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H.J.Res. 67: Disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units".

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H.J.Res. 67: Disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units".

114th Congress · introduced 2015-09-29 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-09-29 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Ratcliffe, John [R-TX-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units".

Plain summary

Nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency's rule published on October 23, 2015, that requires states to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired electric generating units (EGUs). (Those EGUs convert fossil fuel energy to electric energy.)

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

Disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units".

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Ratcliffe, John [R-TX-4] · 28 cosponsors

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Brian Babin (R-TX), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Andy Barr (R-KY), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Mike Kelly (R-PA), David Rouzer (R-NC), Gary J. Palmer (R-AL), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT), Frank D. Lucas (R-OK), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA)

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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

Record fed-us-cong114-hjres67 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114