HR 2042 · 114th Congress · Environmental Protection
Ratepayer Protection Act of 2015
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EnactedLatest: Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 569.(2016-07-14)
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Ratepayer Protection Act of 2015 This bill extends the deadline for mandatory compliance with final rules that target carbon dioxide emissions from existing sources that are fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units under the Clean Air Act, including any final rule that succeeds either: the proposed rule entitled "Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units," or the supplemental proposed rule entitled "Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: EGUs in Indian Country and U.S. Territories; Multi-Jurisdictional Partnerships". The extension period begins 60 days after the notice of promulgation of a final rule appears in the Federal Register and ends following any judicial review, on the date a judgment becomes final, and no longer subject to further appeal or review, in all actions (including those under the Clean Air Act) that are filed during that 60-day period. A state is also shielded under the bill from: being required to adopt or submit a state plan, and being subject to a federal plan under any federal final rule if the governor notifies the Administrator of the…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 2042, Ratepayer Protection Act of 2015
May 13, 2015As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on April 29, 2015
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Cosponsors (20)
3 Democrats17 Republicans