US HB5358 | 2013-2014 | 113th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on July 31 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-08-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on July 31 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-08-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Amends the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) to prohibit a federal agency from being required to consider the social cost of carbon (an estimate of the monetized damages associated with an incremental increase in carbon dioxide emissions in a given year) as part of any cost-benefit or regulatory analysis of any program, project, activity, or administrative action of the agency as a condition of compliance with NEPA.
Title
To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to clarify that no Federal agency shall be required to consider the social cost of carbon as a condition of compliance with such Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsors
| Rep. David McKinley [R-WV] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2014-08-15 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. |
| 2014-07-31 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. |
Subjects
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental protection
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government studies and investigations
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental protection
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government studies and investigations
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5358/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr5358/BILLS-113hr5358ih.pdf |
