H.R. 3684: Listen to Americans First Act of 2013
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H.R. 3684: Listen to Americans First Act of 2013
113th Congress · introduced 2013-12-10 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2013-12-10 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Listen to Americans First Act of 2013
Plain summary
Listen to Americans First Act of 2013 - Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of federal funds for travel outside the United States or its territories by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) until: (1) EPA conducts public listening sessions on rulemaking targeting carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants in each of the 15 states with the highest percentage of electricity generated by coal in 2012 (West Virginia, Kentucky, Wyoming, Indiana, Missouri, North Dakota, Utah, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Colorado, Kansas, Iowa, Montana, and Wisconsin); and (2) the Administrator certifies to Congress that such sessions have taken place.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Listen to Americans First Act of 2013
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2] · 4 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Harold Rogers (R-KY)
Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2] reported raising $5.4 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Words on this page, explained (2)
- Obligation
- A binding promise by a government agency to pay money, for example by signing a contract or awarding a grant. Spending data such as USAspending.gov counts money when it is obligated, which can be before it is actually paid out.
- Rulemaking
- The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr3684.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>
Record fed-us-cong113-hr3684 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113