3.0.0 1512 2023-01-11T13:37:31Z 2023-01-11T13:37:31Z Senate S 2017-06-29 115 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-06-29T19:53:06Z Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2017 115 3117 HR 2018-11-02 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-999, Part I. Related bill CRS 2017-06-29 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2017-06-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK N C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2017-06-29 True I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2017-06-29 True B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2017-06-29 True B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2017-06-29 True C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2017-07-13 False C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2017-07-18 False S001202 Sen. Strange, Luther [R-AL] Luther Strange R AL 2017-08-02 False Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory procedures Air quality Climate change and greenhouse gases Congressional oversight Department of Energy Department of the Interior Economic performance and conditions Electric power generation and transmission Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental regulatory procedures Executive Office of the President Oil and gas Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Environmental Protection 00 2017-06-29 Introduced in Senate 2017-09-18T20:42:21Z Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2017

This bill prohibits the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of the Interior, the Department of Transportation, and the Council on Environmental Quality from considering the social cost of carbon, methane, nitrous oxide, or greenhouse gas as part of any cost benefit analysis in the rule making process, unless a federal law is enacted authorizing such consideration. They may also consider those social costs if they use an estimate that: (1) complies with the requirements of the "Circular A-4" document of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), (2) uses only the discount rates specified in that document, (3) considers only the domestic costs and benefits of the activity, and (4) has been reviewed by the OMB for compliance with the circular A-4 document and consistency across federal agencies.

The EPA must report on the number of proposed and final rulemakings, guidance documents, and agency actions since January 2009 that use those social costs, including as part of any cost benefit analysis required under Executive Order 12866 or other relevant authority.

]]> Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2017 Display Title Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Energy, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality from considering, in taking any action, the social cost of carbon, the social cost of methane, the social cost of nitrous oxide, or the social cost of any other greenhouse gas, unless compliant with Office of Management and Budget guidance, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1512is/xml/BILLS-115s1512is.xml 2017-06-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.