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H.J.Res. 68: Disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units".

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H.J.Res. 68: Disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed 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 "Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units".

Plain summary

Nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency's rule published on October 23, 2015, that establishes new source performance standards under the Clean Air Act for carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (EGUs) if the EGUs are newly constructed, modified, or reconstructed. (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 "Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed 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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Cosponsors on this site

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-hjres68 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114