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HR 4259 114th Congress House Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory procedures Air quality Climate change and greenhouse gases Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental regulatory procedures

To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from establishing, implementing, or enforcing any limit on the aggregate emissions of carbon dioxide from a State or any category…

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To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from establishing, implementing, or enforcing any limit on the aggregate emissions of carbon dioxide from a State or any category or subcategory of sources within a State.

Introduced: December 15, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Dec 18, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Dec 15, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Dec 15, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency from establishing or enforcing limits on aggregate carbon dioxide emissions from a state or any categories of pollution sources in a state.

What's happening now December 18, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Grothman, Glenn
Wisconsin · Dec 15, 2015
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4259: To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from establishing, implementing, or enforcing any limit on the aggregate emissions of carbon dioxide from a State or any category or subcategory of sources within a State.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4259/
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"H.R. 4259: To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from establishing, implementing, or enforcing any limit on the aggregate emissions of carbon dioxide from a State or any category or subcategory of sources within a State.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4259/.
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H.R. 4259, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4259/.
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[H.R. 4259: To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from establishing, implementing, or enforcing any limit on the aggregate emissions of carbon dioxide from a State or any category or subcategory of sources within a State.](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4259/)
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