Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3147 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3147 To prohibit Federal agencies from considering, in taking any action, the social cost of carbon, the social cost of methane, the social cost of nitrous oxide, or the social cost of any other greenhouse gas, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 1, 2025 Mr. Hudson (for himself, Mr. Pfluger, and Mr. Balderson) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit Federal agencies from considering, in taking any action, the social cost of carbon, the social cost of methane, the social cost of nitrous oxide, or the social cost of any other greenhouse gas, and for other purposes. 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 ``Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Federal agency.--The term ``Federal agency'' means has the meaning given the term ``agency'' in section 551 of title 5, United States Code. (2) Social cost of carbon.--The term ``social cost of carbon'' means-- (A) the estimate of the social cost of carbon described in-- (i) the document entitled ``Technical Support Document: Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866'', published by the Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon, United States Government, in February 2010; (ii) the document e