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To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing any rule imposing any standard of performance for carbon dioxide emissions from any existing or new source that is…

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To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing any rule imposing any standard of performance for carbon dioxide emissions from any existing or new source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit unless and until carbon capture and storage is found to be technologically and economically feasible.

Introduced: July 24, 2012 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 20, 2012
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jul 27, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Jul 24, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 24, 2012
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from finalizing any rule imposing a standard of performance for carbon dioxide emissions from any existing or new source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit unless and until three of four specified officials (the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, the Comptroller General, the Director of the National Energy Technology Laboratory, and the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology) publish and submit to Congress a report finding that carbon capture and storage is technologically and economically feasible for such units.

What's happening now September 20, 2012

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Republican 4
PETERSON, COLLIN
· Sep 21, 2012
Olson, Pete
· Sep 11, 2012
 R
Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Aug 2, 2012
Altmire, Jason
· Jul 24, 2012
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Jul 24, 2012
Cardoza, Dennis
· Jul 24, 2012
COSTELLO, JERRY
· Jul 24, 2012
 R
Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Jul 24, 2012
HOLDEN, TIM
· Jul 24, 2012
 R
Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Jul 24, 2012
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6172: To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing any rule imposing any standard of performance for carbon dioxide emissions from any existing or new source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit unless and until carbon capture and storage is found to be technologically and economically feasible.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6172/
MLA
"H.R. 6172: To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing any rule imposing any standard of performance for carbon dioxide emissions from any existing or new source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit unless and until carbon capture and storage is found to be technologically and economically feasible.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6172/.
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H.R. 6172, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6172/.
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[H.R. 6172: To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing any rule imposing any standard of performance for carbon dioxide emissions from any existing or new source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit unless and until carbon capture and storage is found to be technologically and economically feasible.](https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6172/)
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