US Congress Senate Bill 609 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 28)
Status: Introduced on March 17 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-03-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Pending: Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Comprehensive Assessment of Regulations on the Economy Act of 2011 - Establishes within the Department of Commerce the Cumulative Regulatory Assessment Committee to assess the cumulative energy and economic impacts of federal regulatory mandates that: (1) are promulgated or issued (or are expected to be initiated) by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or a state or local government from January 1, 2010, to January 1, 2020; (2) apply to one or more impacted unit; and (3) implement any provision or requirement relating to interstate or international transport of air pollution with respect to any national ambient air quality standard, attainment of any such standard, new source performance standards, hazardous air pollutants, greenhouse gas emissions, cooling water intake structures, effluent guidelines for regulating the discharge of pollutants, the handling and disposal of coal combustion residuals, the regulation of fuels, or regional haze or reasonably attributable visibility impairment under the Clean Air Act or any other environmental regulations expected to have a significant impact on the electric power sector, the petroleum refining sector, the petrochemical production sector, pipeline facilities regulated by the Department of Transportation (DOT) or EPA, exploration, production, or transportation of oil and natural gas, or any other manufacturing sector. Defines "impacted unit" as any: (1) electric generating unit that sells electricity into the grid; (2) industrial, commercial, or institutional boiler or process heater; (3) petroleum refining facility that produces gasoline, heating oil, diesel fuel, jet fuel, kerosene, or petrochemical feedstocks; (4) petrochemical facility; (5) hydrocarbon exploration, extraction, manufacturing, production, or transportation facility; or (6) biofuel facility.

Comprehensive Assessment of Regulations on the Economy Act of 2011

Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]	Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]
Sen. Daniel Coats [R-IN]	Sen. Thad Cochran [R-MS]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]	Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]
Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]	Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]	Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]	Sen. Kay Hutchison [R-TX]
Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA]	Sen. Mike Johanns [R-NE]	Sen. Ron Johnson [R-WI]	Sen. Mike Lee [R-UT]
Sen. John McCain [R-AZ]	Sen. Mitch McConnell [R-KY]	Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Rand Paul [R-KY]
Sen. James Risch [R-ID]	Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]	Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]	Sen. Jeff Sessions [R-AL]
Sen. John Thune [R-SD]	Sen. Pat Toomey [R-PA]	Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-17	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

SB1971 (Related) 2011-12-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/609/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s609/BILLS-112s609is.pdf