,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cadj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ai1      
#bjac,mrs4 ,capito 7for herself1 ,mrs4  
,lummis1 ,mr4 ,barr1 ,mr4 ,rogers of    
,kentucky1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,ohio1 ,mr4 
,rothfus1 ,mr4 ,bucshon1 ,mrs4 ,noem1   
,mr4 ,griffith of ,virginia1 and ,mr4   
,mc,kinley7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,clean ,air ,act  
to prohibit any regulation under such   
,act concerning the emissions of carbon 
dioxide from a fossil fuel-fired        
electric generating unit from taking    
effect until the ,administrator of the  
,environmental ,protection ,agency makes
 certain certifications1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,ensure ,reliable   
and ,affordable ,american ,energy ,act  
of #bjac4  #b4 ,no unilateral regulation
 of emissions of carbon dioxide ,the    
,clean ,air ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #gdja et

 seq47 is amended by inserting after    
section #cbi the following3  #ccj4 ,no  
unilateral regulation of emissions of   
carbon dioxide from fossil fuel-fired   
electric generating units  7a7          
,prohibition on regulations concerning  
emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil 
fuel-,fired electric generating units   
taking effect  7#a7 ,prohibition ,a     
regulation under this ,act concerning   
emissions of carbon dioxide from a      
fossil fuel-fired electric generating   
unit to address climate change may not  
take effect until the ,administrator    
certifies that a sufficient number of   
countries have put into effect          
regulations concerning emissions of     
carbon dioxide which are at least as    
stringent as the regulation under this  
,act4  7#b7 ,countries ,for the purposes
 of paragraph 7#a71 the term sufficient 
number means a sufficient number of     
countries so that1 in the aggregate1    
such countries account for not less than
 #hj percent of the global carbon       

dioxide emissions1 excluding such       
emissions in the ,united ,states1 in the
 calendar year immediately preceding the
 year in which the regulation under this
 ,act would be enforced4  7#c7          
,stringency considerations ,for the     
purposes of paragraph 7#a71 a country's 
regulation concerning carbon dioxide    
emissions may only be considered to be  
as stringent as the regulation under    
this ,act if such country's regulation  
limits carbon dioxide emissions to a    
numeric standard that is equal to or    
less than such a standard under the     
regulation under this ,act in a         
timeframe that is equal to or less than 
the timeframe under the regulation under
 this ,act4  7b7 ,rule of ,construction 
,nothing in this section shall be       
construed as providing the              
,administrator with any authority to    
promulgate any regulation concerning1   
take action relating to1 or take into   
consideration the emissions of carbon   
dioxide4  4