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HR 6511 111th Congress House

Ensuring Affordable Energy Act

Official title: To prohibit funding for the Environmental Protection Agency to be used to implement or enforce a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 9, 2010 See on congress.gov
Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAir qualityAppropriationsClimate change and greenhouse gases
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)Executive agency funding and structureIndustrial facilities
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 Latest action December 9, 2010

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ensuring Affordable Energy Act - Prohibits any funds appropriated or otherwise available for the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from being used to implement or enforce: (1) a cap-and-trade program; or (2) any statutory or regulatory requirement pertaining to emissions of one or more greenhouse gases from stationary sources that is issued or becomes applicable or effective after January 1, 2011.

Defines: (1) "cap-and-trade program" as any regulatory program established after the date of enactment of this Act that provides for the sale, auction, or other distribution of a limited amount of allowances that permit the emission of one or more greenhouse gases; and (2) "greenhouse gas" to include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, or any other designated anthropogenic gas.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Republican 6
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Dec 9, 2010
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Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Dec 9, 2010
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Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · Dec 9, 2010
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Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Dec 9, 2010
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Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Dec 9, 2010
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Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Dec 9, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6511: Ensuring Affordable Energy Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6511/
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