HR 3684
113th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Colorado
Congressional oversight
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
Listen to Americans First Act of 2013
Introduced: December 10, 2013
Introduced by:
Capito, Shelley Moore
Republican
· West Virginia
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Everywhere this bill has been
6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 7, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Dec 13, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Dec 13, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Dec 11, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Dec 10, 2013
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Dec 10, 2013
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Listen to Americans First Act of 2013 - Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of federal funds for travel outside the United States or its territories by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) until: (1) EPA conducts 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) the Administrator certifies to Congress that such sessions have taken place.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.