Wood Stove Regulatory Relief Act of 2014
Latest action · Apr 11, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Progress
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- IntroducedApr 4, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Wood Stove Regulatory Relief Act of 2014 - Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for an eight-year period, from finalizing, issuing, implementing, or enforcing rules under the Clean Air Act applicable to any new source of air pollutants that is a residential wood heater, a residential hydronic heater, a forced-air furnace, or a residential masonry heater unless the rules comply with this Act.
Prohibits the Administrator from setting particulate matter emission limits below a specified threshold for adjustable rate wood heaters, single burn rate wood heaters, pellet heaters/stoves, residential hydronic heaters, and forced-air furnaces.
Phases in requirements for complying with emission limits.
Sets forth provisions requiring third-party testing of compliance with emission limits.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 4, 2014 to Nov 18, 2014, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MS | Gregg Harper | Original | Apr 4, 2014 |
| R-MO | Ann Wagner | Apr 7, 2014 | |
| R-MO | Sam Graves | Apr 7, 2014 | |
| R-NY | Chris Collins | Apr 28, 2014 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Apr 28, 2014 | |
| R-MI | Dan Benishek | Apr 28, 2014 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Apr 28, 2014 | |
| R-WI | Sean P. Duffy | Apr 28, 2014 | |
| R-MI | Bill Huizenga | Apr 30, 2014 | |
| R-OH | Robert E. Latta | Apr 30, 2014 | |
| R-MO | Jason Smith | May 19, 2014 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | May 28, 2014 | |
| R-MO | Vicky Hartzler | Jul 11, 2014 | |
| R-MO | Billy Long | Jul 31, 2014 | |
| R-KY | Brett Guthrie | Sep 18, 2014 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 11, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
- Apr 4, 2014Introduced in House
- Apr 4, 2014Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 4, 2014Introduced in House
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