,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eceh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ca1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,mc,kinley introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend the ,national         
,environmental ,policy ,act of #aifi to 
clarify that no ,federal agency shall be
 required to consider the social cost of
 carbon as a condition of compliance    
with such ,act1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,agencies not required to consider  
social cost of carbon ,title ,i of the  
,national ,environmental ,policy ,act of
 #aifi 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dcca et seq47 is 
amended by adding at the end the        
following new section3  #ajf4  7a7 ,no  
,federal agency shall be required to    
consider the social cost of carbon as   
part of any cost-benefit or regulatory  
analysis of any program1 project1       
activity1 or administrative action of   
the agency as a condition of compliance 
with this ,act4  7b7 ,in this section3  

7#a7 ,the term ,federal agency has the  
meaning given the term ,executive agency
 in section #acc of title #da1 ,united  
,states ,code4  7#b7 ,the term social   
cost of carbon means the social cost of 
carbon as described in the technical    
support document entitled ,technical    
,support ,document3 ,technical #ae      
,update of the ,social ,cost of ,carbon 
for ,regulatory ,impact ,analysis ,under
 ,executive ,order ,no4 #abhff1         
published by the ,interagency ,working  
,group on ,social ,cost of ,carbon1     
,united ,states ,government1 in ,may    
#bjac1 revised in ,november #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  4