[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 199 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 199

To suspend, during the 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment 
of this Act, any Environmental Protection Agency action under the Clean 
 Air Act with respect to carbon dioxide or methane pursuant to certain 
 proceedings, other than with respect to motor vehicle emissions, and 
                          for other purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 2011

 Mrs. Capito (for herself, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. McKinley, and Mr. Rahall) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To suspend, during the 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment 
of this Act, any Environmental Protection Agency action under the Clean 
 Air Act with respect to carbon dioxide or methane pursuant to certain 
 proceedings, other than with respect to motor vehicle emissions, and 
                          for other purposes.

    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 ``Protect America's Energy and 
Manufacturing Jobs Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN EPA ACTION.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), 
notwithstanding any provision of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et 
seq.), during the 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may 
not take any action under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) 
with respect to any stationary source permitting requirement or any 
requirement under section 111 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 7411) relating to 
carbon dioxide or methane.
    (b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to--
            (1) any action relating to the preparation of a report or 
        the enforcement of a reporting requirement; or
            (2) any action relating to the provision of technical 
        support at the request of a State.
    (c) Treatment.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
action taken by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency before the end of the 2-year period described in subsection (a) 
(including any such action before the date of the enactment of this 
Act) shall be considered to make carbon dioxide or methane a pollutant 
subject to regulation under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) 
for any source other than a new motor vehicle or new motor vehicle 
engine, as described in section 202(a) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 7521(a)).
                                 <all>