H.R. 3727 — Introduced in House

I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3727 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 12, 2013Mr. McKinley (for himself, Mr. Griffin of Arkansas, Mr. Stivers, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Guthrie, and Mr. Cramer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from proposing any standard of performance for emissions of carbon dioxide from existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units before the Administrator has finalized a standard of performance for emissions of carbon dioxide from new fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Keep the EPA Honest Act of 2013. 2. Prohibition against proposing standards of performance for emissions of carbon dioxide from existing power plants before finalizing standards of performance for emissions of carbon dioxide from new power plants (a) Prohibition The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall not propose any standard of performance under section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411(d)) for emissions of carbon dioxide from existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units before the Administrator has finalized and published in the Federal Register a standard of performance under section 111(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 7411(b)) for emissions of carbon dioxide from new fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units. (b) Rule of construction This Act shall not be construed to have any implication with respect to whether the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency has authority to propose standards of performance under section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411(d)) for emissions of air pollutants other than carbon dioxide from existing sources before finalizing standards of performance under section 111(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 7411(b)) for emissions of such air pollutants from new sources.