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H.R. 3117, Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2017 (CBO Report for Congress)

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Congress 115th
Date Requested Nov. 30, 2017
Requested By House Committee on Natural Resources
Date Sent Feb. 16, 2018
Description:

H.R. 3117 would require federal agencies to use certain assumptions as part of their analysis when they consider the social cost of greenhouse gases as part of any rulemaking or justification for an agency action. For regulatory analysis, federal agencies currently may use estimates of the social costs of greenhouse gases as a way to quantify the costs or benefits of regulations that increase or reduce greenhouse gas emissions; agencies consider those effects along with other costs or benefits arising from proposed regulations. If federal agencies continue to use estimates of the social costs of greenhouse gases to evaluate a proposed rule or action, the bill would require them to:

 

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