[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3880 Introduced in House (IH)]
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114th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3880
To prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from exceeding its
statutory authority in ways that were not contemplated by the Congress.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 3, 2015
Mr. Palmer (for himself, Mr. Mooney of West Virginia, Mr. Barr, Mr.
Harris, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. Flores, Mr.
Farenthold, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Byrne, Mr. Babin, Mr.
Westerman, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Hardy, Mrs.
Lummis, Mr. Benishek, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Brat, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Rouzer,
Mr. Schweikert, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Ross, Mr. Nunes, Mrs. Black, Mr.
Collins of Georgia, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Carter of Georgia,
Mr. Jenkins of West Virginia, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Hill, Mr. Grothman, Mr.
Chaffetz, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Duncan of South
Carolina, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Bridenstine, Mr. Jordan, Mr.
Sensenbrenner, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, Mr. Jody B. Hice of Georgia,
Mr. Barton, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Carter of Texas, Mr. Fleming, Mr. Ratcliffe,
Mr. Rothfus, Mr. Buck, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Yoder, Mr.
Smith of Texas, Mr. Barletta, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Walker, Mr.
Mullin, Mr. Stutzman, Mrs. Blackburn, Mrs. Roby, Mr. Salmon, Mrs. Love,
Mr. McCaul, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Rogers of
Alabama, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Olson, Mr. Sessions, Mr.
Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Abraham, Mr.
Labrador, Mr. Ribble, Mrs. Ellmers of North Carolina, Mr. Allen, Mr.
Woodall, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Williams, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr.
DesJarlais, Mr. Garrett, Mr. Perry, Mr. Pearce, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr.
Knight, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Massie, Mr.
Huelskamp, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Rokita, Mr. Cole, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Tom
Price of Georgia, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, Mr. Franks of Arizona,
Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Jones, and Mr. Hurd of
Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on
Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Agriculture,
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of
the committee concerned
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A BILL
To prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from exceeding its
statutory authority in ways that were not contemplated by the Congress.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stopping EPA Overreach Act of
2015''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the Environmental Protection Agency has exceeded its
statutory authority by promulgating regulations that were not
contemplated by Congress in the authorizing language of the
statutes enacted by Congress;
(2) the Environmental Protection Agency was correct not to
classify greenhouse gases as pollutants prior to 2009;
(3) no Federal agency has the authority to regulate
greenhouse gases under current law; and
(4) no attempt to regulate greenhouse gases should be
undertaken without further Congressional action.
SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF FEDERAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY TO EXCLUDE
GREENHOUSE GASES FROM REGULATION UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT.
(a) Repeal of Federal Climate Change Regulation.--
(1) Greenhouse gas regulation under clean air act.--Section
302(g) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7602(g)) is amended--
(A) by striking ``(g) The term'' and inserting the
following:
``(g) Air Pollutant.--
``(1) In general.--The term''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Exclusion.--The term `air pollutant' does not include
carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide,
hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, or sulfur
hexafluoride.''.
(2) No regulation of climate change.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, nothing in any of the following Acts or
any other law authorizes or requires the regulation of climate
change or global warming:
(A) The Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.).
(B) The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33
U.S.C. 1251 et seq.).
(C) The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
(D) The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.).
(E) The Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et
seq.).
(b) Effect on Proposed Rules of the EPA.--In accordance with this
section, the following proposed or contemplated rules (or any similar
or successor rules) of the Environmental Protection Agency shall be
void and have no force or effect:
(1) The proposed rule entitled ``Standards of Performance
for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New Stationary Sources:
Electric Utility Generating Units'' (published at 79 Fed. Reg.
1430 (January 8, 2014)).
(2) The proposed rule entitled ``Carbon Pollution Emission
Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility
Generating Units'' (published at 79 Fed. Reg. 34829 (June 18,
2014)).
(3) Any other contemplated or proposed rules proposed to be
issued pursuant to the purported authority described in
subsection (a)(2).
SEC. 4. JOBS ANALYSIS FOR ALL EPA REGULATIONS.
(a) In General.--Before proposing or finalizing any regulation,
rule, or policy, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency shall provide an analysis of the regulation, rule, or policy and
describe the direct and indirect net and gross impact of the
regulation, rule, or policy on employment in the United States.
(b) Limitation.--No regulation, rule, or policy described in
subsection (a) shall take effect if the regulation, rule, or policy has
a negative impact on employment in the United States unless the
regulation, rule, or policy is approved by Congress and signed by the
President.
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