HR 621 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Ensuring Affordable Energy Act

Introduced Feb 12, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Ted Poe R-TX

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 15, 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.

  1. IntroducedFeb 12, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Ensuring Affordable Energy Act - Prohibits any funds appropriated or otherwise available for the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from being used to implement or enforce: (1) a cap-and-trade program; or (2) any statutory or regulatory requirement pertaining to emissions of one or more greenhouse gases from stationary sources that is issued or becomes applicable or effective after the date of enactment of this Act.

Defines: (1) "cap-and-trade program" as any regulatory program established after the date of enactment of this Act that provides for the sale, auction, or other distribution of a limited amount of allowances that permit the emission of one or more greenhouse gases; and (2) "greenhouse gas" to include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, or any other designated anthropogenic gas.

Cosponsors 34

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 12, 2013 to Jun 25, 2014, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-TNDiane BlackOriginalFeb 12, 2013
R-SCJeff DuncanOriginalFeb 12, 2013
R-TXK. Michael ConawayOriginalFeb 12, 2013
R-TXLouie GohmertOriginalFeb 12, 2013
R-OHRobert E. LattaOriginalFeb 12, 2013
R-TXPete OlsonFeb 13, 2013
R-WIF. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.Feb 15, 2013
R-WVShelley Moore CapitoFeb 15, 2013
R-FLBill PoseyFeb 25, 2013
R-TXKay GrangerFeb 25, 2013
R-FLRon DeSantisFeb 25, 2013
R-GATom GravesFeb 27, 2013
R-NYTom ReedFeb 27, 2013
R-FLDennis A. RossFeb 28, 2013
R-TXMichael T. McCaulFeb 28, 2013
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 15, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
  2. Feb 12, 2013Introduced in House
  3. Feb 12, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.

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  1. Feb 12, 2013Introduced in House

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