US Congress Senate Bill 2414 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)
Status: Introduced on June 3 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-06-03 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3369)
Pending: Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Coal Country Protection Act or the Protecting Jobs, Families, and the Economy From EPA Overreach Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from promulgating any regulation or guidance that limits or prohibits new carbon dioxide emissions from a fossil fuel-fired power plant until it is certified: (1) by the Secretary of Labor that the regulation or guidance will not generate a loss of employment, (2) by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that it will not result in a loss in the gross domestic product, (3) by the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration that it will not generate an increase in electricity rates, and (4) by the Chairperson of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the President of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation that it will not effect the reliability of electricity delivery.

Coal Country Protection Act

Sen. Mitch McConnell [R-KY]	Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN]	Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]
Sen. Bob Corker [R-TN]	Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]	Sen. Deb Fischer [R-NE]	Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]
Sen. Mike Johanns [R-NE]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Sen. Rand Paul [R-KY]	Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]
Sen. John Thune [R-SD]	Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-06-03	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3369)

HB4808 (Same As) 2014-06-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
HB4850 (Related) 2014-06-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2414/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s2414/BILLS-113s2414is.pdf