HR 5358 · 113th Congress · Environmental Protection

To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to clarify that no Federal agency shall be required to consider the social cost of carbon as a condition of compliance with such Act, and for other purposes.

Introduced 2014-07-31· Sponsored by Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
3
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.(2014-08-15)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) to prohibit a federal agency from being required to consider the social cost of carbon (an estimate of the monetized damages associated with an incremental increase in carbon dioxide emissions in a given year) as part of any cost-benefit or regulatory analysis of any program, project, activity, or administrative action of the agency as a condition of compliance with NEPA.…

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