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On the recordMarch 6, 2014
Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Texas will be postponed. Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. McKinley The CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 2 printed in part C of House Report 113-374. Mr. McKINLEY. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 27, insert after line 17 the following, and redesignate succeeding subsections accordingly: ``(k) Limitation on Use of Social Cost of Carbon .-- ``(1) In general.--In the case of any environmental review or environmental decisionmaking process, a lead agency may not use the social cost of carbon. ``(2) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `social cost of carbon' means the social cost of carbon as described in the technical support document entitled `Technical Support Document: Technical Update of the 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 May 2013, revised in November 2013, or any successor thereto or substantially related document, or any other estimate of the monetized damages associated with an incremental increase in carbon dioxide emissions in a given year.''. The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 501, the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr.…

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