Coal Country Protection Act

Coal Country Protection Act or the Protecting Jobs, Families, and the Economy From EPA Overreach Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from promulgating any regulation or guidance that limits or prohibits new carbon dioxide emissions from a fossil fuel-fired power plant until it is certified: (1) by the Secretary of Labor that the regulation or guidance will not generate a loss of employment, (2) by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that it will not result in a loss in the gross domestic product, (3) by the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration that it will not generate an increase in electricity rates, and (4) by the Chairperson of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the President of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation that it will not effect the reliability of electricity delivery.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2414 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2414

 To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the regulation of emissions of 
    carbon dioxide from new or existing power plants under certain 
                             circumstances.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 3, 2014

 Mr. McConnell (for himself, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Thune, Mr. Paul, Mr. Blunt, 
Mr. Vitter, and Mrs. Fischer) introduced the following bill; which was 
  read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public 
                                 Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the regulation of emissions of 
    carbon dioxide from new or existing power plants under certain 
                             circumstances.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Coal Country Protection Act'' or the 
``Protecting Jobs, Families, and the Economy From EPA Overreach Act''.

SEC. 2. REGULATION OF EMISSIONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE FROM NEW OR EXISTING 
              POWER PLANTS.

    (a) Limitation on Regulation.--The Clean Air Act is amended by 
inserting after section 312 (42 U.S.C. 7612) the following:

``SEC. 313. LIMITATION ON REGULATION OF EMISSIONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE 
              FROM NEW OR EXISTING POWER PLANTS.

    ``(a) Definition of New or Existing Power Plant.--In this section, 
the term `new or existing power plant' means a fossil fuel-fired power 
plant that commences operation at any time.
    ``(b) Limitation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
(including regulations), the Administrator may not promulgate any 
regulation or guidance that limits or prohibits any new carbon dioxide 
emissions from a new or existing power plant, and no such regulation or 
guidance shall have any force or effect, until the date on which--
            ``(1) the Secretary of Labor certifies to the Administrator 
        that the regulation or guidance will not generate any loss of 
        employment;
            ``(2) the Director of the Congressional Budget Office 
        certifies to the Administrator that the regulation or guidance 
        will not result in any loss in the gross domestic product of 
        the United States;
            ``(3) the Administrator of the Energy Information 
        Administration certifies to the Administrator that the 
        regulation or guidance will not generate any increase in 
        electricity rates in the United States; and
            ``(4) the Chairperson of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
        Commission and the President of the North American Electric 
        Reliability Corporation certify to the Administrator the 
        reliability of electricity delivery under the regulation or 
        guidance.''.
    (b) Technical Correction.--The Clean Air Act is amended by 
redesignating the second section 317 (42 U.S.C. 7617) (relating to 
economic impact assessment) as section 318.
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