H.R. 5358 · 113th Congress
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.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- David McKinley
- Introduced
- 2014-07-31
- Latest action
- 2014-08-15 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
Summary
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.