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Expressing the sense of Congress that the Environmental Protection Agency should hold public listening sessions on regulations targeting carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants in those…

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Expressing the sense of Congress that the Environmental Protection Agency should hold public listening sessions on regulations targeting carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants in those States most directly impacted by the potential regulations.

Introduced: October 15, 2013 Introduced by: Capito, Shelley Moore Republican · West Virginia See on congress.gov
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Oct 11, 2013
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Oct 8, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Oct 8, 2013
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Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should hold public listening sessions on rulemaking targeting carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants in each of the 15 states with the highest percentage of electricity generated by coal in 2012 (West Virginia, Kentucky, Wyoming, Indiana, Missouri, North Dakota, Utah, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Colorado, Kansas, Iowa, Montana, and Wisconsin); and (2) such sessions should be held at a time and place that would maximize the ability of individuals to participate.

What's happening now October 11, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 59: Expressing the sense of Congress that the Environmental Protection Agency should hold public listening sessions on regulations targeting carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants in those States most directly impacted by the potential regulations.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HCONRES-59/
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"H. Con. Res. 59: Expressing the sense of Congress that the Environmental Protection Agency should hold public listening sessions on regulations targeting carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants in those States most directly impacted by the potential regulations.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HCONRES-59/.
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H. Con. Res. 59, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HCONRES-59/.
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[H. Con. Res. 59: Expressing the sense of Congress that the Environmental Protection Agency should hold public listening sessions on regulations targeting carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants in those States most directly impacted by the potential regulations.](https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HCONRES-59/)
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