,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #acbd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ah1     
#bjac ,mr4 ,barrasso 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,enzi1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 ,mr4 ,alexander1    
,mr4 ,paul1 ,mr4 ,blunt1 ,mrs4 ,fischer1
 and ,mr4 ,crapo7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,environment and ,public ,works  ,a     
,,bill  ,to prohibit any regulations    
promulgated pursuant to a presidential  
memorandum relating to power sector     
carbon pollution standards from taking  
effect4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may
 be cited as the ,national ,energy ,tax 
,repeal ,act4  #b4 ,findings and        
purposes  7a7 ,findings ,congress finds 
that--  7#a7 on ,june #be1 #bjac1       
,president ,obama issued a ,presidential
 memorandum directing the ,administrator
 of the ,environmental ,protection      
,agency to issue regulations relating to
 power sector carbon pollution standards
 for existing coal fired power plants2  

7#b7 the issuance of that memorandum    
circumvents ,congress and the will of   
the people of the ,united ,states2  7#c7
 any action to control emissions of     
greenhouse gases from existing coal     
fired power plants in the ,united       
,states by mandating a national energy  
tax would devastate major sectors of the
 economy1 cost thousands of jobs1 and   
increase energy costs for low-income    
households1 small businesses1 and       
seniors on fixed income2  7#d7          
joblessness increases the likelihood of 
hospital visits1 illnesses1 and         
premature deaths2  7#e7 according to    
testimony on ,june #ae1 #bjaa1 before   
the ,committee on ,environment and      
,public ,works of the ,senate by ,dr4   
,harvey ,brenner of ,johns ,hopkins     
,university1 ,the unemployment rate is  
well established as a risk factor for   
elevated illness and mortality rates in 
epidemiological studies performed since 
the early #aihjs4 ,in addition to       
influences on mental disorder1 suicide  

and alcohol abuse and alcoholism1       
unemployment is also an important risk  
factor in cardiovascular disease and    
overall decreases in life expectancy42  
7#f7 according to the ,national ,center 
for ,health ,statistics1 children in    
poor families were four times as likely 
to be in fair or poor health as children
 that were not poor2  7#g7 any major    
decision that would cost the economy of 
the ,united ,states millions of dollars 
and lead to serious negative health     
effects for the people of the ,united   
,states should be debated and explicitly
 authorized by ,congress1 not approved  
by a ,presidential memorandum or        
regulations2 and  7#h7 any policy       
adopted by ,congress should make ,united
 ,states energy as clean as practicable1
 as quickly as practicable1 without     
increasing the cost of energy for       
struggling families1 seniors1 low-income
 households1 and small businesses4  7b7 
,purposes ,the purposes of this ,act    
are--  7#a7 to ensure that--  7,a7 a    

national energy tax is not imposed on   
the economy of the ,united ,states2 and 
7,b7 struggling families1 seniors1      
low-income households1 and small        
businesses do not experience            
skyrocketing electricity bills and      
joblessness2  7#b7 to protect the people
 of the ,united ,states1 particularly   
families1 seniors1 and children1 from   
the serious negative health effects of  
joblessness2  7#c7 to allow sufficient  
time for ,congress to develop and       
authorize an appropriate mechanism to   
address the energy needs of the ,united 
,states and the potential challenges    
posed by severe weather2 and  7#d7 to   
restore the legislative process and     
congressional authority over the energy 
policy of the ,united ,states4  #c4     
,presidential memorandum                
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the head of a ,federal agency shall
 not promulgate any regulation relating 
to power sector carbon pollution        
standards or any substantially similar  

regulation on or after ,june #be1 #bjac1
 unless that regulation is explicitly   
authorized by an ,act of ,congress4