Skip to main content
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 See on congress.gov
Sign in to write a letter Sign in to watch
This bill died when the 113th Congress ended
It never became law before the 113th Congress (2013–2014) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 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
 Ask about this bill AI · grounded in the bill text

Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.

AI answers can be imperfect; always confirm against the full bill text.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 January 7, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HCONRES 59 Related bill Expressing the sense of Congress that the Environmental Protection Agency should hold public listening sessions on regu…
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 8
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Dec 12, 2013
 R
Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Dec 10, 2013
Cite this page click to expand
APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3684: Listen to Americans First Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3684/
MLA
"H.R. 3684: Listen to Americans First Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3684/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 3684, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3684/.
Markdown link
[H.R. 3684: Listen to Americans First Act of 2013](https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3684/)
Report a problem