[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1486 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1486

To prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury and the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency from devising or implementing a carbon 
                                  tax.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 11, 2013

  Mr. Rahall introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury and the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency from devising or implementing a carbon 
                                  tax.

    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 ``No Carbon Tax Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. CARBON TAX PROHIBITION.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Treasury and the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency are prohibited 
from devising or implementing a carbon tax.
    (b) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term ``carbon 
tax'' means--
            (1) a tax, fee, or price on emissions, including carbon 
        dioxide emissions generated by the burning of coal, natural 
        gas, or oil; or
            (2) a tax, fee, or price on coal, natural gas, or oil based 
        on emissions, including carbon dioxide emissions that would be 
        generated through the fuel's combustion.
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