HR-5300 : Still Just a Bill

The EPA Regulatory Domestic Benefit Act of 2014 - Prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from issuing, implementing, and enforcing any proposed or final rule addressing emissions of carbon dioxide from any new or existing source that is an electric utility generating unit unless the regulatory impact analysis for the rule primarily considers, and separately reports on, the domestic benefits of the rule.

Nullifies the following proposed rules: (1) Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units, and (2) Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2014-08-01CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.House committee actions
2014-07-30IntroReferralReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.House floor actions
2014-07-30IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

Policy Area :

Environmental Protection
See Subjects
  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Air quality
  • Climate change and greenhouse gases
  • Coal
  • Environmental regulatory procedures
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Oil and gas
  • Public utilities and utility rates
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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