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Coal Country Protection Act

Introduced: June 3, 2014 Introduced by: McConnell, Mitch Republican · Kentucky See on congress.gov

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Jun 3, 2014

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3369)

Jun 3, 2014

Introduced in Senate

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Coal Country Protection Act or the Protecting Jobs, Families, and the Economy From EPA Overreach Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from promulgating any regulation or guidance that limits or prohibits new carbon dioxide emissions from a fossil fuel-fired power plant until it is certified: (1) by the Secretary of Labor that the regulation or guidance will not generate a loss of employment, (2) by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that it will not result in a loss in the gross domestic product, (3) by the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration that it will not generate an increase in electricity rates, and (4) by the Chairperson of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the President of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation that it will not effect the reliability of electricity delivery.

What's happening now June 3, 2014

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3369)

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