[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 231 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 231

To suspend, until the end of 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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 31, 2011

Mr. Rockefeller (for himself, Mr. Webb, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Johnson of 
  South Dakota, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, and Mr. Conrad) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
               Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
To suspend, until the end of 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 ``EPA Stationary Source Regulations 
Suspension Act''.

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.), until the end of 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.--Subsections (a) and (c) shall not apply to--
            (1) any action under part A of title II of the Clean Air 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 7521 et seq.) relating to the vehicle emissions 
        standards;
            (2) any action relating to the preparation of a report or 
        the enforcement of a reporting requirement; or
            (3) 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 action taken before the date of 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)).
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