House GOP FY17 Bill Blocks Major EPA Rules But Avoids Large Funding Cuts

House Republicans are floating a fiscal year 2017 funding bill for EPA that would block a host of major agency regulations including its climate rules for the power and oil and gas production sectors as well as its Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction rule, but the legislation would make only slight cuts to EPA's overall funding levels. The bill , unveiled May 24 ahead of a May 25 House Appropriations Committee interior panel markup, would fund EPA at $7.98 billion...