HJRES 71 · 114th Congress · Environmental Protection

Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units".

Introduced 2015-10-26· Sponsored by Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]· House

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Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 266.(2015-11-19)

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[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency's rule published on October 23, 2015, that establishes new source performance standards under the Clean Air Act for carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (EGUs) if the EGUs are newly constructed, modified, or reconstructed. (Those EGUs convert fossil fuel energy to electric energy.)…

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H.J. Res. 71, a joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from...

Nov 25, 2015

As reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on November 19, 2015

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Cosponsors (20)

20 Republicans