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Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act

USA119th CongressHR-3147| House 
| Updated: 5/1/2025
Richard Hudson

Richard Hudson

Republican Representative

North Carolina

Cosponsors (3)
Laurel M. Lee (Republican)August Pfluger (Republican)Troy Balderson (Republican)

Judiciary Committee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This legislation, known as the "Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act," aims to significantly alter how federal agencies evaluate environmental impacts and regulatory costs. Its primary purpose is to **prohibit** any federal agency from considering the **social cost of carbon**, **social cost of methane**, **social cost of nitrous oxide**, or any other greenhouse gas in their decision-making processes. This includes a broad range of agency activities, from regulatory impact analyses to the justification of new rules. The bill specifically defines these "social costs" by referencing various technical support documents and any other estimates of monetized damages associated with incremental greenhouse gas emissions. Federal agencies would be barred from using these metrics in any cost-benefit or cost-effectiveness analysis required by law or executive orders like 12866 and 13563. This prohibition extends to all rulemaking, the issuance of guidance, and any other agency action. Furthermore, the Act mandates that within 120 days of its enactment, each federal agency must submit a report to relevant Congressional committees. This report must detail all proposed and final rulemakings, guidance documents, and agency actions since January 2009 that have utilized the social cost of carbon or other greenhouse gases, particularly in cost-benefit analyses. The legislation seeks to remove these specific economic valuations of climate impacts from federal regulatory considerations.
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Bill from Previous Congress

HR 117-8499
Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2022

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 118-9970
Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2024
May 1, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 119-1584
Introduced in Senate
May 1, 2025
Introduced in House
May 1, 2025
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.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 117-8499
    Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2022


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 118-9970
    Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2024


  • May 1, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 119-1584
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 1, 2025
    Introduced in House


  • May 1, 2025
    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.

Environmental Protection

Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act

USA119th CongressHR-3147| House 
| Updated: 5/1/2025
This legislation, known as the "Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act," aims to significantly alter how federal agencies evaluate environmental impacts and regulatory costs. Its primary purpose is to **prohibit** any federal agency from considering the **social cost of carbon**, **social cost of methane**, **social cost of nitrous oxide**, or any other greenhouse gas in their decision-making processes. This includes a broad range of agency activities, from regulatory impact analyses to the justification of new rules. The bill specifically defines these "social costs" by referencing various technical support documents and any other estimates of monetized damages associated with incremental greenhouse gas emissions. Federal agencies would be barred from using these metrics in any cost-benefit or cost-effectiveness analysis required by law or executive orders like 12866 and 13563. This prohibition extends to all rulemaking, the issuance of guidance, and any other agency action. Furthermore, the Act mandates that within 120 days of its enactment, each federal agency must submit a report to relevant Congressional committees. This report must detail all proposed and final rulemakings, guidance documents, and agency actions since January 2009 that have utilized the social cost of carbon or other greenhouse gases, particularly in cost-benefit analyses. The legislation seeks to remove these specific economic valuations of climate impacts from federal regulatory considerations.
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Bill from Previous Congress

HR 117-8499
Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2022

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 118-9970
Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2024
May 1, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 119-1584
Introduced in Senate
May 1, 2025
Introduced in House
May 1, 2025
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.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 117-8499
    Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2022


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 118-9970
    Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2024


  • May 1, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 119-1584
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 1, 2025
    Introduced in House


  • May 1, 2025
    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.
Richard Hudson

Richard Hudson

Republican Representative

North Carolina

Cosponsors (3)
Laurel M. Lee (Republican)August Pfluger (Republican)Troy Balderson (Republican)

Judiciary Committee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee

Environmental Protection

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted