,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dfed  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #i1 #bjad ,mr4  
,yoder introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
delay implementation of the ,mercury and
 ,air ,toxics ,standards1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,lower ,electric    
,bill ,act of #bjad4  #b4 ,findings ,the
 ,congress finds the following3  7#a7   
,certain ,environmental ,protection     
,agency environmental regulations are   
issued without any economic impact      
analysis that takes into consideration  
the costs to comply with such           
regulations and the impact of such      
regulations on the local economy and    
jobs4  7#b7 ,certain ,environmental     
,protection ,agency environmental       
regulations are issued without any      
analysis of the feasibility of          
compliance with deadlines4  7#c7 ,it    
will cost local communities billions of 

dollars to comply with the ,mercury and 
,air ,toxics ,standards4  7#d7          
,communities throughout the ,nation will
 therefore face large increases in their
 electric utility bills1 on top of      
rising water and wastewater bills1 and  
in some cases these increases in        
electricity bills could be nearly #bj   
percent4  7#e7 ,the economic impact of  
such ,standards has the potential to be 
devastating1 especially in communities  
with a high percentage of residents     
living at or below the poverty line1 a  
factor which is not considered in       
cost_/benefit analyses4  7#f7 ,higher   
energy costs also threaten all types of 
businesses1 including manufacturing and 
other industries that employ thousands  
throughout the ,nation4  #c4 ,delayed   
implementation of the ,mercury and ,air 
,toxics ,standards ,notwithstanding any 
other provision of law1 the             
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency may not implement1  
administer1 or enforce the emission     

standards for hazardous air pollutants  
from coal- and oil-fired electric       
utility steam generating units          
established pursuant to section #aab of 
the ,clean ,air ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4     
#gdab7 and promulgated in the final rule
 entitled ,national ,emission ,standards
 for ,hazardous ,air ,pollutants ,from  
,coal- and ,oil-,fired ,electric        
,utility ,steam ,generating ,units and  
,standards of ,performance for          
,fossil-,fuel-,fired ,electric ,utility1
 ,industrial-,commercial-,institutional1
 and ,small                             
,industrial-,commercial-,institutional  
,steam ,generating ,units1 published at 
#gg ,fed4 ,reg4 #icjd 7,february #af1   
#bjab71 or any revisions or supplements 
thereto before the later of--  7#a7 the 
date that is #e years after the date of 
enactment of this ,act2 and  7#b7 the   
date on which the ,administrator        
completes a study on the economic       
impacts of such standards on local      
communities4