Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “No Carbon Tax Act of 2013”.
No Carbon Tax Act of 2013
A BILL
To prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from devising or implementing a carbon tax.
Sec. 2 Carbon tax prohibition
In general— The Secretary of the Treasury and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency are prohibited from devising or implementing a carbon tax.
Definition— For purposes of this section, the term “carbon tax” means—
a tax, fee, or price on emissions, including carbon dioxide emissions generated by the burning of coal, natural gas, or oil; or
a tax, fee, or price on coal, natural gas, or oil based on emissions, including carbon dioxide emissions that would be generated through the fuel’s combustion.