[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 27, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S276]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 3008. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for Mr. Inhofe) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2953 proposed by Ms. Murkowski
to the bill S. 2012, to provide for the modernization of the energy
policy of the United States, and for other purposes; which was ordered
to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. ANALYSIS OF EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS UNDER THE CLEAN AIR
ACT.
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
shall not propose or finalize any major rule (as defined in
section 804 of title 5, United States Code) under the Clean
Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) until after the date on
which the Administrator--
(1) completes an economy-wide analysis capturing the costs
and cascading effects across industry sectors and markets in
the United States of the implementation of major rules
promulgated under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.);
and
(2) establishes a process to update that analysis not less
frequently than semiannually, so as to provide for the
continuing evaluation of potential loss or shifts in
employment, pursuant to section 321(a) of the Clean Air Act
(42 U.S.C. 7621(a)), that may result from the implementation
of major rules under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et
seq.).
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