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AZ SCM1015

CM

Status

Passed

3/30/2016

Primary Sponsor

Gail Griffin

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-second Legislature - Second Regular Session (2016)

AI Summary

  • Urges the United States Congress to enact the Stopping EPA Overreach Act to prevent the EPA from exceeding its statutory authority in ways not contemplated by Congress.

  • Asserts that the EPA was incorrect to classify greenhouse gases as pollutants beginning in 2009 and that no federal agency has authority to regulate greenhouse gases under current law.

  • Calls for clarification that federal agencies lack authority to regulate climate change or global warming, thereby voiding certain EPA rules.

  • Requires the EPA Administrator to provide employment and job impact analysis before proposing or finalizing any regulation, rule, or policy.

  • Mandates that federal agencies provide cost-benefit analysis and peer-reviewed science supporting proposed regulations, and imposes penalties for knowingly providing false information in support of regulations.

Legislative Description

EPA; exceeding authority; urging Congress

Last Action

Transmitted to Secretary Of State

3/30/2016

Full Bill Text

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