[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3727 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3727

 To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
  from proposing any standard of performance for emissions of carbon 
  dioxide from existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating 
units before the Administrator has finalized a standard of performance 
  for emissions of carbon dioxide from new fossil fuel-fired electric 
                       utility generating units.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 12, 2013

 Mr. McKinley (for himself, Mr. Griffin of Arkansas, Mr. Stivers, Mrs. 
 Capito, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Guthrie, and Mr. Cramer) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
  from proposing any standard of performance for emissions of carbon 
  dioxide from existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating 
units before the Administrator has finalized a standard of performance 
  for emissions of carbon dioxide from new fossil fuel-fired electric 
                       utility generating units.

    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 ``Keep the EPA Honest Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST PROPOSING STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR 
              EMISSIONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE FROM EXISTING POWER PLANTS 
              BEFORE FINALIZING STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR EMISSIONS 
              OF CARBON DIOXIDE FROM NEW POWER PLANTS.

    (a) Prohibition.--The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency shall not propose any standard of performance under section 
111(d) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411(d)) for emissions of carbon 
dioxide from existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating 
units before the Administrator has finalized and published in the 
Federal Register a standard of performance under section 111(b) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7411(b)) for emissions of carbon dioxide from new fossil 
fuel-fired electric utility generating units.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--This Act shall not be construed to have 
any implication with respect to whether the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency has authority to propose standards of 
performance under section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7411(d)) for emissions of air pollutants other than carbon dioxide from 
existing sources before finalizing standards of performance under 
section 111(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 7411(b)) for emissions of such 
air pollutants from new sources.
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