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House Representative Jerry Moran (KS-1) introduced a resolution to the House yesterday disapproving the rule submitted by the Administrator of the EPA relating to endangerment and cause or contribute findings for greenhouse gases under section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act.  The legislation would invalidate the EPA’s rule and prevent the agency from regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act unless Congress passes a subsequent law authorizing such a regulation.

According to Rep. Moran:

The EPA must be stopped from making decisions that circumvent Congress and are not supported by current law.  The Clean Air Act was never intended to regulate greenhouse gases and proceeding with this rule would have devastating effects on the economy.  EPA-imposed regulations would prove more costly than the cap and trade bill I opposed in June. With the highest unemployment in a quarter century, the last thing Americans need is more bureaucratic red tape and fees that would destroy more jobs.

The legislation is a procedure authorized under the Congressional Review Act of 1996, which provides a process through which Congress can invalidate regulations it believes exceed an agency’s authority.