[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 3, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S1342]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1396. Mr. BENNET submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2657, to support innovation in advanced geothermal 
research and development, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. CLEAN AIR, HEALTHY KIDS.

       (a) Executive Order, Final Rules, and Proposed Rules to 
     Have No Force or Effect.--
       (1) Executive order.--Executive Order 13783 (42 U.S.C. 
     13201 note; relating to promoting energy independence and 
     economic growth)--
       (A) is null and void;
       (B) shall have no force or effect; and
       (C) may not be implemented, administered, enforced, or 
     carried out by any Federal agency, including--
       (i) the Office of Management and Budget;
       (ii) the Council of Economic Advisers;
       (iii) the Council on Environmental Quality;
       (iv) the Environmental Protection Agency;
       (v) the Department of the Interior; and
       (vi) any other agency directed to implement the Executive 
     Order.
       (2) Federal rules.--
       (A) Final rules.--
       (i) In general.--On and after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the following rules are null and void:

       (I) The final rule issued by the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency entitled ``Repeal of the 
     Clean Power Plan; Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas 
     Emissions From Existing Electric Utility Generating Units; 
     Revisions to Emission Guidelines Implementing Regulations'' 
     (84 Fed. Reg. 32520 (July 8, 2019)).
       (II) The final rule issued by the Director of the Bureau of 
     Land Management entitled ``Waste Prevention, Production 
     Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation; Delay and 
     Suspension of Certain Requirements'' (82 Fed. Reg. 58050 
     (December 8, 2017)).
       (III) The final rule of the Secretary of Energy entitled 
     ``Energy Conservation Program: Definition for General Service 
     Lamps'' (84 Fed. Reg. 46661 (September 5, 2019)).
       (IV) The final rule of the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency entitled ``Adopting 
     Requirements in Emission Guidelines for Municipal Solid Waste 
     Landfills'' (84 Fed. Reg. 44547 (August 26, 2019)).

       (ii) Effect.--On and after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the portions of the Code of Federal Regulations amended 
     by the rules described in clause (i) shall be in effect as if 
     the amendments made by those rules had not been made.
       (B) Proposed rules.--The applicable agency may not finalize 
     the following rules:
       (i) The proposed rule issued by the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency entitled ``Oil and Natural 
     Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and 
     Modified Sources Review'' (August 28, 2019).
       (ii) The proposed rule issued by the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency and the Administrator of the 
     National Highway Traffic Safety Administration entitled ``The 
     Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicle Rules for 
     Model Years 2021-2026 Passenger Cars and Light Trucks'' (83 
     Fed. Reg. 42986 (August 24, 2018)).
       (iii) The proposed determination of the Secretary of Energy 
     entitled ``Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation 
     Standards for General Service Incandescent Lamps'' (84 Fed. 
     Reg. 46830 (September 5, 2019)).
       (3) Clean air act waivers.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law--
       (A) any rescission of a waiver granted to the State of 
     California to enforce emissions standards under the Clean Air 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.)--
       (i) is null and void; and
       (ii) shall have no force or effect; and
       (B) on and after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may not 
     rescind a waiver granted to the State of California to 
     enforce emissions standards under the Clean Air Act (42 
     U.S.C. 7401 et seq.).
       (b) No Federal Funds Available.--No Federal funds made 
     available for any fiscal year may be used to implement, 
     administer, enforce, or carry out--
       (1) the Executive Order described in subsection (a)(1);
       (2) a final rule or direct final rule described in 
     subsection (a)(2)(A)(i);
       (3) a proposed rule or a proposed determination described 
     in subsection (a)(2)(B); or
       (4) a rescission of a waiver described in subsection 
     (a)(3).
       (c) Savings Provision.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed to impair any authority granted to the President.
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