To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing any rule imposing any standard of performance for carbon dioxide emissions from any existing or new source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit unless and until carbon capture and storage is found to be technologically and economically feasible.
Latest action · May 24, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 23, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from finalizing any rule imposing a standard of performance under the Clean Air Act for carbon dioxide emissions from any existing or new source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit until:
- the Administrator determines that carbon capture and storage is the best system of emission reduction; and
- carbon capture and storage is found to be technologically and economically feasible for such units in a report submitted by at least three of the following officials: the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, the Comptroller General (GAO), the Director of the National Energy Technology Laboratory, and the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology.
Prohibits the Administrator, in proposing or finalizing any such rule, from combining in the same category of stationary sources: (1) an electric utility steam generating unit that is constructed for supplying more than one-third of its potential electric output capacity and more than 25 megawatt net-electrical output to any utility power distribution system for sale, and (2) a combined cycle electric generating unit that is subject to standards of performance for stationary combustion turbines.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 23, 2013.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Original | May 23, 2013 |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Original | May 23, 2013 |
| R-VA | H. Morgan Griffith | Original | May 23, 2013 |
| D-WV | Nick J. Rahall II | Original | May 23, 2013 |
| R-TX | Pete Olson | Original | May 23, 2013 |
| R-OH | Robert E. Latta | Original | May 23, 2013 |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Original | May 23, 2013 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 23, 2013 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred May 24, 2013 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 24, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
- May 23, 2013Introduced in House
- May 23, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4918 | Nick J. Rahall II D-WV | May 29, 2014 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2956.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing any rule imposing any standard of performance for carbon dioxide emissions from any existing or new source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit unless and until carbon capture and storage is found to be technologically and economically feasible.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Air quality
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Coal
- Congressional oversight
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Environmental technology
- Oil and gas
- Public utilities and utility rates
- Technology assessment
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 23, 2013Introduced in House
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