,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cjdb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #b1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,murphy of ,pennsylvania introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,oversight and     
,government ,reform1 and in addition to 
the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 for a 
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
prohibit the use of the social cost of  
carbon in any regulatory impact analysis
 until a ,federal law is enacted        
authorizing such use4  #a4 ,short title 
,this ,act may be cited as the ,taking  
,hold of ,regulations to ,increase      
,vital ,employment ,in ,energy ,act4    
#b4 ,prohibition on use of social cost  
of carbon in analysis  7a7 ,in general  
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law or any executive order1 no ,federal 
agency may use the social cost of carbon

 in order to incorporate any social     
benefits of reducing carbon dioxide     
emissions in any regulatory impact      
analysis unless and until a ,federal law
 is enacted authorizing such use4  7b7  
,definition ,in this section1 the term  
social cost of carbon means the social  
cost of carbon as described in the      
technical support document entitled     
,technical ,support ,document3          
,technical ,update of the ,social ,cost 
of ,carbon for ,regulatory ,impact      
,analysis ,under ,executive ,order      
#abhff1 published by the ,interagency   
,working ,group on ,social ,cost of     
,carbon1 ,united ,states ,government1 in
 ,may #bjac1 or any successor or        
substantially related document1 or any  
other estimate of the monetized damages 
associated with an incremental increase 
in carbon dioxide emissions in a given  
year4