Ensuring Affordable Energy Act
Latest action · Oct 2, 2015 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.
- IntroducedSep 28, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Ensuring Affordable Energy Act
This bill prohibits funding for 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 bill.
A cap-and-trade program is any regulatory program established after enactment of this bill 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. Greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, or any other designated anthropogenic gas (caused by human activity).
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 28, 2015 to Dec 17, 2015; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TN | Diane Black | Original | Sep 28, 2015 |
| R-WI | F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Original | Sep 28, 2015 |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Original | Sep 28, 2015 |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Original | Sep 28, 2015 |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Original | Sep 28, 2015 |
| R-GA | Lynn A. Westmoreland | Original | Sep 28, 2015 |
| R-AL | Mo Brooks | Original | Sep 28, 2015 |
| R-TX | Pete Olson | Original | Sep 28, 2015 |
| R-OH | Robert E. Latta | Original | Sep 28, 2015 |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Original | Sep 28, 2015 |
| R-TX | Blake Farenthold | Oct 1, 2015 | |
| R-CO | Ken Buck | Oct 6, 2015 | |
| R-MO | Jason Smith | Oct 7, 2015 | |
| R-MI | John R. Moolenaar | Oct 7, 2015 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Oct 7, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Sam Johnson | Oct 7, 2015 | |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Oct 21, 2015 | |
| R-VA | Bob Goodlatte | Dec 1, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Keith J. Rothfus | Dec 17, 2015 |
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 Sep 28, 2015 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Oct 2, 2015 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 2, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
- Sep 28, 2015Introduced in House
- Sep 28, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 140, September 28, 2015, page H6307.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit funding for the Environmental Protection Agency to be used to implement or enforce a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Ensuring Affordable Energy Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Air quality
- Appropriations
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Industrial facilities
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 28, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
