[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 57 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 57

    Expressing the opposition of the Congress to the Environmental 
 Protection Agency's proposed rule establishing new source performance 
   standards to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 20, 2013

  Mr. Rahall submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
    Expressing the opposition of the Congress to the Environmental 
 Protection Agency's proposed rule establishing new source performance 
   standards to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants.

Whereas affordable, abundant, reliable coal-fueled electric energy is essential 
        to the Nation's economy, jobs, national security, and energy 
        independence;
Whereas the Environmental Protection Agency has issued a proposed rule that 
        would limit the Nation's energy options and lead to increased power 
        costs for American families and businesses;
Whereas the proposed rule would be detrimental to the Nation's coal mining 
        regions and the livelihoods and well-being of American coal miners, 
        their families, and their communities;
Whereas the energy and environmental policies of the Administration have stymied 
        private-sector investment in new coal-fueled power plants, undermining 
        the integrity of economic assumptions on which the proposed rule is 
        based;
Whereas the Administration has failed to provide sufficient funding and 
        leadership to further the development and broad deployment of carbon 
        capture and sequestration (CCS) technologies, and the only new power 
        plants projected to be equipped to meet the standards under the proposed 
        rule are those that incorporate federally funded CCS technology;
Whereas emissions caps in the proposed rule are expected to influence future 
        caps on emissions from existing coal-fueled power plants, natural gas-
        fired power plants, and manufacturers;
Whereas worldwide consumption of coal is expected to increase among China, 
        India, and other foreign competitor nations in the coming decades and 
        the proposed rule will do nothing to address resulting increases in 
        emissions from foreign sources; and
Whereas proposed unilateral emissions caps would stifle the Nation's growth, 
        contribute to trade disadvantages, undermine the Nation's international 
        competitiveness, and contribute to the loss of American jobs: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the Congress opposes the Environmental Protection Agency's rule 
establishing new source performance standards to limit greenhouse gas 
emissions from new power plants.
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