HR 5556 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Environmental Compliance Cost Transparency Act of 2018

Introduced Apr 18, 2018 Originated House Sponsor Paul A. Gosar R-AZ

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Latest action · Sep 20, 2018 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 742.

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. IntroducedApr 18, 2018
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Environmental Compliance Cost Transparency Act of 2018

This bill requires the Bonneville Power Administration, the Western Area Power Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, and the Southeastern Power Administration to include in monthly billing statements sent to each customer estimates of the customer's share of such administration's direct and indirect costs for compliance with any relevant federal environmental laws impacting the conservation of fish and wildlife.

Each administration must report each year on: (1) estimated costs and factors affecting total power costs, including total direct and indirect compliance costs; and (2) sources of replacement power.

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 18, 2018.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-AZAndy BiggsOriginalApr 18, 2018
R-VADave BratOriginalApr 18, 2018
R-WVDavid B. McKinleyOriginalApr 18, 2018
R-MTGreg GianforteOriginalApr 18, 2018
R-COKen BuckOriginalApr 18, 2018
D-ORKurt SchraderOriginalApr 18, 2018
R-TXLouie GohmertOriginalApr 18, 2018
R-NVMark E. AmodeiOriginalApr 18, 2018
R-LARalph Lee AbrahamOriginalApr 18, 2018
R-SCRalph NormanOriginalApr 18, 2018
R-NMStevan PearceOriginalApr 18, 2018
R-IASteve KingOriginalApr 18, 2018
R-NCTed BuddOriginalApr 18, 2018
R-FLTed S. YohoOriginalApr 18, 2018
R-CATom McClintockOriginalApr 18, 2018
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Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Apr 18, 2018Markup Jul 18, 2018Reported Sep 20, 2018
Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee
Referred Apr 26, 2018Hearings Jul 11, 2018Discharged Jul 18, 2018

Actions 9

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 20, 2018Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-954.
  2. Sep 20, 2018Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 742.
  3. Jul 18, 2018Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Discharged.
  4. Jul 18, 2018Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  5. Jul 18, 2018Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
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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.

Committee report

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Sep 13, 2018H.R. 5556, Environmental Compliance Cost Transparency Act of 2018As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 18, 2018

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3. (Commerce Clause) The Commerce Clause give Congress the power to ``regulate commerce . . . among the several States.'' If the matter in question is not purely a local matter or if it has an impact on inter-state commerce, then it falls within Congress' powers. National Federal of Independent Business v. Sebilius. (2012).

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 63, April 18, 2018, page H3442.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1869Environmental Compliance Cost Transparency Act of 2015Reintroduction ofApr 20, 2016

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To provide for transparency and reporting related to direct and indirect costs incurred by the Bonneville Power Administration, the Western Area Power Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, and the Southeastern Power Administration related to compliance with any Federal environmental laws impacting the conservation of fish and wildlife, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Environmental Compliance Cost Transparency Act of 2018
Short Titles as Reported to House
Environmental Compliance Cost Transparency Act of 2018

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 20, 2018Reported in House
  2. Apr 18, 2018Introduced in House

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