intended to improve
the quality of the environment through pollution reduction or
remediation;
''(2) a product, manufacturing process, or service that is
capable of cost-effectively replacing the functions of an
existing product, process, or service, and as compared with the
product, process, or service it replaces, significantly
reducing overall pollution or significantly improving the
efficiency of energy or materials use; or
''(3) a technology within the meaning of paragraphs (1) and
(2).''.
Example Output:
Environmental Excellence Recognition Act of 1993 - Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to establish the President's Total Environmental Quality Award.
Requires the Secretary of Commerce to establish a process for the acceptance and evaluation of Award applicants using, to the extent practicable, the same procedures and facilities provided for the Malcolm Baldrige Award. Directs the President, based on the Secretary's recommendations, to periodically select companies and other organizations which have benefited the United States through the development and deployment of environmental technologies for receipt of the Award.
Establishes a National Environmentally Sound Technology Award for individuals who have pioneered the development and use of a highly innovative environmental technology. Directs the Secretary to receive and evaluate applications for, and provide for presentation of, the Award. Makes U.S. citizens or permanent residents eligible for the Award. Permits up to five of such Awards to be presented annually.