A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to review rulemaking proceedings of other Federal agencies for the potential to cause an adverse effect on the cost, time, or difficulty of complying with energy efficiency regulations, guidelines, or standards.

This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to review the potential of other federal agencies' pending rulemaking proceedings to cause an adverse effect on the cost, time, or difficulty of complying with DOE's current or proposed energy efficiency regulations, guidelines, or standards.

DOE must consult with federal agency heads to identify areas of conflict or overlap between any of its proposed or final regulations, guidelines, or standards and relevant agencies' proposed or final regulations, guidelines, or standards. DOE must also seek public input on any identified conflicts or overlaps.

When there is an identified conflict or overlap, DOE must work with the head of the relevant agency and the public to resolve the conflict or overlap prior to finalizing a rulemaking to ensure that the conflict or overlap does not pose an undue compliance burden on the regulated persons.

[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1047 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1047

To require the Secretary of Energy to review rulemaking proceedings of 
other Federal agencies for the potential to cause an adverse effect on 
   the cost, time, or difficulty of complying with energy efficiency 
                 regulations, guidelines, or standards.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 22, 2015

 Mr. Alexander introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Energy to review rulemaking proceedings of 
other Federal agencies for the potential to cause an adverse effect on 
   the cost, time, or difficulty of complying with energy efficiency 
                 regulations, guidelines, or standards.

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

SECTION 1. REVIEW OF RULEMAKING.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Energy (referred to in this Act 
as the ``Secretary'') shall review the rulemaking proceedings of other 
Federal agencies that are pending on or after the date of enactment of 
this Act for the potential to cause an adverse effect on the cost 
(whether short-term or long-term), time, or difficulty of complying 
with current or proposed energy efficiency regulations, guidelines, or 
standards of the Department of Energy.
    (b) Consultation.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall consult with the head 
        of each relevant Federal agency to identify any areas of 
        conflict or overlap between a proposed or final regulation, 
        guideline, or standard of the Department of Energy and a 
        proposed or final regulation, guideline, or standard of that 
        relevant Federal agency.
            (2) Public input.--The Secretary shall seek public input on 
        any conflicts or overlaps identified under paragraph (1).
    (c) Resolution of Conflict.--For cases in which a conflicting or 
overlapping proposed regulation, guideline, or standard has been 
identified under subsection (b), prior to finalizing the rulemaking, 
the Secretary shall work with the head of the relevant Federal agency 
and the public, including small businesses, to resolve the conflict or 
overlap, in order to ensure that the regulatory conflict or overlap 
does not pose an undue compliance burden on the regulated persons.
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