HR 2637
114th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Economic performance and conditions
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy prices
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Oil and gas
Public utilities and utility rates
Unemployment
Coal Country Protection Act
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 5, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Jun 3, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jun 3, 2015
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Coal Country Protection Act or the Protecting Jobs, Families, and the Economy From EPA Overreach Act
This bill amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency 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:
- by the Department of Labor that the regulation or guidance will not generate a loss of employment,
- by the Congressional Budget Office that it will not result in a loss in the gross domestic product,
- by the Energy Information Administration that it will not generate an increase in electricity rates, and
- by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation that it will not effect the reliability of electricity delivery.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Committees of jurisdiction
2