Agency PAYGO for Greenhouse Gases Act
Latest action · Mar 3, 2015 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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.
- IntroducedMar 3, 2015
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Agency PAYGO for Greenhouse Gases Act
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to include an offset in any proposed rule that limits greenhouse gas emissions and imposes increased costs on other agencies. The offset must be from funds available to the EPA and be for all projected increased costs imposed on other agencies.
Agencies may not pass on the cost imposed by the rule on to any rate payer of the agencies.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 3, 2015 to Mar 4, 2015, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IN | Daniel Coats | Original | Mar 3, 2015 |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Original | Mar 3, 2015 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Mar 3, 2015 |
| R-AZ | John McCain | Original | Mar 3, 2015 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Original | Mar 3, 2015 |
| R-UT | Mike Lee | Original | Mar 3, 2015 |
| R-SD | John Thune | Mar 4, 2015 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 3, 2015Introduced in Senate
- Mar 3, 2015Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 3, 2015Introduced in Senate
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