HJRES 68
114th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units".
Introduced: September 29, 2015
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
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To President
Became law
Oct 2, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Sep 29, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 29, 2015
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency's rule published on October 23, 2015, that establishes new source performance standards under the Clean Air Act for carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (EGUs) if the EGUs are newly constructed, modified, or reconstructed. (Those EGUs convert fossil fuel energy to electric energy.)
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Committees of jurisdiction
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