HCONRES 59
113th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Colorado
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Mexico
North Dakota
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 8, 2013
Introduced by:
Capito, Shelley Moore
Republican
· West Virginia
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 11, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Oct 8, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Oct 8, 2013
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Committees of jurisdiction
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