Rahall-McKinley H.R. 4813

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    (Original Signature of Member)

    113TH CONGRESS2D SESSION H. R.ll

    To nullify certain rules of the Environmental Protection Agency relating

    to greenhouse gas emissions from existing, new, and modified or recon-

    structed electric utility generating units.

    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

    Mr. MCKINLEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

    Committee on llllllllllllll

    A BILLTo nullify certain rules of the Environmental Protection

    Agency relating to greenhouse gas emissions from exist-

    ing, new, and modified or reconstructed electric utility

    generating units.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1

    tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,2

    SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.3

    This Act may be cited as the Protection and Ac-4

    countability Regulatory Act of 2014.5

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    SEC. 2. NULLIFICATION OF EPA RULES FOR GREENHOUSE1

    GAS EMISSIONS FROM EXISTING, NEW, AND2

    MODIFIED OR RECONSTRUCTED POWER3

    PLANTS.4

    (a) IN GENERAL.The following rules of the Envi-5

    ronmental Protection Agency shall have no force or effect:6

    (1) The proposed rule entitled Emission7

    Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric8

    Utility Generating Units (Docket No. EPAHQ9

    OAR20130602) signed by the Administrator of10

    the Agency on June 2, 2014.11

    (2) The proposed rule entitled Standards of12

    Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from13

    New Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating14

    Units 79 Fed. Reg. 1430 (Jan. 8, 2014).15

    (3) The proposed rule entitled Carbon Pollu-16

    tion Standards for Modified and Reconstructed Sta-17

    tionary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units18

    (Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0603) signed by19

    the Administrator of the Agency on June 2, 2014.20

    (b) SUBSEQUENT RULES.During the 5-year period21

    beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Ad-22

    ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall23

    not issue or implement any rule that is substantially simi-24

    lar to a rule described in subsection (a) unless a Federal25

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    law is enacted (subsequent to the date of enactment of1

    this Act) specifically authorizing such a rule.2

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