H.J.Res. 72 · 114th Congress
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units".
- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Sponsor
- Ed Whitfield
- Introduced
- 2015-10-26
- Latest action
- 2015-11-19 · Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 114-349.
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency's rule published on October 23, 2015, that requires states to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired electric generating units (EGUs). (Those EGUs convert fossil fuel energy to electric energy.)