,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cfhd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #aj1       
#bjac,mrs4 ,capito 7for herself1 ,mr4   
,mc,kinley1 ,mr4 ,cramer1 and ,mr4      
,luetkemeyer7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1 and
 in addition to the ,committees on      
,transportation and ,infrastructure1    
,agriculture1 and ,science1 ,space1 and 
,technology1 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 ,federal funding
 of foreign travel by the ,administrator
 of the ,environmental ,protection      
,agency until the ,agency conducts      
public listening sessions on rulemaking 
targeting carbon dioxide emissions from 
existing power plants in each of the #ae
 ,states with the highest percentage of 
electricity generated by coal in #bjab4 

#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,listen to ,americans ,first    
,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,no foreign travel  
until public listening sessions are     
conducted in ,states that rely on coal  
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 no ,federal funds may be obligated 
or expended for any travel outside of   
the ,united ,states or its territories  
by the ,administrator of the            
,environmental ,protection ,agency      
until-- 7#a7 the ,environmental         
,protection ,agency conducts public     
listening sessions on rulemaking        
targeting carbon dioxide emissions from 
existing power plants in each of the #ae
 ,states with the highest percentage of 
electricity generated by coal in #bjab  
7,west ,virginia1 ,kentucky1 ,wyoming1  
,indiana1 ,missouri1 ,north ,dakota1    
,utah1 ,nebraska1 ,new ,mexico1 ,ohio1  
,colorado1 ,kansas1 ,iowa1 ,montana1 and
 ,wisconsin72 and  7#b7 the             
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency certifies to the    

chairman and ranking member of the      
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce of  
the ,house of ,representatives and the  
chairman and ranking member of the      
,committee on ,environment and ,public  
,works of the ,senate that the #ae      
public listening sessions described in  
paragraph 7#a7 have taken place4