S 3508
114th Congress
Senate
Environmental Protection
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Department of Energy
Economic performance and conditions
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Oil and gas
Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2016
Introduced: December 6, 2016
Introduced by:
Lankford, James
Republican
· Oklahoma
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Became law
Dec 6, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Dec 6, 2016
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2016
This bill prohibits the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from considering the social cost of carbon, methane, nitrous oxide, or greenhouse gas as part of any cost benefit analysis, unless a federal law is enacted authorizing such consideration.
The EPA must report on the number of proposed and final rulemakings, guidance documents, and agency actions since January 2009 that use those social costs, including as part of any cost benefit analysis required under Executive Order 12866 or other relevant authority.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Committees of jurisdiction
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