[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 3, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S1342]
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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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